108 DR. 7. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY ОҒ 
EUPHORBIA, sp. affinis Ж. celadenie. 
Badghis : 1108, May 20, 1885. 
EUPHORBIA, Sp. 
Khorasan: 678, June 18, 1885. А perennial, about eighteen inches in height, 
growing on dry, hot, stony, exposed hill-sides, at an altitude above 5000 feet. A very 
characteristic plant of the region. 
EUPHORBIA, sp. 
Khorasan : 640, June 16, 1885. In clefts of limestone rocks, at an altitude above 
5000 feet. Easily mistaken for a Fern at a distance. 
EUPHORBIA, sp., near E. Chamesyce, Linn. 
Northern Baluchistan : 51, October 9, 1884. Growing in pure loose sand. 
ANDRACHNE TELEPHIOIDES, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1188. 
Hari-rud valley : 433, May 10, 1885. 
CHROZOPHORA TINCTORIA, А. Juss.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1140. 
Helmand river: 70, 732, October 20, 1884; Hari-rud valley : July 27, 1885. Native 
name, on the Helmand, Kap-o-chist. Common in and near cultivated fields. 
Ricinus communis, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1148. 
Hari-rud valley: Khorasan,1111. Native names: Baz-anjir, Buz-anjir. The Castor- 
oil plant is cultivated along the banks of irrigation-channels, and amongst melon-crops, 
for its seeds, from which oil is extracted for burning. The use of the oil as a purgative 
is unknown to the natives of these regions. 
URTICACE. 
ULMUS CAMPESTRIS, Linn., var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1157. 
Khorasan : 711, July 11, 1885. A cultivated tree, yielding fair timber. 
Отмтѕ montana, Stokes; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1158. 
Hari-rud valley : 1112, June 5, 1885. Nativenames: Pash-e-khar, Pash-e-kham, Grez. 
A cultivated tree, 30 feet high and 9 feet in circumference. Highly valued for its 
timber. не 
А variety was collected in the Hari-rud valley: 458, May 12, 1885. It isa good- 
sized shrub on the sides of irrigation-channels. In all probability not indigenous in the 
localities where it was collected. 
CELTIS CAUCASICA, Willd.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1156. 
Badghis: 510, May 18, 1885. Native name Tohkhm. An indigenous tree, said to 
be common in the Badghis, Where it grows to a large size, and its timber is in general 
(o use. The Afghans have а superstitious veneration for it. Тһе fruit is converted into 
.. flour and mixed with wheat-flour in making bread. 
