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la wheat fields, along water cuts River Dori. 



577. Silene sp.— Spithamaea viscosa, floribus albis suave odoris, 

 sandy and gravelly plains to Dair Haj. 



578. Heliotropii sp. — Cano pubescens basi sufFructicus dense ramo. 

 sum, floribus inconspicuis albis. To Dair Haj, sandy plains, 

 local. 



579. Frutex vix pedalis argenteo glaueeis, foliis usque ad medium, 

 caule adnates quasi ? floribus non visis. To Dair Haj, sandy 

 plains, local. 



580. Mimosea. —Frutex 1^ pedalis caespitosus spieis elongatis ju- 

 nior tantum visa, near Dair Haj in Sandy plains, common here 

 and there. 



581. Frutex humilis dense carnosus ramulis veluteis, foliis carnosis, 

 mucrona spinosa, floribus in axillis solitariis bibracteatis su- 

 birnmersis, carneis, alabastris albidis. Sandy Plains to Dair 

 Haj, not uncommon. 



582. Calligonum. — Frutex 3 pedalis dense ramosus, ramulis cylin- 

 draceis, foliaceis, foliis, inconspicuis, subulatls, ochreo, mem- 

 branaceo inconspicuo, fructibus pendulis unilocularibus, alls 

 maximis 4, extus in lamellas duas membranaceas, partitis, 

 lamellarum facierum interiorum, pilis ramosis longissimis pecu- 

 liaribus vestit, basi calyci conico, lamina 5 partita membrana- 

 cea suff'ult. Semen unicum. Radicula supera. Cotyledonibus 

 linearibus, piano convexis. Semen erectum testa, in statu juniori 

 celluloso venosa, viridescens. 



Sandy ground near Dair Haj, a remarkable plant. Poly- 

 goneis aflinis, 



583. Planta inter minimas, annua ramosa cano, pubescens, fol. al- 

 ternis basi vaginant recurvis, sub teretibus, spinuloso mucro- 

 natis, floribus solitariis in axillis, bibracteatis. Perianthio 

 scarioso. Stamina per singular connectivo elongato in ungue, 

 ferent laminam clavatam vesicosam loete rosaceam reflexam 

 petala omnino simulares. Cset. examinando ; stony hills near 

 Dair Haj, a very singular plant. 



584. Convolvuli sp Humifusa repens floribus carneis plicis satu- 



rationibus, waste places about fields Khoshab. 



585. Astragali sp. — Albescens basi sufl'ruticosa, floribus ochroleu- 

 cis about -^elds near Khoshab, not uncommon but local. 



