200 



species, who then would be allied to Ä verrucosa, which plant it 



is resembling. 



X. 2071. Chiwa, in sandy desert near Nukus. Aug. 8. 1899. 



51. S. foetida Delile; Bois. fl. or. IV, p. 961; Hooker fl. 

 brit. India V, p. 18. 



Mj specimens are without flowers, but this species is so 



characteristic, that I have almost no doubt in referring them to it, 



although this species hitherto is not known from Turkestan. Shrub, 



scarcely 1 m. high. 



N. 1861. By the river Amu Daria between Tshardshui and Chiwa, in 



sandy desert by Kis-Kala. June 9. 1899. 

 Area: Arabia, northern India, Belutshistan. 



52. S. arbuscula Pall. 111. pi. imp. cogn. t. 17; Ldb. fl. ros. 



III, p. 816; C.A.M. in Eichw. PI. casp. cauc. t. 29, 30, 31; Bunge 

 Enum. p. 436; Bunge in Egl. et Herd. 1. c. p. 403; Bois. fl. or. 



IV, p. 960; Aitchison Afghan Delim. p. 103; 0. Kuntze 1. c. p. 282; 



Lipski I.e. p. 18; 0. Fedtschenko I.e. p. 131. S. arbor-escens L., 



Bunge reliq. Lehm. p. 471. 



X. 1743. Transcaspia, in sandy desert by Barachané. June 2. 1899. 



X. 1905. Chiwa, in desert (of ^Loss") by Akjar. June 28. 1899. 



X. 1999. Chiwa, on the mouutaiu Sultan Baba. July 24. 1899. 



X. 2069. Chiwa, in sandy desert near Xukus. Aug. 8. 1899. 



X.2120. Buchara, in sandy desert by Farab. Sept. 3. 1899. 



X. 2122. Transcaspia, in sandy desert by Kavniua. Sept. 5. 1899. 



N. 1905, 1999, 2069 are specimens of the small form, figured 



bv C.A.Meyer (1. c.) t. 30, while the others are of the big form with 



long leaves (v. angustifolia Bois. 1. c), figured by Eichwaldt t. 31. 



Both forms are variable, e. g. with regard to hairs, some being 



tine setulose and some glabrous. 



Area: South-eastern Russia, southern Sibiria, Afghanistan, middle- and 

 central Asia. 



53. S. subaphylla C.A.M. in Eichw. PI. casp. cauc. t. 24; 

 Ldb. fl. ros. Ill, p. 818; Trautv. Enum. pi. songor. p. 69: Bunge 

 Enum. p. 437 ; Bois. fl. or. IV, p. 259 ; Aitchison Afghan. Delim. 



