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AB'FGHANISTAN FLORA. 



23. Querci sp. — Arbor. Habitu quoad ramulos Q. Baloot, follis 

 minus coriaceis, semper spinosis et non glaucis subtus. 



Kafiristhan. Zaih, is the Kafiri name. 



24. Euphorbiacea. — Herbacejt decumbens, fol. glaucis rubro plus 

 minus tinctis, involucro viride. Kafiristhan. 



25. Hederacea. — H. Helix from Kafirithaus. Praitsoo. 



26. Asplenium. — Rachi atrata, caeterum teeto viridis, from Kafiris- 

 than. 



27. Pteris : — Rachi fuscescent pinnis linearibus acuminatis, serra- 

 tis fertilibus majoribus, longo productis. 



Color totus pallens, ideoque verisimiliter umbrosa. 

 From Kafiristhan. 



28. Adianti sp. — Rachi atrat fronde supradecompos, pinnatis, 

 cuneatis, margine supreme rotundatis, argute serratis, sp, 

 elegans. 



From Kafiristhan. Also brought to me from Gora Puirai 

 Bhurrah, and said to be wild. 



29. Valerian. — Perennis odor peculiaris fortis, radices longe cylin- 

 dracese, apicem versus divisse, fol. pubescent cordato, sagittatis, 

 fioribus albis. 



From Kafiristhan. 

 29a. Dodonea. — Frutex erectus, 3-4 pedalis, fol. ramulis angulatis, 

 fol. ascendent fere erectis coriaceis, supra vernice lucidis. Cymis 

 densiusculis terminalibus, sestivat valvata, aperta, longe et se- 

 palam reflexa sunt prius antherarum aurantiac ; colora dehis- 

 centia. 



I have not seen the female, the plant is very abundant on 

 all the barren hills about here, between 3000, and 4000 ft. it 

 is perhaps the most common shrub, and is decidedly an Aus- 

 tralasia looking one. 



30. Labiatae. — Caules floriferi plures, omnes prae statua lateralis, 

 basi decumbent, rubescent, hispida planta, fol. lingulata vel 

 obovata rugosa, Flores parvo purpureo lilacina, tubo longitud 

 calycis cujus sep : postica breviora, lab super, minutobilobo as- 

 cendent, infer 3 lobo, patenti lobis oblongis. centrale emargi- 

 nato. Genit inclusa, faux pilosiuscula. 



Banks of fields, at both Chagurs, very common. 



31. Labiatse. — Habitus prsecedent sed cana, fol undulato rugosa 



