to Sciaphila of Blume. 469 



ing from the base upwards : seed solitary, hard striated, marked by 

 an elevated raphse, naked. Embryo with the radicle next the hilum 

 at the apex of rather hard albumen. Bract eoles ovate, half a line 

 long. 



Galle: June 1st, 1846. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE, No V. 



Hyalisma Janthina. 



1. A specimen with male flowers only, showing the root. 



2. A specimen with both male and female flowers. 



3. Part of a flower much magnified. 



4. An utriculus much magnified. 



5. Ditto ditto burst. 



6. A style much magnified. 



7. A seed magnified. 



8. Ditto ditto section showing the embryo. 



9. Section of the fruit much magnified. 



10. Anthers of a male flower previous to their bursting, also much magnified. 



Description of the Wild Ass and Wolf of Tibet, with Illus- 

 trations, By B. H. Hodgson, Esq, 



EQUIM). 



Genus Equus. — Sub-genus Asinus. 



Asinus polyodon mihi. Kiang of the Tibetans. 

 Sp. Ch. Wild ass with two extra molars in the upper jaw, 

 in front of the usual series. Summer coat close and shining ; 

 above clear antelopine-red ; below, with the entire limbs and 

 muzzle, flavescent- white. Mane, tuft of tail, and a dorsal line 

 connecting them, brown-black. No trace of a cross on the 

 shoulders. Winter coat rough and frizzled, like camel's hair, 

 and the rufous hue of the upper parts deeply embrowned. 

 This exceedingly wild, shy, fleet, and handsome species in- 



