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EnoprUM BRYONIHFOLIUM, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 896, cum var. foliis magis incisis. 
Hari-rud valley: 281, April 19, 97, 1885; Badghis: 1037, May 16, 1885. In the 
shade of rocks; common. 
RUTACEX. 
RUTA ACUTIFOLIA, DC. ; Haplophyllum acutifolium, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 942. 
Badghis: 500, Мау 4, 18, 1885. A perennial, with annual shoots of about two feet 
in height, covered with a mass of bright mustard-coloured flowers, which are very 
sweetly scented. In great luxuriance over the whole country. 
КОТА ЕВҮТНЕ ЖА, Aitch. et Hemsl.— ZHaplophyllam erythreum, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 929. 
Hari-rud valley: May 27, 1885. Very common in the low hills, west of the Kohtal- 
sangi pass. 
Кота ($ HAPLOPHYLLUM) AFFINIS, Aitch. et Hemsl.,n.sp. (Plate V. figs. 1-10.) Herba 
humilis, multicaulis, undique glaberrima, caulibus simplicibus gracilibus adscenden- 
tibus. Folia subsessilia, anguste lanceolata, oblanceolata vel linearia, obtusa vel 
subacuta, crassiuscula, inconspicue punctata. Flores aurei, laxiuscule corymbosi, 
distincte pedicellati; calycis segmenta brevia, ovali-oblonga, obtusa ; petala ovalia, 
8—4 lineas longa; filamenta inappendiculata, imberbia; ovarium breviter stipitatum, 
5-loculare, loculis 4-6-ovulatis. Capsula tuberculata, introrsum dehiscens, lobis 
apice gibbosis; semina atra, reniformia, rugulosa. 
Hari-rud valley : 406, May 9, 12, 1885 ; J uly 28, 1885. "This species is nearly allied 
to R. erythrea, differing іп its much smaller, quite glabrous flowers, and in having six 
(or perhaps sometimes four) ovules in each cell. Whether the number of ovules is a 
constant character remains to be proved; but we doubt it, bécause we find ten to twelve 
ovules in each cell in our specimens of R. pedicellata, which is described as having six. 
RUTA PEDICELLATA, Aitch. et Hemsl.—Haplophyllum pedicellatum, Spach; Boiss. Fl. 
Or. i. p. 925. | 
Hari-rud valley: 297, April 21, 26, 1885; Badghis: May 21, 1885. Оп sandstone 
hills and exposed plains; common. А perennial, with numerous, annual, stiff, erect 
stems, from a foot to eighteen inches in height, ending in an almost umbellate head of 
numerous flowers; flowers large, pure yellow, or the corolla deeply coloured externally 
of a ehocolate-brown. This is the same species аз Griffith's no. 1261. We find that the 
cells of the ovary are from 8 to 12, not uniformly 6-ovulate, as described by Boissier ; 
and the young stems are hairy. 
Rura ($ HAPLOPHYLLUM) ROTUNDIFOLIA, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate V. figs. 11-16.) 
Herba humilis, multicaulis, fere omnino glaberrima, caulibus simplicibus adscenden- 
tibus albidis. Folia crassiuscula, distincte nigro-punctata, petiolata vel sessilia, infima 
rotundata, sursum gradatim angustiora et longiora, margine obscure ciliolata. Flores 
flavo-virentes, dichotome cymosa, centrales sessiles, ezeteri breviter pedicellati; sepala 
parva, obtusa; petala ovali-oblonga, obtusa, glandulosa, primum puberula, sed cito 
glabrescentia, 23-3 lineas longa; filamenta ad medium dilatata, barbata; ovarium 
