THE AFGHAN DELIMITATION COMMISSION. 123 
ANDROPOGON LANIGER, Desf.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 465. 
Northern Baluchistan: 59, October 11, 1884; Hari-rud valley : 762, August 4, 1885. 
Common in stony soil. Highly aromatie and lemon-scented. 
SORGHUM VULGARE, Linn. 
Khorasan: 800, August 23,1885. Native names: Jowur, Jowhri-Turkimani. In the 
Badghis near Bala-morghab, cultivated extensively in fields; in Persia and the Hari-rud 
sparingly amongst other crops, as in melon- and tobacco-fields. There are white- and 
black-grained varieties. : 
PHALARIS MINOR, Retz.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 472. 
Hari-rud valley: 220, April 13, 1885; Khorasan: June 21, 1885. Near irrigation 
and in cultivated land ; common. 
ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS, Linn.—Alopecurus arundinaceus, Poir.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. 
p. 487. 
Hari-rud valley: 316, April 25, 1885; Badghis: Мау 20, 1885. Forming turf in 
moist land and near irrigation-channels. 
ARISTIDA PUNGENS, Desf.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 498. 
Hari-rud valley: 756, August 1, 1885. Оп sand-hills, growing in the loose sand near 
Zindijan. 
ARISTIDA PLUMOSA, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 495. 
Northern Baluchistan: 11, 21, September 29, 1884; 29, October 8, 1884; Hari-rud 
valley; July 28, 29, 1885. Native name, in Baluchistan, Лај. Common on the sand- 
hills of the desert and most characteristie of that eountry, growing in small bright green 
tufts, and most luxuriantly in localities where one would say nothing could possibly exist. 
Inthe pure sand it throws out long spongy rootlets an eighth of an inch thick, by means 
of which it seems to maintain a supply of moisture for itself. This is the chief fodder 
of the sheep that exist in these parts. | | 
ЭТТРА РЕММАТА, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 502 (varietates). 
Hari-rud valley: 415, May 9,1885; 1137, May 26, 1885, June 5, 1885. On the 
gravelly plains, at ап altitude of 3000 feet; in great abundance between Kohtal-sangi 
and Dana-sanjiti. Khorasan: June 18,1885. In the stony soil of the great gravelly 
plains, most characteristic; growing in large tufts. 
ORYZOPSIS CHRULESCENS, Benth. & Hook. f.—Piptatherwm cerulescens, Desf.; Boiss. Fl. 
От. у. р. 507. 
Khorasan: 648, June 16, 1885. Near moisture, at an altitude above 5000 feet. 
HELEOCHLOA SCHCNOIDES, Host; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 476. | 
Helmand: 86, October 25, 1884; Khorasan: 695,June 21,1885. In wet clayey soil; 
common. 
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