64 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



126244. Allium sp. 



No. 3192. From Sanglech, July 28, at 11,500 feet altitude. An interesting 

 species, up to 3 feet high, nearly leafless, with heads of rose-purple flowers ; 

 grows in dry, bare places. 



126245. Allium oreophilum C. A. Mey. 



No. 3282. From Daraim, August 10, at 8,500 feet altitude. Plant 18 inches 

 high, flower head 3 inches in diameter ; probably rose purple. 



126246. Allium sp. 



No. 3308. From Teshkan, Auugst 12, at 5,000 feet altitude. Plant 1 foot 

 high with flower head 2 inches in diameter ; found on a dry slope. 



126247. Allium sp. 



No. 3456. From Tolokhan, August 28, at 2,000 feet altitude. Plant 18 

 inches high, flower head 2 inches across, found in a dry field. 



126248. Althaea sp. Malvaceae. 



No. 3027. Guli-khatmir. From Kabul, June 25. Plant 4 feet high, with 

 habit and leaves like a hollyhock ; flowers rose or white with yellow Center. 



126249. Althaea sp. Malvaceae. 



No. 3107. From Atinjalao, July 7, at 4,000 feet altitude. Plant up to 3 feet 

 high with hollyhock habit ; flowers rose purple, about 2% inches across. 



126250. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 3114. From Khaksar, July 9, at 4,500 feet altitude. A dense shrub up 

 to 2 feet high, growing on dry sunny slopes. 



126251. Amygdalus eburnea Spach. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 3272. From Daraim, August 10, at 8,500 feet altitude. A bushy shrub 

 3 to 5 feet high with thorny branches, gray-green, spatulate-oblong leaves less 

 than one-half inch long, and numerous small, sessile, rose-pink flowers appear- 

 ing before the leaves, followed by drupes less than one-half inch across. Native 

 to Iran in dry stony places. 



126252. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 



No. 3603. SMbet. From Mazarisharif, September 6, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Leaves used dry or fresh as a potherb ; also used in chutney. 



126253. Aquilegia sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 3185. From Istakul, July 26, at 10,500 feet altitude. A plant up to 3 

 feet high, with fragrant, creamy white flowers, spurs tinged purplish. 



126254. Arisaema sp. Araceae. 



No. 3112. From Garao, July 2, at 5,000 feet altitude. A dry-ground jack-in- 

 the-pulpit, 2 feet high, with attractive rose-tinted flowers. 



126255-126258. Astragalus spp. Fabaceae. 



126255. Astragalus sp. 



No. 3186, From Sanglech, July 26, at 10,000 feet altitude. A bushy plant, 

 2 to 3 feet high, growing in a torrent bed. Leaves small, flowers small, 

 dainty, tinged rose purple. 



126256. Astragalus sp. 



No. 3276. From Daraim, August 10, at 8,500 feet altitude. A bushy peren- 

 nial up to 4 feet high, possibly an ornamental. 



126257. Astragalus sp. 



No. 3448. From Rustak, August 26, at 2,000 feet altitude. A plant with 

 woolly pods ; foliage not seen. 



126258. Astragalus sp. 



No. 3299. From Daraim, August 11, at 7,000 feet altitude. Plants 3 feet 

 high, found in dry places growing in clumps of 5 or 6 stalks ; flowers not seen, 

 seed pods ornamental. 



