216 x^'in. CARYorHYLLE2E. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Tunica 



1. T. strict a, Bunge ; Boiss. Ft. Orient, i. 521 ; annual, erect, leaves 

 linear-spathulate, margins scabrous, cauline linear, flowers subsolitary 

 ebracteate, calyx 5-ribbed. Ledeb. Ic. FL ROM. t. 5. 



KASHMIR, Falconer, &e. DISTRIB. Soongaria, Altai, Persia, Asia Minor. 



Glabrous, 12-18 in., branched from the base. Radical leaves ~4 in., many, short. 

 Cymes strict, j nd their branches slender quite erect. Flower* \ in. long; pedicel* 

 often exceeding the glabrous turbinate calyx. Petals white, liucar-obloug, entire. 

 tieeds boat-shuped, wrinkled on the edges and keel. 



3. ACANTHOFHYLLTTM, C. A. Meyer. 



Perennial, densely tufted acerose or spiny-leaved herbs or shnihs. Fl- 

 solitary or in panieled or fascicled cymes, the lateral or all with ii-i? bra- -Vs. 

 Calyx tubular or turbinate, 5-toothed or lobed, 5-15-nerved. J'rtals 5, ex- 

 serted, narrow, apathulate ; claw long, widening into "the -entire or notched 

 limb. Stamens 10. l)i*k. short or produced into a short gynophorc. Oar// 

 1-celled, 4-10-ovuled ; styles 2. Capsule ovoid or oblong, indehiscent or 

 with 4 small teeth, 1-2-seeded. &eds subreniform, laterally compressed, 

 iiilum marginal; embryo annular. DISTKIB. About J 7 species; natives ot" 

 Western and Central Asia, most numerous in Ati'ghaui-stan. 



1. A. macrodon, Edyew. ; hoary, leares spinous, flowers solitary, 

 bracts 4 linear with scariotis margins. 



Wazaristan in the PUK.I.VK, titeirart. DISTKIR. Affglianistan, Griffith. 



A tttfted excenbively spinuus lierb, minutely pubesceut. Leuw* MM-U. ntal, ^-J iu., 

 rigid with acerose tips, pule given, flat abovi-, convex on the back, j l K Q ',-. " diani. at 

 the base. Flowers rosy, f in. long, terminal ; bracts ^quarrose, pungent, n curved, 

 reaching as high as the calyx lobes. ' 'a ///./; cylindric, hoary, lobes bubulate-laii'jeolate, 

 recurved, aceroee, with very narrow scarious tdgea. Petals narrow. 



1 4. GYPSOPHILA, Linn. 



Perennial or annual, oTten glaucous herbs, rarely shrubby. Lear** usually 

 flat, very rarely subulate. Wttwra in pauicled cymes, rarely solitary in the 

 forks. Calyx turbinate tubular A or campanulate, 5-tootlied or -lobed, with 

 5 broad green nerves and membranous inUi>pnces. Petal* 5, claw narrow ; 

 limb entire or notched, without ^rarely with) a scale. J)ik small. Ovary 

 1-celled; styles -2 (rarely 3) ; ovules mauy. Cup&uU 4-valved to or beU*w 

 the middle, few- or many-seeded. 6Vt</.v .subreniform, hilum lateral; embryo 

 annular. DJSTRIB. Species about 50, European and W. Asiatic. 



SECT. I. Pseudacanthophyllum. Undershrubs. Leave* pungent or 

 acerose. Calyx ovoid or oblong-campanulate. 



1. G-. Ftewartii, Thorns. ; pubenilous, leaves \ in. subulate acerose, 

 convex beneath, flowers subcapitate, bracts equalling the calyx-tube. 



Wazaristan in the PUNJAB, alt. 3-4000 ft., Stewart. DIBTKIB. Affghauistan 

 (Turuak valley). 



A small green densely tutted spinous perennial. Leave* spreading, flat above, 

 points glabrous polished. Oymes on short peduncles, 8-15-flowenul; bracts narrow- 

 Bululate. Calyx fa in., ovoid, glabrous, 5-ribbed; teeth long, slender, subulate. Petalt 

 half as long again as the calyx; blade pink, linear-oblong. Closely allied to G. erinacea, 

 Boiss. (oi Afghanistan), but much snaaller, with crowded flowers, aud glabrous calyces 

 with longer subulate teeth. 



