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ram, oblongis, parce tunicatis vaginis castaneis, axis florifera la- 

 teralis, squamis vagiaat, floribus ante folia evolutis, fol. juaiora 

 linearia concava canaliculat. Periant liberam in tubum lougis- 

 simo, basi connat, bipartit sepalis linearibus angustis (interior 

 angustior) patente revolutis, aurea. 



Stam aurea, o, fauci inserta, filani brevia, his stamin sepalis 

 exterioribus oppositoruin logioribus. Anth ba^ ad ixae bilocul. 

 ^triuque dehiscent, cito tortce. 



Ovar e carpellis 3, oblonguoi subterraneum 3 loc. ov. oo 

 biscriat. Stylis 3 longitudiue. CoroUee (PeriaDthii) part 

 exserte e tubo aureae. Stig. subsimplice. Ofcen polygamous or 

 rather male. Larger specimens from Kafiristhan. Among grass, 

 on exposed faces of Mountains, Bala Chugur 4000, to ooOO ft, 



Momuana. Cryptaudroides — Stipa very common. Thyme- 

 laea do. extends to snow. The bark is used for matches. 

 IScrophularia, Ditto. Arum. 



Sedoides pictum. 



21. Pinus sp. — P. excelsge. Arbor dicitur excelsa et communis 

 in montibus Kafiristhan, fol. sub nutantibus subsecundis trigo- 

 nis, angustissimis acutiusculis quaternis vagiiiis obsoletis e squa- 

 mis minutis imbricatis, membranaceis solitis nullis. 



Strobilis juniores erecto longuiscule pedunculate pedunculis 

 Tobustis squamis scariosis sparsis. 



Maturis pendulis (sausage shaped) squamis latissimis obtu- 

 siss : inferior subcarinatis, planiusculis, superior quasi apice in- 

 curvis. Concave, or rather bulged out towards the apex. 



Piunee, is the Kafir name ; seeds not eatable. 



22. iEsculus. — Of this I have only the seeds. Seutoalla is the 

 Kafiri name. It is used as food for cattle. 



Semen maximum reniforme nigrum, sub lucide, secus sinum 

 raphe lata notat, raphe in depressione terminant, hilo magnum 

 circulare centrum semenis versus Tegument fuscum iutus eras- 

 sum coriaceum. Cotyledonibus adhaereus. Cotyledones conso- 

 lidatae carnosre semeni conform : extus (correspond to the seed) 

 rugosoe, Radicula curvatolonge in cavitatem raphe respondentem 

 recondit. Plumula iuclusa ? Fig. 37. 

 a Radicle, h hilum, c cotvledon, dd commissure, e depression at the 

 commencement of the raphe,/ included Plamule? It is green. 



