112 DR. 7. Е. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
Hari-rud valley, the Badghis district, and Persia, growing in stony gravelly soil. The 
small red fruit is eaten ; the branches are employed in tanning the skins of goats for 
water-bottles, and their ashes, when burnt, mixed with, or employed in lieu of snuff. 
There are no authentic fruiting specimens of Boissier's species at Kew, and we are not 
at all confident that we are right in referring our specimens to Æ. pachyclada. Boissier 
states that the only moneecious species of Ephedra observed by him was his И. foliata, 
but we find a few male flowers associated with the females on some of the specimens 
of the present species. 
EPHEDRA SARCOCARPA, Aitch. et Hemsl, (Plate XLVII. figs. 11-15.) Frutex 4-5-pedalis, 
aphyllus, ramulis subverticillatis crassiusculis multistriatis, vaginis brevibus acumi- 
natis. Amenta feminea tri- vel interdum biflora, in axillis vaginarum subsessiles 
vel pedunculata, interdum longiuscule; bractez carnoss, 9, triseriatze, floribus 3 
(rarissime 8, quadriseriatze, floribus 2), exteriores parvee, interiores magne, anguste 
membranaceo-marginatz. Nucule ovoideo-trigonse, nitide. 
Hari-rud valley : 739, July 27, 1885. А shrub resembling Ж. pachyclada, Boiss., but 
altogether a much larger plant, and the brilliant scarlet fruit twice as large. 
To this probably belongs No. 49 from Baluchistan. 
EPHEDRA FOLIATA, Boiss. et Kotschy, Fl. Or. v. p. 716. 
Native name Hum-i-bondak. Badghis: 477, 1191, Мау 16, 18, 1885. А shrub 
reaching nine feet in height, with long bending branches, which are very knotty, and 
resemble Calligonum, sp., No. 1104. Common іп the Badghis, especially in exposed 
localities. 
EPHEDRA DISTACHYA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 713 (varietates ?). 
Hari-rud valley : 174, June 6, 1885, male flowers ; May 10, 1885, female flowers. A 
common shrub. | 
EPHEDRA, sp. 
Khorasan: 1123, June 18, 1885. At an altitude above 5000 feet, amongst boulders, 
common. 
This and the next may belong to Ephedra distachya; but the species of this genus are 
very difficult of determination from mere comparison ; and we had not time to examine 
critically a large number of specimens. 
EPHEDRA, sp. | 
Khorasan: 1124, August 20, 1885. А large shrub, bearing male flowers only. 
EPHEDRA, sp. 
Northern Baluchistan : 48, October 10, 1884. In low rocky hills. 
