288 AFFGHANISTAN FLORA, ETC. 



837. Cicer arietinum. — Cult about Karabagh. 



838. Astragali sp. — Humilis fructicos cano alba, fioribus luteis. 

 Karabagh and generally from heads of Turnuk valley com- 

 mon. 



839. Glycerise sp. — Banks of springs. Chushma i Shadee. 



840. Plantago. — P. majori similis. Wet places Chushma i Shadee 

 to Ghugnee. 



841. Trifolii sp. — Cult perfragrans, florib purpureis alabastris albis, 

 humifusa, laxa succulent Ghuznee. Karabagh, Mookhloor. 



842. Leguminosa. — Fruticosa basi, prostrata, legume moniliform. 

 Ghuznee in sandy plains. 



843. Rutacea. — Frutex fragraus, fructibus echinatis, Ghuznee, 

 in plains. 



844. Leguminosa. — Decumbens, cano albo, fioribus vexillo lutes- 

 cent brunneo-venoso carina purpur. Ghuznee, sandy plains. 



845. Malvacea. — Cano hirta, Corolla ampla alba, (petalis obcordatis 

 bilobis) sub infundib campanul. Involucro cyathiforma, 6-8 

 partitis. 



Banks of river Ghuznee. 



846. Arundo sp. — In aquis stagnant,culmo exserto,5-6 pedalis, folii s 

 rigidis planis, unifariis, panicula (immaturum) sub natans, fus- 

 eo tincto. In palludib, Ghuznee. 



Mooklhoor, et secus Turnuk. 



847. Cyperacea — Aquatica, culmo emerso 3-4 pedale obtuse trigo- 

 no, panicule lateral, folio terminal, longior. Culmo immers. 

 teretiuscul. 



In palludibus Ghuznee. 



848. Composita.* — Frutex in extricato ramosa, varians e spithamsea 

 ad 2J pedalis, ramis angulatis cortice alba, folia singularia, 

 subligulata, decurrentia primo (subsequently the decurrent 

 parts become separated from the limb, remaining attached to 

 the stem in the form of two oblong linear bodies attached 

 along the centre) fol. infer runcinato pinnatifida. Capitulis 

 axillaribus, solitariis sessibus, cylindraceis, flosculis ligulatis 

 paucis sub quaternis luteis. 



Common all over Khorasan, in gravelly or shingly plains, 

 very common toward Ghuznee. 



The flowers resemble much certain 4 partite corollae ? this 



* Composita foliis dislocatis of the Private Journal p. 382, 387, etc. 



