296 AFPGHANISTAN FLORA. 



About fields Cabul. 

 926a. Sinapis sp. — Monstrosity shewing the conversion of all the 

 parts of a flower into leaves, and even of the ovula. Icones. 

 et mss.* 



927. Asclepiadea. — Cynanchi faci, erect plures caules ex axi una, 

 Canescens, rocky ground in hills behind Babers tomb. 



928. Leguminosa. — Thermopsides. Frutex dense foliosus 3 4 pe- 

 dalis, gregaria. In thickets, behind Babers tomb. 



929. Echmops. — Erecta ramosa 2 pedalis, foliis subtus albidis, in- 

 volucella squamis sub inermibus glaucis flosculis, albis ; anthe- 

 ris fuscescent, rocky ground behind Babers tomb. 



930. Compositse Centaureoides. — Humifusa flosculis citrinis, squa- 

 mis involucro triquetris, patentibus. Cum prsecedent. 



931. Compositse-Carduacea. — Caules plures ex axi una, plerumque 

 sub simplicis. Fol infimis breve petiolatis oblongis. dentata 

 lobatis, spinosis, glauco albidis, superioribus sessilibus. Capitu- 

 lis saepe ad apicem caulis aggregat. In volucro ovato arachnoi- 

 deo. Spinis patentibus interioribus longioribus scariosis, floscu- 

 lis albis, et stigmata antheris purpureis. On rocks or rocky 

 dry ground, Babers tomb. 



932. Composita — Onopordoides. — Canato alba, foliis decurrent 

 undique spinosa, involucro, depressa globoso,. lunato arach- 

 noideo, squamis lanceolatis in spinis longis, rectis, patentibus 

 abeunt, flosculis lilacino purpureis. Cum prsecedent (but low- 

 er down in Shingle.) 



933. Composita.— Carduacear. tribus. Robusta, e basi ramosa 

 spinosa, albo tomentoso, spinis fuscescent. Involucris aggre- 

 gatis in apici ramulorum, foliis subrecondifc, angusta, ovatia- 

 arachnoides, spinis breviusculis patento recurvus, floribus san- 

 guineis. Base of rocky hills, Babers tomb. 



934. Lythrarieae ^Planta spithamoea vel minor, ramosa caule 



ramisque, 4 quetris, foliis linearibus ascendentibus, floribus 

 solitarius in axillis sub sessilibus basi bibracteolatis, majuscu - 

 lis lilacino purpureis. 



Calyx sub clavatus 10 costatus, costis dentibus propriis 

 4-5 dentibus minoribus, aliis in processubus carnosis vi- 

 ridibus, petalis oppositis excurrent, liber persistens, demum 



* Notul« ad Plant. Asiat. p. 134, part. 1. Icones ad. PI. asiat PI. 35. 



