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d, the flower stem with flowers and very immature fruit ; 
the leaves. The plant arrived in a broken state, and was 
arded to Mr. Hanbury. Upon its receipt, he wrote :— 
his morning I have devoted to the Asafcetida plant, and to a 
‘Comparison of it with the figures and descriptions published 
y Borszezow, Balfour, and Hooker ; but to decide on its bota- 
nical name is at present a difficult, if not impossible, task, 
er 
They are remarkably glabrous, not pu 
in Borszczow’s plant ; but this is of small moment.” __ &: 
Karly in 1875, another box of specimens, with ripe fruit and 
large supply of leaves, was obtained. In acknowledging it, 
» Hanbury wrote :—“The box containing the Asafoetida 
lant arrived on the 29th January in excellent order, and 
contents have given me great pleasure. The large plant 
ugh it had been rudely broken up and stuffed into a narrow 
ce, proved to he fairly perfect; and by soaking in cold 
ater 1 was able to restore it to shape, and then to fix it 
gether so as to make a really beautiful specimen, measuring 
ee feet six inches in height. The leaves, also, by soaking — 
hem and taking some pains, form very decent herbarium. 
becimens, and there are enough of them to supply several — 
lections. But the chief point with me has been to deter- 
ine the plant. From the foliage, the pink colour of the stem 
the size of the fruit, I judged it might -be t 
cea of Boissier; but there being no 
ussected consists of fertile female, and abortive flowers, none 
