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Cucumis Mero, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 759, Obs. sub О. trigonus; Roxb. Fl. 
British India, iii. p. 620. 
Native name for the Melon, Khar-buze. Cultivated, though not to the great extent 
that the water-melon is. "The variety of the fruit distinguished as the Sarda is certainly 
very fine, and it is this that is so largely exported to India during the winter months. 
BRYONIA MoNoOICA, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate X.) Herba alte scandens, caulibus 
annuis gracilibus levibus. Oérrhi simplices. Folia graciliter petiolata, ambitu 
cordato-ovata, ineequaliter 5-lobata, lobo terminali longiore acuto, supra levia, 
subtus scabrida, cum petiolo 21—4 poll. longa. Flores viridi-lutei, papillosi, feminei 
et masculini in eodem racemo, 1 vel plures inferiores feminei, racemis foliis demum 
eequilongis vel longioribus; calyx fl. fem. in tubo supra ovarium productus, 
segmenta linearia, inzequalia, petalis zequalia vel longiora; petala ovato-oblonga, vix 
acuta; stamina 3, fere sessilia ; anthers magne, una unilocularis, ceterse biloculares ; 
stylus elongatus, stigmate trilobato leviter papilloso. Fructus maturus non visus. 
Badghis : 339, April 29, 1885. Very common in the beds of dry water-courses, at an 
altitude of about 2500 to 3000 feet; climbing upon and completely covering with its 
dense foliage large shrubby species of Tamarix. The fruit ripens red. 
This species differs from Bryonia alba, the only other moneecious species described, іп 
the male and female flowers being borne in the same racemes, and in having long 
narrow calyx-lobes. 
UMBELLIFER. 
ERYNGIUM CARLINOIDES, Boiss.; Fl. Or. ii. p. 825. 
Hari-rud valley: 754, August 1,1885. In great luxuriance, everywhere on the clayey 
and gravelly plains; from one to two feet in height, sometimes very bushy. 
ECHINOPHORA PLATYLOBA, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 749. 
Korasan: 819, September 3, 1885. A low shrub with lemon-scented flowers, yield- 
ing а red gummy exudation. Common in stony places. 
PYCNOCYCLA AUCHERIANA, Decaisne; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 949. 
Northern Baluchistan: 18, September 1884, October 10, 1884; Khorasan: 817, 
September 2, 1885. In the gravelly beds of dry water-courses, very common, especially 
in the desert country. The root-stocks, when employed for fuel, exhale a fcetid odour. 
Conrum MACULATUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 922. | ж 
Badghis: 539, Мау 22, 1885; Khorasan: June 16, 1885. Іп moist localities near 
water. in the shade of shrubs and trees; growing as much as seven feet in height. 
Common at an altitude above 5000 feet. 
Тваснуртом LEHMANNI, Benth. & Hook. f.—Eremodaucus Lehmanni, Bunge; Albertia 
margaritifera, Regel & Schmalh. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 980. (Plate XL) 
Badghis: 471, May 16, 21, 1885. Native name Shahk-akhal. A very common 
annual in the loamy soil of the Badghis. The central flower of the umbel usually 
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