340 AFFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



66. Cerasus salicifolius. — From the hills south of Pushut. In this 

 family the subsequent changes in the Calyx are worth noting, 

 for it assumes a perfectly petaloid form, separating in a very 

 marked manner from the dilated apex of the pedicel. 



67. Ephedra ? — Asparagoides ? Frutex subscandens. Cuticula 

 e sUicia. Cortice castaneo brunneo longitudiue fissa, fol squa- 

 miformibus vel subacerosis, ternis vel ssepius basi connatis, ra- 

 mulis axillaribus complanatis, illis e floriferis planiusculis elonga- 

 tis, illis floriferis, saepe aggregatis, floribus masculis tant visis, 

 et his valde juvenissimis, terminatibus. Rocky mountains. 

 Pushut. One specimen found. 



Fol. ramul. novell, eflorif 3 6, certe aceroeis, quamdum car- 

 nosis, ramul teret, ramusculis planis. 

 67o. Tulipse sp. — Bulbus eadem structura sed major, folia glauca 

 margine membranaceo albo, vix undulata. Flos, erectus, peri- 

 anth patente erecto, sepalis lanceolatis exterior J major : et 

 dorso pulchre roseis, interioris albis, omnibus basi lutescent. 

 Stam. invariably yellow. Anthera per totum longitudinaliter 

 dehiscent, magnitudine valde variabilis. Stylus o. Ovar 3 gona, 

 angulis sepalis exterior oppositis, stigmatibus papillosis, sub co- 

 niformibus. 



Common in corn fields to Kooner. This is Gratool. Unless 

 specific characters are foundable on variation in colour, this 

 is scarcely distinguishable in any other respect from the Chu- 

 ghur Bala species. 

 676. Iris — Zumbuch — Habitu typicali sepalis exterior oblongo, 

 obovatis, a medio reflexis infra medium luteolo venosis cseterum 

 albis, barba alba interior erecto connivent, unguiculatis, mar» 

 gine reflexis, basi versus luteolo venosis. Stigmat ? fornicat, 

 apice bilobo inflexo. 



In gardens, scent faint, and rather disagreeable. 



68. Fritillaria (Imperialis) Planta robusta, 2 3 pedalis. Radice ta 

 berosa, foliis pluribus sub verticillatis, inf. lanceolata ovata, su- 

 per elongato-lanceolatis nitidis, caulis apice abrupto terminatus 

 verticillo folior, e quibus axillis nascuntur, flores solitarii pen^ 

 dull magni, rubro,» aurantiaceo venoso. Sepalis in Corolla cam- 

 panulat digest, nempe erectis, apice patulis. Genitalia alba, lon- 

 gitudine sepalorum, ovarii angulum sepalis exterior opposite 



