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GAILLONIA ($ MicRosrEPHUS) DUBIA, Aitch. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXX.) Frutex 
semipedalis ad sesquipedalem, dense ramosus, ramis teretibus, rigidis, scabridis. 
Folia opposita, crassiuscula, rigida, scabrida, apice aculeata, sessilia, linearia, 1-14 
poll. longa, margine arcte revoluta, costa crassa ; stipule рагу, раі, pergamen- 
(асеге, mucronulate, petiolo basi brevissime eonjunetz. Flores dichotomo-cymosi, 
breviter pedunculati vel subsessiles, pallide rosei, 6-9 lineas longi; calyx longe 
sericeo-pilosus ; corolla anguste infundibularis, extus pubescens, lobis oblongis 
apice inflexis. — Fructus sericeus, calycis dentibus parvis coronatus. 
Hari-rud valley : 602, June 5, 1885, August 1,1885; Khorasan: August 19, 1885. A 
low, stiff undershrub, with numerous annual stems, a foot to two feet in height, from 
large woody root-stocks ; flowers salmon-coloured, mauve, or pink. In gravelly soil, 
in the most arid tracts of the country where nothing else seemed to be able to exist. 
We advance this species with some doubts; it is intermediate in character between 
G. eriantha and б. incana. 
CALLIPELTIS CUCULLARIA, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 83. 
Badghis: 468, Мау 16, 1885; Khorasan: June 17,1885. Common, from 3000 feet 
altitude and upwards. 
RUBIA TINCTORUM, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 17. 
Hari-rud valley: 255, April 16, 1885; Khorasan: June 22, 23, 1885. Native name 
Rodang. А plant extensively cultivated for its roots, which are largely employed in 
dyeing, and are exported for this purpose. 
RUBIA FLORIDA, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 18. 
Badghis: 338, April 29, 1885, Мау 20, 1885; Hari-rud valley: Мау 27, 1885. Ап 
undershrub, two to three feet in height, covered with a dense mass of leaves and greenish- 
yellow flowers. Common in rocky situations on the low hills, at 3000 feet elevation. 
GALIUM TRICORNE, Stokes ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 67. 
Hari-rud valley: 228, April 13, 16, 1885. Іп cultivated land; very common. 
GALIUM APARINE, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 68. 
Badghis: 1065, May 1, 1885. 
GALIUM, sp. 
Badghis: 346, April 29, 1885. Very common, in the shade of rocks, on the low hills. 
Dyes the hands a yellow-green in collecting. | 
ASPERULA TRICHODES, J. Gay; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 31. 
Khorasan: 738, July 3, 1885. In stony, gravelly soil; very common. 
ASPERULA ARVENSIS, Linn.—Asperula setosa, Jaub. et Spach; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. р. 30. 
Paropamisus range: 564, Мау 25, 1885. Оп the Sang-i-khotal pass, аё ап altitude of 
5000 feet elevation ; profuse in stony soil. 
ASPERULA HUMIFUSA, Bieb., var. В. PYCNANTHA, Boiss. ? ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 44. 
Khorasan : 658, June 16, 1885. Оп the banks of streams, in stony places, above 3000 
feet altitude; common. 
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SECOND SERIES.—BOTANY, VOL. ПТ. 
