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1023. Rhamnus naa Jacquem. Journ, ii. 346, (1841) in 
obs., nomen; ex R. N. Parker [Rhamn naceae~Rhamneae] ; 5 o RK; 
persica, Boiss. habitu et disco glabro differt. 
Frutex nanus, intricatus, ramis tortuosis, ramulis junioribus 
breviter tomentellis apice spinescentibus. Folia decidua 
0°7-1-5 cm. longa, elliptica, obtusa, utrinque minute tomen- 
tella velfere glabra, obscure crenulata; petiolus 1-3 mm. longus. 
Flores breviter pedicellati, fasciculati. Calyx cupuliformis, 
laciniis ovato-triangularibus. Petala anguste linearia, minuta. 
Discus glaber. Stylus 3-fidus. Drupa 5 mm. longa, nigra, 
obovoideo-globosa. Semina nitida, eleganter verrucosa; rima 
anguste hians, margine cartilaginea, apice introflexa, ’ bifida. 
R. persica, Lawson in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 638 ex parte, 
non Boiss. 
. Hrmaraya. In the arid region at 2700-4200 m. Garhwal, 
Strachey and Winterbottom 7; Kunawar 24-847, Spiti 30-8-47, 
Padar 20-6-48, Ladakh 5-7-48, Zanskar 28-6-—48, Nubra 
10-8-48, 7’. Phowmson : Safed Koh, ‘Afghanistan, Aitchison 915. 
I have not seen a specimen of Jacquemont’s but there is no 
doubt as to the plant he refers to, as T. Thomson’s specimen 
collected on 30-8—47 came from the same locality. 
1024. Potentilla sericophylla, Parker [Rosaceae—Potentilleae] ; 
affinis P. lignosae, Willd. et P. Lindenbergii, Lehm., ab prima 
habitu, sepalis exterioribus et interioribus subaequalibus et 
ca ellis, ab secunda foliolis gtr ie subintegris utrinque 
sericeo-pilosis et floribus majoribus differ 
Frutex nanus; rami stipulis io obtecti. Folia 
petiolata, non articulata, (petiolo incluso) 2-5 cm. longa; stipulae 
petiolo adnatae, scariosae, amplexicaules. Po liola 7 vel 9, 
nonnunquam 5-:5-15 mm. longa, oblanceolata, obscure denti- 
culata, apicé rotundata, utrinque (praecipue infra) sericeo- 
pilosa. Flores 1:5-1-8 cm. diametro, 1-4, pedunculati, ex apice 
ramulorum oreintes, folia superantes. Sepala externa lineari- 
lanceolata, interna ovato-lanceolata, acuta, extra sericeo-pilosa. 
Petala obovata, intergerima, calyce vix longiora, alba. Antherae 
oblongae, infra emarginatae, connectivo non dilatato. Stylus 
subbasalis, filiformis, carpello maturo duplo longior; stigma non 
dilatum. Achenia apice et dorso pilosa, basin versus glabra 
N.W. Inp1. On rocks at 2400 m. Hazara, Stewart 352, Barrett, 
Parker; Chitral, Barrett. 
1025. Tricholepis Toppinii, Dunn [Compositae- -Cynaroideae] ; 
affinis 7’. tibeticae, Hook. f., sed foliis numerosis oblongis 
papyraceis, capitulis nutantibus, bracteis involucrantibus longior- 
ibus, externis e basi subulatis differt. 
Herba erecta, 30 cm. alta, basi sublignosa, capitulis exceptis 
glabra; Caulis ramosus, foliosus, striatus. olia ia, 
lineari-oblonga, basi cuneata, 1-6 cm. longa, fere ad capitula 
gradatim decrescentia, cuspidato-dentata, inferiora obtusa, basi 
saepe paullo pinnatifida. Capitula ovoidea, in caule ramisque 
solitaria, mox nutantia, basi rotundata, 3 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. 
