2)2 



AFFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



stipulls veris membranaceis, liaeari acuminatis, deciduis, albidis. 



Racemi mascu]! omuino amentiformes, bi uncialis, nutant. pen- 

 dula, antliesi peracte curvat, axis crassiuscula alba, parce pubes- 

 cente pilosa, flores initio dense congeste, demum segregat, pedi- 

 cellis pubescent, 1^ linealibus, patentissirais. Calyce incompleto 

 e discostaminiferse, sepalisque reflexis parvis, albis, irregularibus 

 integris vel. sub bilobis, vel dentatis, numero variis 8-10. 



Stamina indefinita 28-35-40 e disco solo ortum duceat ex- 

 trorsa. Filament filiformia, gracilia, brevia. Anth oblongo, basin 

 versus affixte, biloculares, longit dehiscentes repescentra peracta 

 tremula brunnescent, lutea, florum superiorum rubro tinota. 

 Pollene diflforme ; stepius rotundat glabrum ; plica (at least) una. 

 Racemi foeminei rubro tinct, erectiusculi vel nutantis masculis 

 longiores. Pedicelli bis longiores. Calyx idem, sed deciduis. Ova- 

 rium oblongo ovatum, supcrne product. Stylus brevis partitus 

 basin prope a ramos 3-4. Stigmata 3 4, maxima biloba, crescente 

 cordiformia varia revuluta. Ovar. 1 . loculare, extus linea stigmata 

 quoque opposita rotata, intus placentis 3 parietalibus, lineiformi 

 bus elevatis, infra medium ovuliferis. Ovulis oo, foramina hilum 

 prope et supero, loculi cavitata nempe propinquius. 



Folia matura deltoideo rotundata acuto et grosse dentata, 

 coriacea, supra basi bi glandulosa et plurivenea, venis secondariis 

 reliquis e costa ortis, 1-2 dichotomis, inter venis minuto reticula- 

 tis, alia ad sunt in ramulis quibus, linear! spathulatis integris 

 vel dentatis vel cuneiformibus et dentatis. vel cuneiformi lan- 

 ceolatis. Petiola compressi. Fructus non visus. 



Occurs in large tracts from about half way to Bahawulpore as 

 far as Chuck. Sofaidar, is the Loodianah name ; Bhan, the Pun- 

 jabee or Scindian name. It is commonly infested with excres- 

 cences like Galls, which are often 3-4 valved. Of this genus 

 whatever it is, I have another species from Bootan, which, from 

 its currant-like habit may be called, Ribesioides. I can find no 

 character in Lindley with which it agrees, but its affimities are 

 obviously with Amentacea, generally, and above all with Popu- 

 laccae and Betulacea). It may be perhaps a Balsamiflua. In habit 

 it is most like a Poplar, with which it agrees in the very curious 

 petiole, which seems to be confined to deltoideous leaves ? witness 

 the Peepul. Poplars etc. The large celluliform vessels abound 



