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AFFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



Discus hypogynus sub 5 dentatus. Ovarium tereto cora- 

 pressum, biloculum, locul oo ovulat, oblique. Stylus stamin 

 longior. Brought in from the mountains 



I am not sure of the form of corolla, the specimens being 

 somewhat withered, but from one specimen, I believe it to be 

 Bignoniaceous, viz. infundibuliforma tubo, lamina bilabiat, lab 

 superior reflexo, inferior, porrecto, lobis, labii superior minus 

 profunde divisis, caeterum sub sequalibus. A beautiful plant. 



75. Orchideae — Eulophoid, flores ante folia. 



Rhizomat sub terraneo, informa, alba fere nudum scapus 

 racemos. 1-2 pedalis, basi vaginis 3 4 fuscescens confertis vagi- 

 nat. Bractese scariosse, ovaria subsequant. Flores resupinat 

 cernui subsecund, lutescent, extus fusco tincto. 



Sepalis, spathulatis patentibus laterat basi inferne sub obli- 

 quis. Pet minora paullo. Labellum calcare coniformum subula- 

 te recto, 3 lobum, (lateribus erectis) lobis lateralis rotundatis, 

 centrali porrecto, oblongo, undulato lamina, cristis 5, proces- 

 sum erectum, 2 externis minimis, 3 centrat ad calcar cur- 

 rent, cestivat inflexo suhintegi'o 



Columria directione labelli, semiteres. Rostello brevi subin- 

 tegro recurvo. Anthera terminalis. Clinand. antica superficial. 



Pollinia cerea bina (subsolida) fissa ad insert caudicul. Caudi- 

 cula lata, brevis prae clastica, glandula viscosa, intra stigma ! 

 angulis in setis product ! Fig. 39. 



Common in the shingly grassy islands along the river bed, 

 Pushut. One or two others, also occur, one apparently an 

 Epipactis. In this plant, if the Baueriau theory is ever cor- 

 rect, impragnation must necessarily follow without any change 

 taking place in the situation of the pollinia, because the gland 

 is in contact with the stigmatic surface. 



76. Linum ? — Planta annua glauca erect, foliis linearis, cauli quasi 

 adpressa, margine asperrimo cartilag. dentat : more Gramen. 

 Cymis, terminalibus parvis dichotomis paucifloris, sepalis ut folia 

 sed minora. Pet aestiv. leviter convoluta ovata venosa, lutea. 

 Stam 5, basi in urceol. unit, dentibus setaceis interjectis, stigmat 

 5 capitat, ovar 5 loc ? sterilis pluribus biseriatis, 



Pushut river bank. Not found in flower. 



77. Typha angustissima. — In florescentia ,folius praecocior. Scapo, 



