4. the hillocks of white ants’ nests, 
128 DR. J. Е. T. AITCHISON ON THE BOTANY OF 
FILICES. 
CHEILANTHES Szovitztt, Fisch. et Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 726. 
Khorasan ; 653, June 16, 1885. Та the clefts of limestone rocks оп the hills south of 
Bezd, at an altitude above 5000 feet; the only locality where it was seen. 
ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. От. v. p. 730. 
Badghis, near Sim-koh : 496, May 18, 1885. Оп wet rocks below a waterfall, at an 
altitude of 3000 feet. The only Fern met with in North-west Afghanistan. 
CHARACE ДЖ. 
CHARA FGTIDA, А. Br. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2™ série, i. p. 354, et in Flora, і. p. 63. 
Badghis: 107, December 8, 1884. Plentiful in still water and pools of streams. 
FUNGI. 
AGARICUS (ARMILLARIA) RHIZOPUS, Cooke, Grevillea, xiv. p. 89. 
Hari-rud valley : 167, April 16, 1885. 
AGARICUS (PLEUROTUS) FOSSULATUS, Cooke. 
Badghis: 115, March 5, 1885. 
“ А. pileo carnoso, compacto, subdimidiato, areolato-diffracto, ochraceo-albo, glabro; 
stipite laterali, curvato, deorsum attenuato, longitudinaliter sulcato, subcrasso, solido, 
lamellis longe decurrentibus, sublatis, distantibus albis."—/JM. C. Cooke. 
Pileus 2-3 in. broad, stem 13-2 in. long, 1-3 in. thick. 
AGARICUS (NAUCORIA) УЕвуастт, Fries, Hym. Eur. p. 260. 
Hari-rud valley : 270, April 18, 1885. In great masses, on the wet clayey soil left as 
a fresh deposit on islands on the receding of the river. 
AGARICUS (PSALLIOTA) CAMPESTRIS, Linn.; Fries, Hym. Eur. p. 279. 
Hari-rud valley : 171, April 6, 1885. 
AGARICUS (STROPHARIA) OBTURATUS, Fries, Hym. Eur. p. 285. 
Hari-rud valley: April 18, 1885. Collected along with No. 270, 4. Vervacti, Fries. 
BOLBITIUS MITRÆFORMIS, Harv. ; Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. (1844), p. 186, t. vi. B. 
Badghis: 141, 173, March 24, 1885. This is a South-African and Australian species. 
POLYPORUS FOMENTARIUS, Fries, Hym. Eur. p. 558. 
Khorasan : 51, June 19, 1885. 
_ Popaxon САБУРТВАТОЗ, Fries, Syst. Мус. iii. p. 63. 
Hari-rud valley : 165, April 6, 1885. Is common at the Cape and in India. 
XYLOPODIUM ArTCHISONI, Cooke et Massee, Grevillea, xvi. р. 69. X. peridio clavato dein 
pyriformi, deorsum in stipitem rigidum attenuato, stipite equali vel basim leniter 
bulboso, longitudinaliter sulcato-striato, squamuloso, solido. Sporis late ochraceo- 
fuscis, globosis, asperulis 6-7 и diam. 
Hari-rud valley and Badghis. During the whole summer on clayey soil, chiefly near 
sometimes six inches in circumference, 
