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Hari-rud valley: 164, April 7, 1885. Native name Phanar. In the gravelly plains, 
between the Paropamisus range and the Hari-rud river in great abundance, and very 
conspicuous from its splendid deep-purple-coloured spathe. 
CYPERACEE *. 
CYPERUS GLABER, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 371. 
Hari-rud valley : 775, August 18, 1885. Near running water; common. 
CYPERUS LEVIGATUS, Linn.; var. ALBIDUS, Boeck.; Doiss.Fl. Or. v. p. 366. 
Hari-rud valley: 778, August 18, 1885. 
CYPERUS LoNGUs, Linn. var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. р. 975.— Forma microstachya. 
Khorasan: 624, June 14, 1885. 
CYPERUS ROTUNDUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 376. 
Helmand: 85, October 25, 1884; Khorasan: August 27,1885. In cultivated ground ; 
very common. 
CYPERUS PUNGENS, Boeck.— Cyperus conglomeratus, Rottb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. р. 369. 
Northern Baluchistan: 36, October 4, 1884. In deep pure sand it develops curious 
spongy rootlets exactly like those of Aristida plumosa when іп the same soil. 
ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS, R. Br.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 386. 
Hari-rud valley: 446, Мау 11, 1882. Near water, abundant. 
SOIRPUS LACUSTRIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 383. 
Khorasan: 689, June 18, 19, 1885. In deep, still water; common. 
SCIRPUS MARITIMUS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 384 (varietates). 
Hari-rud valley: 776, August 18, 1885. Forming a turf on the sides of streams. 
Khorasan: 788, August 21, 1885. Common on the edges of streams and irrigation- 
channels. 
ScrRPUS HoroscuHcNus, Linn.; Boiss. FI. Or. v. p. 381. 
Khorasan: 660, June 17, 1885; Hari-rud valley: August 3, 5, 18, 1885. Extremely 
common and conspicuous over the whole country, by the side of running water, at « 
altitudes above 3000 feet. 
CAREX PHYSODES, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 399. | 
Hari-rud valley: 1194 с, d, e, April 6, 10, 18, 21, 1885. Forms а turf in many 
localities, especially in the Badghis. Very striking, from its large, chocolate-coloured, 
inflated utricles. 
CAREX STENOPHYLLA, Wahlb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 400. 
Badghis : 138 а, 6, March 19, 1885, May 4, 1885. Forms, with Carex physodes, the 
turf of the Gulran meadows. This species was much affected by a fungus. 
* Т am indebted to Dr. О. Boeckeler for the determination of the species of this order. 
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