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APFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



plici fere spicat, bracteis, fol. super simil : sed minor. Pedicel- 

 lis flora brevibus, flores amplis, carneo-lilacinis, suaviter et 

 fortiter odorat, (odor jonquil.) 



Sepalis in corolla campanulata dispositis, sepalis lineari ob- 

 longis, vel sub spathulatis, apice reflexis, his demum e basin 

 patentiusculis. Corolla aperta fit basi versus, macula sordido 

 rubra. 



Stam : sepalorum longltudine, filam carneis, post anthesin 

 declinat. Anth (cream coloured,) erect oblongse. Pollen auran- 

 tiacea. 



Stylus, staminib. paullo longior, subdeclinat. apice trifid, 

 Ovar. obolong 6 sulcat, sulcis dorsalibus incompletia ovul. 

 biseriat. 



Steep banks of Kafir river, among bushes and rocks, common. 

 It increases prodigiously owing to the vegetation of the bulbs. 



88. Impatiens. — Glabriuscula, fol. ovatis, crenato-serratis, patenti- 

 bus. Racemis axillaribus, bi-tri-floris, rubro tinctis. Pedicellis. 

 strictis. Calcare fusco rubro stricto, apice curvato, initio valde 

 arcuato. Pet. supremo cochleariform, rotundato integro, 2 infer, 

 oblique biloba. 



Color roseus Pet infer basin versus albis, limbo auran- 

 tiaceo maculatis. 



Moist sandy ground chiefly near Otipore. 



89. Crucifera. — Habit Lepidium. Annum erect spithamaeum vel 

 infra, fol. linear siliculis obovato.oblongis fere planis. Sandy 

 ground near the river Otipore. Calyx sepaloid erect. Petal. 



aurea, semipartita vel tri-bi-loba. 



90. Similacinea — Trichonema ? — Gracillima 2-4 uncialis, fol. bulbi 

 teretibus subulatis, paniculas lineari lanceolato-acuminatis, 

 flores inconspicua sepalis patentibus, angustissimis, viridescent 

 luteis, demum ^ patentibus. Capsula acuto 3 gona. 



Very common under rocks, among mosses, it differs from the 

 other species especially in the shape of the capsule. 



91. Caprifol. — Frutex subscandens, ramulis rubo caesio tinctis, 

 elongatis. Cortice ramor: brunaeo sanguin. fol. ovalibus in- 

 tegris glabris reticulatis (venis secundariis rete minuta nexis) 

 spicis terminalibus. Capituliform polyanthis, floribus extus 

 pubescent. Corel, bilab. lab. sup. 4 fido, devisionibus 2 cen- 



