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SALICINEZ. 
SALIX РУСМОЗТАСНУА, Anders.; DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 2, p. 309. 
Khorasan: 1116, June 16, 1885. А small indigenous tree, on the borders of streams, 
at an altitude of 4000 feet. 
Sarx Daviesin, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1184. 
Hari-rud valley: 211, April 13, 1885; 247, April 16, 1885. Native name Bed, which 
is the generic term for all willows; in Baluchistan Get. А cultivated tree of large size, 
on the banks of irrigation-channels. 
SALIX ACMOPHYLLA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1183. 
Badghis: 503, Мау 18, 1885. А small indigenous tree, in the vicinity of running 
water, at Sim-koh. 
SALIX BABYLONICA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1185. . 
Hari-rud valley: 1117, August 5, 1885. А large tree, on the banks of streams, at the 
base of Mount Do-shakh ; indigenous and cultivated. І believe I saw the same species 
in the Badghis near Kushk. 
SALIX ALBA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1185. 
Hari-rud valley : April 25, 1885; 1118, June 5, 1885. Native name Bed-i-siah. А 
large tall tree, with dark bark; hence its native name. Cultivated in villages. 
SALIX soxGARICA, And.; DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 2, р. 213. 
Hari-rud valley : 606, June 5, 1885. Native name Bed-i-surkh. А large tree, culti- 
vated near villages. It obtains its native name from the red colour of its bark. 
POPULUS EUPHRATIOA, Oliv.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1194. 
Badghis : March 19, 1885; Hari-rud valley: 1119, April 11, 1885. Native names : 
Padda, Paddak. An indigenous tree, on the Helmand, the Hari-rud, in the Badghis 
district, and on ihe Bala-morghab river, where, in many localities, it forms forests. Тһе 
timber is of good size, but poor in quality, and is chiefly employed for fuel. Its foliage 
is excellent fodder for camels. At Nushki were several cultivated trees; one of these 
measured nine feet six inches in circumference at six feet from the ground. Except near 
shrines I have not seen it cultivated. 
POPULUS NIGRA, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1194. 
Hari-rud valley : 1120. Native name Safedar. Cultivated in gardens and orchards, 
in this part of Afghanistan; certainly not common. 
GNETACEA. 
EPHEDRA PACHYCLADA, Boiss. Fl Or. iv. p. 718? (Plate XLVII. figs. 1-10.) 
Native names: Hum, Huma, Yehma. | Hari-rud valley: 1122, April 26, 1885; June 4, 
1885. A very common shrub, from Northern Baluchistan along our whole route, in the 
