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WARMING 1897 p. 216). The 

 bracteoles in S. spissa and S. 

 sclerantha are similar in struc- 

 ture. The latter species is 

 white-haired. 



Halocharis hispida C. A. M. 



A clay- and salt-plant with Fig 75. 

 stiff hairs which give it a greyish 

 colour. The leaves are more 

 or less cylindrical and long- 

 haired, especially at the apex; they are very closely arranged 

 on short-shoots arising in the leaf-axils. These short-shoots 



Agriophyllum latifolium. 

 Part of a transverse section of 

 stem. Bast in black, leptome cross- 

 hatched. (X 53). 



Fig. 76. Salsola sogdiana in fruit. June. 



