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si antherarum xml "pitt erecti. Columna staminea prope 
basim corolle affixa; antherz lineares erectæ membrana terminate ; 
pollinia in quoque iani solitaria, pendula. Stylus apice truncatus vel 
convexus.  Follieulos non vidi. erbe suffruticesve volubiles vel 
prostrate. Folia opposita. Cyme umbelliformes, sublaterales, sub- 
enus is very closely allied to Pentatropis, but differs in having a 
distinet — tube to the corolla, with the lobes much more 
twisted in the bud and the coronal lobes dorsally flattened and thin, not 
jatetaliy flattened, as in Pentatropis 
S. Benti, NW. Brown; caulibus volubilibus gracilibus ramosis 
zlabris, foliis petiolatis oblonzis vel elliptico-oblongis obtusis mucronatis 
basi leviter cordatis glabris, « cymis umbellifo rmibus pedunculatis pluri- 
campanulato, lobis linearibus patentibus tortis extus glabris intus basi 
cum tubz fauce dense et minute adpresso-pubescentibus, coronæ lobis 
erectis linearibus acutis basi adnatis antheras æquantibu 
Chail-ba-Wazir, 250 feet. 
Foliorum petioli 2} -4 lin. longi, laminæ 3-1} poll. longa, 1-3 poll. 
lata. Pedunculi 3-5 lin. longi. Pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi. Sepala 1 lin. 
longa. Corolle tubus 1 lin. longus. Corone lobi } lin. longi 
BORAGINEJE. 
Heliotropium drepanophyllum, Baker, n. sp.; suffruticosum, ramulis 
lignosis teretibus dense breviter pilosis, foliis subeylindricis ad nodos 
dense fasciculatis utrinque dens? persistenter pubescentibus nullo modo 
undclatis sessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis, cymis dense multifloris 
scorpioideis furcatis terminalibus ebracteatis, sepalis ovatis dense 
pilosis, corolla tubo subcylindrico utrinque glabro calyce longiori, lobis 
linearibus obtusis den genitalibus in tubo inclusis, stigmate supra 
annulum elongato-conico. 
Growing in the sandy or stony beds of valleys between Tokham and 
Ghafit, alt. 200 fee 
i Fo olia 6-12 T Tue Sepala 1} lin. longa. Corolle tubus 2 lin. 
ong 
Belon ngs to the section Radula of Bunge, in which it is end dis- 
tinguished by its subeylindrical, densely fascicled uncrisped leave 
Heliotropium congestum, Baker, n. sp.; perenne, reor DUM 
ubique albido-setosum, foliis par vis oblongis complicatis undulatis 
ibecssiibos basi cuneatis, cymis teorpioideis brevibus dete aa imis 
terminalibus ebracteatis, sepalis oblongis obtusis densissime hispidis, 
corolle tubo cylindrico extus piloso intus glabro calyce paulo longiori, 
lobis tibiis eripe ca genitalibus in tubo inclusis, stigmate supra 
annulum elongato-co 
Sandy plains pré "Ghafit and Sibeh, alt. 600 feet. 
Folia, 3 lin. longa. Sepala, 1} lin. longa. 
Belongs to the section Radula of Bunge, near H. persicum, Lam. 
Heliotropium Eichwaldi, Steud.— Hills near Hajrain, alt. 2,600 feet. 
Extends qum Central Asia to Servia and Italy. 
