116 DR. J. E. Т. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY O} 
they are succeeded by a loose umbel of five or six handsome flowers, varying in eolour 
from rose-pink to salmon. 
The bulbs are flask-shaped, from six to nine inches in length, of almost a black colour, 
consisting of an immense number of very thin, papery, black tunics covering the true 
bulb. From the bulb proceed several thick, fleshy roots, like Those of some Eremuri, as 
well as small fibrous ones. 
Said to be employed in feeding camels. 
IXIOLIRION MONTANUM, Herb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 154. 
Hari-rud valley: 268, April 18, 19, 1885, May 9, 1885. In gravelly soil, at the base 
of low hills close to the river; common. 
LILIACEA. 
Asparagus BRESLERIANUs, Roem. & Schult.—Asparagus maritimus, Pall., var. Bresle- 
rianus, Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 387. 
Hari-rud valley: 1129, July 27, 1885. In thickets of tamarisk, on land that is flooded 
by the river. Fruit bright red. | 
ASPARAGUS VERTICILLATUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 339. 
Hari-rud valley: 303, April 21, 1885, June 6, 1885. Іп tamarisk thickets occupying 
the bed of the river. : 
EREMURUS SPECTABILIS, Bieb. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 322. 
Hari-rud valley: May 13, 1885; Badghis: 546, May 22, 23,1885. Abundant in the 
loamy, sandy soil of the Badghis, from two to five feet in height. The showy part of the 
flower is not the perianth, but the long purple stamens bearing sulphur-coloured anthers. 
EREMURUS AURANTIACUS, ВаКет.--Егетигив Bungei, Baker, var. В. stenophyllus, Boiss. 
Fi. Or. v. p. 324. 
Khorasan: 644, June 16, 1885. Common in the hills to the south of Bezd, above an 
altitude of 5000 feet, associated with 2. Olge. Flowers lemon-coloured. Leaves eaten 
as a vegetable. | 
EREMURUS LUTEUS, Baker; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. р. 327. 
Hari-rud valley: 191, April 7, 10, 19, 1885; Badghis: May 4, 1885. Excessively 
common on the low clay-hills. Flowers greenish white; in the process of drying the 
colour alters to a yellow. 
42 EREMURUS VELUTINUS, Boiss, & Buhse; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 824. 
| : . Hari-rud valley : 402, Мау 9, 13, 1885. Іп sandy gravel, on the great plains; common. 
| Flowers i inconspicuous. 
Um  EnrMURUS AUCHERIANUS, Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 326; var. В. Korolkowi, Regel, Descript. 
ая Plant. Nov. Turkest. 1884, fase. ix. p- 2+. 
| Badghis: 387, May 3,21, 1885. Native name Siresh. Profuse іп the sandy loam 
the Badghis. The long fleshy roots and, some say, the leaves also, of this species are 
дЫ = oes 1 dtied i їп ап oren, then ти into powder, which is cónverted into а thick 
