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AFFGHANISTAN FLORA^ ETC. 



late, all above the placental point, not being from marginal 

 cohesion. Fig. 27. 

 (446 ?.) [Appears to be Rutaceous. Not noted whether graveolent 

 or not : few salt plants are. 



Minima decumbens fol. alternis lobatis, saepius 3 lobis dua- 

 bus lateralibus basilaribus ^ amplexicaul carnosis. 



Floribus minutis axillaribus solitariis, summis sub racemo- 

 sis. 



Calix, a rim, carnosus, dentibus 4, Pet 4 aestiv imbricate 

 concava. decidua. 



Stam 4 sepalis opposit. 



Ovar 4 5 lobum saepius 4 lobis, petalis oppositis e centre de- 

 presso surgit, stylus columnaris brevis, stigmata obtuso sim- 

 plici teminat. 



Loculi totquot lobi, Placentae cuj usque loculi libera stipitat, 

 ex apice sub fungosa, ovula dua, anatropa pendant, vel si 3 

 tertio intermedio inferior, all from the outer side of the pla- 

 centa.] Fig. 28. 

 447. Staticinese. — Planta minima vix \\ uncialis, floribus albis. 

 Common or saltpetrey spots Aehulzey. 



[Flores in spicam undique disposita, aggregata glome- 

 rulis paucifloris basi bractea seariosa. Spice vel nude vel 

 basi versus folio instructe ; fol carnosa glauca tenera para 

 runciuato pinnitifida. 



Habitus Amarantearum vel Polygonoarum. 



Inflorescentia prsesingularis : glomeruli spiece baseos secun- 

 dse gyratae, floribus interior superioribus, prius evolutis, basi 

 bibracteatus, bracteo exterio scariosis, interiora minora. 



This second bract is always present, although the flowers 

 are at the apex of the spike often reduced to one ; it shews how 

 very compound, this inflorescence is. It must belong to the 

 terminal flower : and is brought down to its situation by the 

 extreme shortness of the axis of the glomerul. Fig. 29. 



Calyx tubulosus lamina brevi rotatata seariosa subcre- 

 nato dentata, in setas 5 patente recurvas subito acuminat. 



Tubo lineis 5 (corresponding to the nerves of component 

 parts) pilorum alborum capilatorum densorum, prsecurso 5 

 gonus plicatus ?. 



