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AFFGHANISTAN FLORA* 



876. Composita Lactmoides sect. Humilis herbacea, flosculis faete 

 cseruleis, swardy banks of Schneesh, Hyderkhet. Rosa, Salsola 

 of Argliandab, Equisetum, Salix arborea diam 2 pedalis, 

 Tamarix. 



877. Zea maize. — Humilior quasi Hindostanee. Cult in irrigated 

 fields, vally of Schneesh. Very common about Hyderkhet. 



878. Populus.— Arbor 50-60 pedalis, corona oblonga, foliis tremu- 

 lis. Hyderkhet, banks of Schneesh. 



879. Salix sp. — Frutex 5-6 pedalis virgatissima in ramulis ultimatis, 

 foliis angustissimis. Assumes the form of hedges, along the 

 Schneesh, Hydekhet. 



880. Quid? — Silenacearum vel affineo huic ordini, non obstant. 

 Semenibus solitariis. Huftasya, shingly ground. 



880«. Herba annua, spithamaea vix ultra ramosa, foliis 



oppositis membranaceis, univenius, ramulis ultimis tomentosu- 

 lis. Calyx imbricatis biseriatus, 4 sepalis, sepalis 2 exter, 2 in- 

 ter scariosis lanceolatis, foliis similibus. 



Fetalis totidem exunguiculatis, brevioribus linear lancea- 



latis. 



Capsula breve stipitata, ovata, membranacea, stylis 2 e basi 

 pauUo supra recurvo deflexis terminat, 1 locularis. Semen uni- 

 cum vel duo erecta oblongo vel oblongo obovata, basi reni- 

 formi vel potuis angusta hippocrepidiformi echinatula, Tegu- 

 menta membranacea, concreta. 



Albumen album farinacea centrale. 



Embryo viridescens, curvatus circum albumen. Radicula 

 teres, colyledonibus linearibus, ^ brevior apice alba. 

 In shingly ground Cabul, not uncommon. 



881. Sal vise sp.— Frutex humilis, more solito cano albus, fragrans, 

 fol. basi pinnatifidis. In patches. 



Micaceous hills Shekhabad. 



882. Rutae sp. — -Basi frutic, plures caules ex axi una foliis, angustis- 

 simis, floribus luteis. 



Cum prsecedent, common. The same as 873 ? which is a 

 poor starved specimen. 



883. Hippuris sp.— Pedalis eflorif. in ditches, moist banks of 

 Logurh, Shekhabad. 



884. Santalacea.— Herbacea erecto, laxa glaucescens, floribus ochro 



