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leviter barbatis. Corona lobis exterioribus obtusis, interioribus ligu- 
latis multo longioribus. Folliculi divaricati, longe cylindrici, glabri. 
The leaves (which are aeid) and the tubers are eaten: called 
Gahlot. 
This differs from bulbosa of Roxb. in the exterior lobes of the 
corona, which are blunt, and not acute as in bulbosa, which I have 
found at Banda. The flowers also are smaller, while the leaves 
are larger. 
BoucERosrA EDULIS (Pl. I. fig. 1-8). Erecta, ramis subteretibus, 
foliis caducis, floribus pedicellatis geminis, corolla glabra laciniis subu- 
latis. 
Multan; Sindh. 
Rhizoma stolonosum, crassum, ramis radicantibus, radicibus fibrosis. 
Rami erecti, succulenti, subteretes, 4-sulcati. Folia opposita, cuneata 
v. elliptica, caduca. Pedicelli gemini, alares, graciles, subpenduli, de- 
mum erecti, bibracteati, bracteis subulatis minutis. Calyx 5-partitus, 
segmentis acutis pellucido-marginatis. Corolla 5-fida, utrinque glabra, 
venacea, basi purpureo-striata, tubo inflato hemispherico, laciniis sub- 
ulatis attenuatis reflexis. Corona 15-fida, segmentis 5 ligulatis in 
antheris ineumbentibus, 10 intermediis brevioribus falcato-subulatis 
intus cavis purpurascentibus nectariferis. Pollinia gibba, apice pel- 
lucida. Folliculi erecti, teretes, leevissimi, glaberrimi, valde attenuati. 
Semina marginata, alata, longe comosa. 
Edulis, subacida, sponte in Salvadoretis crescit, ibi colligenda in foro 
venditur sub nomine Situn. 
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I refer our Desert species of Heliotropium to bicolor, Hochst. & 
Steud. (no. 62, DC. ix. 546),and marifolium, Retz. (no. 66, p. 547). 
I eannot agree in uniting these and several other species to stri- 
gosum, as Dr. T. Anderson proposes in his * Florula Adenensis '— 
at least I consider it premature ; for though there are many points 
of resemblance, there are plenty of distinguishing marks. I have 
carefully examined all the specimens in the Kew and Linnean 
herbaria, and although there may be some which are too diffieult to 
refer to the correct species without very minute and almost micro- 
scopic examination, I feel satisfied that it is safer to leave these 
forms as species till more thoroughly examined in living specimens. 
The distinguishing marks may be taken, firstly, in the habit— 
erect (nos. 62, 63, 64, 67, 70, 72, DC.) or prostrate (65, 66, 71, &c.). 
The shape of the leaves—linear, linear-lanceolate, or elliptie or oval. 
The lacini: of the calyx also give distinct marks: some are long, 
linear, and acute (62, 67, 72, 78 ; 7015, Wall.); others free, short, 
and blunt (63, 66, 70; 1389, 1392, Wight; 2092, Wall). The 
