298 AFFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



sub strangulated. Semenibus fuscis, reticulato celluloses. Ra- 

 (licula in colyledon versus commisuram applicita. In damp, 

 banks Cabul. 



939. Urticae sp. — Erect, 2 3 pedalis spicis sub cernuis, vix pun- 

 pungens, in ssepibus, Cabul. 



940. Scrophulariae sp. — Basi suflruticos ramosa pedalis, hills, be- 

 hind Babers tomb. 



941. Cochleariee sp.-^Basi suffruticos, foliis glaucescent, floribus 

 albis. 



Waste ground Babers tomb, and on hills behind it. 

 941a. Bauhinioides. — Arbuscula, 10, 15 pedalis. Leguminibus pen- 

 dulis foliaceis, sutura placentat carinato alata, inter suturis 

 venosis reticulatis. Babers tomb, common, cult. 



942. Capparideae. — Polanisioidis, annua erecta ramosa, caule ramis- 

 que luteo viridibus, foliis trifoliolatis, floralibus simplicibus, 

 floribus racemoso axillar, pedicellis gracilibus, and fuscescento 

 rubris, sepalis reflexis. Fetalis superne secundis. Stam. demum 

 sub declinat rubris, siliquis stipitatis, torulosis uncialibus. 



943. Trifolii sp. — Caulibus longis decumbent, floribus lilacinis. 

 Cabul. 



945. Salsolae sp. — Caule ramoso, ramisque basilaribus decumbent, 

 albo, caesiis, foliis oppositis e basi vaginant, lateralibus mem- 

 branaceis spinescent subulata, floribus axillaribus. 



Under Cabul wall, in higher portions of the ridge, 7600 ft. 



947. Chenopodiacea. — Betas affiiiis planta annua Dioica succulen- 

 ta, floribus foemineis dense aggregatis in axillis foliorum, de- 

 mum transverse bicornutis. Stylis 2 3 cult. Cabul. An ex- 

 cellent spinach. (Beet is also very good at Cabul.) 



948. Asteracea. — Erecta ramosa, Ijeto aspectu, floribus disco luteis, 

 radii albis lilacitiis vel rosaceis. In Gardens Cabul. 



949. ^Dianthi sp. — Floribus rubris. 



In gardens Cabul. 



950. Ranunculi sp R. acri similis, flower yellow, sides ditches 



Cabul. 



951. Labiatae sp. — Humilis ramosa molliter hirsuta; floribus 2-3 in 

 axillis. Corolla superne fissa, lobis labri superioris acutis, ascen- 

 dentibus, lateralibus labio inferioris conformibus, margine in 

 curvis, centrale, porrecto-deflexo oblongo obcordata purpu- 



