106 DR. 7. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
Common, at an altitude of about 5000 feet. Тһе branches of the inflorescence are 
collected and eaten raw by the natives. Тһе root is employed in colouring leather. 
RHEUM TATARICUM, Linn. fil.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 1008. (Plate XLV.) 
Hari-rud valley: 319, April 26, 1885. Native names: Rewash-i-dewana, Rewand-i- 
meghan, Ishkin. In the shingly and clayey soil of the great gravel-plains to the north 
of Tomanagha. A characteristic plant of these plains, remarkable from the large size of 
its foliage, and the manner in which it lies spread out on the ground. The fruit and roots 
are employed as a purgative. 
RuMEX ORIENTALIS, Bernh.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 1009. 
Badghis: 538, May 22, 1885; Khorasan: June 6, 1885. In damp localities, near 
running water, at an altitude of above 2000 feet; common. I have seen specimens | 
seven feet high. 
Влтмех pENTATUS, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1013. 
Hari-rud valley: 438, May 11, 1885. Іп cultivated ground, and on the sides of irri- 
gation-channels ; common. 
THYMEL/EACE Ж. 
THYMELAA ARVENSIS, Lam.—Lygia Passerina, Fasan.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1052. 
Hari-rud valley : 769, August 5, 1885. 
STELLERA Lussertit, О. A. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. іу. р. 1051. 
Locality unknown: 1106,.1885. 
Var. В. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1051. 
Northern Baluchistan: 50, Oct. 10, 1884; Khorasan: 818, Sept. 2, 1885. In Balu- 
chistan, native name Phalitha. An undershrub, in general appearance very like Myrtle. 
Common in stony and rocky ground ; injurious to camels that browse on it. 
DIARTHRON CARINATUM, Jaub. et Spach.— Diarthron vesiculosum, Fisch. et Mey. ; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv. p. 1054. 
Hari-rud valley: 417, May 10, 1885; 593, June 3, 4, 1885. Common, in stony 
ground. 
ELJEAGNACEX. 
ELXAGNUS HORTENSIS, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. р. 1056.— £. angustifolia, Linn. Sp. РІ. 
ed. i. p. 121. | | 
 Hari-rud valley: August 5, 1885; Badghis: 353, May 1, 1885, May 22, 1885; 
Paropamisus range: May 26, 1885; Khorasan: June 16, 1885 : wild in all the localities 
named. Khorasan: June 15, 1885, from cultivated: trees. Native names: Sanjit, 
 Sinjit. A shrub or tree, at an altitude of 3000 feet and upwards, near running streams. 
Cultivated largely in orchards for its fruit. 
