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jelly by boilingin water. This is employed in the manufacture of various vessels, called 
Dabba, for holding oil and clarified butter. There is a great trade in this material at 
Rui-Khauf in Khorasan. Тһе introduction of this into India would, I feel sure, be 
highly prized by the Hindoo community, who would thus obtain vessels made of vegetable 
substance, in place of those at present employed in the oil and ghi (clarified butter) trade, 
viz. made of animal skins. | 
Other species of the genus probably yield a similar substance. 
EREMURUS Orc, Regel, Descript. Plant. Nov. Turkest. 1884, fasc. ix. p. 29. 
Paropamisus range: 566, May 25, 1885; Khorasan, June 16, 1885. On slopes of 
hill-sides and in fields, between 4000 and 5000 feet altitude, in great luxuriance. One 
of the finest of the many flowering plants obtained on this expedition. "The inflorescence 
usually salmon-coloured, occasionally pure white. 
ALLIUM ($ SCHGNOPRASUM) LEUCOSPHJERUM, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp.; bulbis anguste 
ovoideis czespitosis tunicis exterioribus membranaceis pallide brunneis apice 
fibrosis, caulibus gracilibus teretibus interdum geminis, foliis 3-6 gracilibus subu- 
latis superpositis vaginis albis pulehre purpureo-striatis, umbellis densis globosis, 
spathæ valvis parvis ovatis membranaceis, pedicellis brevibus flexuosis, perianthio 
campanulato parvo segmentis oblongis subacutis albis viridulo carinatis, staminibus 
inclusis filamentis ovatis acuminatis. i 
Bulbi 5-6 lin. diam., tunicis exterioribus membranaceis ferrugineis, nervis crebris 
parallelis anastomosantibus. Pedunculus pedalis et ultra. Folia semipedalia glabra 
basi vix ultra 1 lin. diam., vaginis imbricatis hyalinis venis parallelis pulchre pur- 
pureis. Umbelle dense, 12-15 lin. diam., spathæ valvis fugacibus 3-4 lin. longis, 
pedicellis demum 4-6 lin. longis. Perianthium 2 lin. longum, segmentis valde 
imbricatis oblongis subacutis costa viridula demum brunneola. l 
Ad A. sabulosum, Stev., et A. rubellum, Bieb., magis accedit. 
Hari-rud valley : 412, May 9, 10, 1885. Very common in stony soil and in cultivated 
land. | | 
ALLIUM RUBELLUM, Bieb., var. GRANDIFLORUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. v. р. 253. 
Badghis: 527, May 21, 1885. Common in gravelly soil. Flowers rose-pink. 
ALLIUM BRAHUICUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. v. р. 278. | 
Hari-rud valley : 429, May 10, 1885. Common in stony soil on the low hills on both 
sides of the Hari-rud near Tirphul. А most conspicuous plant, for its large inflorescence. 
It is in all probability the same as 4. caspium, Willd. 
Атллом MACLEANI, Baker in Bot. Mag. tab. 6707. | 
Badghis : 356, 463, May 14, 18, 1885. Covers the meadows of the Badghis; growing 
frequently to four feet in height. Flowers purple, colouring the country. 
ALLIUM (§ Motu) Ултет, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp.; bulbis solitariis ovoideis tunicis exte- 
. rioribus firmulis apice fibrosis, caule gracili tereti pedali vel sesquipedali, foliis 1-8 
linearibus ciliatis, umbellis densis multifloris, вра һә valvis brevibus ovatis, pedi- 
