282 AFFGHANISTAN FLORA, ETC. 



exterius coriaceum, internis membranaceo-apiculat fuscescens 

 apicule micropylei exserta. Embryo carnosus in albuma 

 carnosum, pendulum secus axim reforma, linese structura et 

 aspectu difformi. 



EphedrsG affinis, certae Gymnospermis. 



761. Umbelliferae ? — Spinescens, vestita, uncialis vel ramosa fructi- 

 bus bilobis, bicornutis. 



Sandy ground, on plains. Noorook. 



762. Labiata). — Leucades. — Herba ramosa lanata alba aromatic. 

 Floribus rubris. 



Calyce claus^ lanata immulata 5 venia condita, reliquis 

 rudimentariis, basi subangulata. Semen erectura, tegument 

 tenui membranac. Cotyledones carnosse, alburaenos, alb. nul- 

 lum. Nucibus solitariis ovata oblonga punctulata, utrinqe vase 

 notat. Sandy ground. Noorook. 



763. Silenacea ? — Csepitosa fruticosa ramosissim. fol. basi connatis 

 adpressis liniaribus. 



Panicula gracili ramosa, capsulis rotundatis adpressis. 

 Calyce basi cinctis. 



Shingly ground. Noorook also, all along the Turnuk river. 



764. Composita — Carduaeca. Erecta annua 3-4 pedalis simplex 

 inflorescentia ramosissima divaricat. Anthodio ovato, spinis 

 recurvis, flosculis lilacinis, foliis tenuiter pinnatiseetis. In 

 shingly undulations. Noorook, not very common. 



765. Boraginea — Frutex, asclepiadeo habitu, decumbens vel sub- 

 erect, foliis glauco albis, floribus solitariis in axillis, corollis 

 non visis, calyce valvatis. Shingly ground, Noorook, et alibi. 



Eremostachyo affine. — Akenise vel nuces compressje, intus 

 trigonaB, angulas acutis apice oblique truncate, albo piloso, 

 brunnia, tegument carpello adhierent tenuibus. Embryone 

 ordinario. Noorook, in Shingly ground. 



766. Plantago sp, — Habitu P. mediae, foliis sub undulatis spicis 

 erectis sub cylindraceis. In Swards in damp spots, July 

 1838. 



767. Matthioloides. — Frutex 1^ pedalis ramosus eanus, floribus 

 fusco lutescent, siliquis elongatis, rostratis, compressis, valvis 

 e basi secedent, Semina plura compressima membranaceo-mar- 

 ginat. Cotyledon marginibus in radicula replicato applicetis. 



In ripis, a Nullah, along, the Turnuk. 



