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vestito, partibus novellis sericeis, floribus ad apicem ramulorum 
solitariis vel binis, sepalis glabris ovali-acutis margine pellucidis 
sæpe irregulariter dentatis, ovario glabro globoso. 
Has. Shah Bilawul, in Lower Beloochistan. No. 598. 
18. Convolvulus Seindicus, J. E. S.; caule suffruticoso patule et per- 
plexe ramoso, ramis rigidis velutino-rufescentibus, ramulis abruptis 
cum foliis dense velutino-tomentosis cinereis, foliis parvis spathulatis 
margine integris plicatis nervis subtus prominulis, floribus ad apicem 
ramulorum congesto-capitatis, ramulis floriferis 1-8 pollices longis 
capitalis hirsutissimis, bracteis ovalibus sericeo-hirsutis, sepalis lineari- 
lanceolatis extus dense sericeo-hirsutis intus glabris, capsula glabra. 
Has. Lower hills of Scinde and Beloochistan. No. 433.—Very 
near Conv. Forskalii. 
À scraggy plant, which may be recognized at a distance by its grey 
ashy hue, with stiff, close-set, entangled branches, spreading from the 
root, and forming a compact round-headed bushlet, seldom more than 
afoot high. Leaves small, on the flower-branches almost sessile, 3 
lines by 2, and on the young leafy shoots 6 lines by 4, with a petiole i 
2 lines long. “Te 
19. Cuscuta Boissieri, J. E. S.; caule filiformi aurantiaco, floribus : 
racemoso-corymbosis, flore singulo pedicellato bracteato, pedicello 
infra calycem incrassato, calyce lineam longo 4-5-partito laciniis 
acutis, corolla calycem dimidio superante 4—5-fida laciniis acutis- 
simis reflexis, squamis nullis, staminibus exsertis, filamentis ad sinus 
corolle insertis, stylis distantibus, stigmatibus capitatis, capsule 
globosæ calyce persistente et corolla marcescente cinctæ stylisque 
divergentibus coronatæ, loculis irregulariter ruptilibus. Cuscuta 
Arabica, Wight’s Icon. t. 13711. non Fres. 
Has. Lower Beloochistan and Scinde Hills, spreading over Trian- - 
thema pentandrum, Tribulus, Amaranthus, etc. No. 478. 
BORAGINACEZ. 
20. Heliotropium (Catimas) Brahuicum, J. E. S.; radice perenni, : 
caulibus erectis rigidis cum foliis pilis plerumque adpressis erebre 
subincanis, foliis raris petiolatis inferioribus ovatis superioribus lan- 
ceolatis sspe inæquilateris obliquis margine leviter revoluto sub- 
undulato, spicis paucifloris, calyce extus piloso coroll — oe 
æquante, corolla extus pilosa, antheris ad medium corolla insertis, 
