366 THYMELACE.E. 
Fructus perianthio immulato recondit. Carpellum cellu- 
losum, et inferne valde attenuatum. 
Semen pendulum, tegument exterius  atro-brunneum, 
chartaceo-osseum, interius membranaceo-cellulosum album. 
Albumen 0! Embryo inversus (quoad plante axin) radi- 
cula longa conica. 
Cotyledones carnose oblonge obliquissimz. Plumula in- 
conspicue. 
l. Plant X natural size, chief branch incomplete. 
2. Fascicle of flower in an axil. 
3. Flower 
4. Do. open and spread out. 
5. Stamen front view. 
6. One of the larger and upper stamina after dehiscence, 
(dry) front view. 
7. One of the lower ditto shewing its longer filament. 
8. Pollen dry. 
9. Immersed in water, the bns globule has its outer coat 
dissolved from longer immersion. 
10. Long section of pistillum. 
11. Ovulum. 
lla. Ditto seen under pressure. 
12. Perianth of fruit half developed. 
13. Ditto of ripe fruits. 
14. Capsule separated from the perianth. 
15. Ditto long section, a pericarpial walls, 6 outer osseous 
coats of seed, c inner cellulo-membranous do. d embryo. 
15a. Transverse section of fruit, a pericarp, 5 osseous coat of 
seed, e cellulo-membranous, do. d cotyledons. 
16. Embryo, one cotyledon removed, shewing the plamule 
indistinct. 
Han. Affghanisthan in turfosis dumidiusculis agrorum, 
per totam plagam fere. 
SP. Cnan. Ramis virgatis foliis linearibus floribus ia 
axillis aggregatis. Perianthio hirto persistent fructus © 
costatus. Stigmat discoideo, æstiv, valvat. 
STIS DR SETTE TENERE IS 
