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In most of its characters this species closely approaches JR. An- 

 thopogon, from which, however, it differs in its larger stature, larger 

 straight flowers, ten stamens, and in the tube of the corolla being 

 hairy all over the inside. From 10,000 to nearly 13,000 feet at 

 Shendtoi to ridges of Sikaram, commencing at near the limit of 

 trees, and, mixed with masses of juniper, forming thicket. Has a 

 long salver-shaped corolla and a short style. 



42. MONOTBOPE-E. 

 912. Hypopithys lanuginosa, Nutt. 



Growing under, and probably parasitical upon, the roots of 

 Abies Smithiana at Pewarkotal, altitude 8500 feet ; August. 



43. Pltjmbagine^i. 



813. Acantholimon (§ Staticopsis) Munroanum, Aitchison et 

 Hemsley, n. sp. Foliis brevibus demum patentibus subulatis, scapia 

 quam folia nunc brevioribus nunc paullo longioribus monostachyis, 

 spicis densis, spiculis 2-7 unifloris tribracteatis, bracteis exterioribus 

 ovato-orbicularibus semicupularis margine latiuscule scarioso-hyalinis, 

 bracteis interioribus oblongo-ellipticis calyce triente brevioribus. 



Suffrutex caespitosus, usque ad pedalis, ramis elongatis. Folia rigida, 

 demum patentia, subulato-acerosa, 6-9 lineas longa, margine minutis- 

 sime scaberula. Flores congesti spicati; scapus nunc foliis brevior 

 paullo longior ; spicae breves ; spiculae 2-7, uniflorae, tribracteatae ; 

 bracteac exteriores, prseter margo latiuscule scarioso-hyalina coriaceae, 

 ovato-orbiculares, semicupulares, mucronatse; bracteae interiores ob- 

 longo-ellipticae, prseter costam scarioso-hyalinae, calyce tertio parte bre- 

 viores ; calyx infundibuliformis, tubo extus hirsuto sulcato, limbo albo 

 atro-costato, costis haud excurrentibus ; ovarium glabrum. 

 Allied to A. Ubanoticum, Boiss., A. JEchinus, L., &c. Seratigab, 



forming immense consolidated hummocks ; 10,000 to 13,000 feet, 



July. 



0. A. (§ Tragacanthina, Bunge) leptostachyum, Aitchison et Hemsley, 

 n. sp. Foliis aestivalibus longiusculis adscendentibus graciUbus semi- 

 teretibus acerosis. Scapus gracili pleiostachyus, spicis laxiusculis, spi- 

 culis 1-6 saepissime 1-floris, bracteis similis glumaceis elongatis mucro- 

 natis prseter costam crass am scarioso-byalinis quam calyx paullo brevi- 

 oribus. 



Suffrutex usque ad 3-pedalis, dense ramosus, ramis graciliusculis rectis 

 elongatis. Folia heteroraorpha, vernalia carnosula, brevia, lata, recurva, 

 persistentia, aestivalia gracilia, semiteretia, acerosa, 1-1 1 poll, longa, ad- 

 scendentia, obsolete puberula. Flores parvi, interrupte spicati ; scapi 2-4- 

 pollicares, graciles ; spicules 1-6, saepissime (an semper?) 1 -florae; 

 bracteac similes oblongo-elbpticae, mucronatse, prseter costa crassa sea- 



