362 AFFGHANISTAN FLORA. 



185. Leguminos. — Centro erecto caeterum decunib, canescens, fol. 

 ovatis, basi cordat, glomerulis sub sessilibus, fl inconspicuia 

 rubris. Ibidem. 



186. Leguminos. — Radiat prostrat : foliis angustis, concavis, race- 

 mis fol. longitud. Legumin spheroidal. Ibidem, 



187. Leguminosa. — Radiat prostrat cana, fl. rubris inconspic. Le- 

 gura. sub cylind. sub torulosis, Ibidem common. 



188. Cucumis. — Prostrat cana, fl. luteis, fructibus ovi (pigeon) 

 magnitud, viridi maculat in fields, Khoteba. 



189. Leguminos. — Centro erect : laterib. prostrat, glandulos : odore 

 resinosa, florib. sanguineis. Legumin, cylindrac. In fields 

 khotiba. 



190. Leguminosse. — Melilotoid : tribu. Erect ramos : magnitud 

 valde varia, fl. luteis Legum. gibbo rotundatis, stylo ascen- 

 dent. Ididem. 



191. Cyperaceoe — Minim, spicis viridis. Ibidem. 



192. Leguminosa. — Basi sufl'ruticosa, 2 pedalis, glauca, fl. purpu- 

 reis. High sandy plains Chuch. 



193. Urtica hippuroides. — Laxa basi decumbens, fl. et fruct. albi- 

 dis, margine rubris. River side Hussun Abdul, also India. 



194. Labiata. — Basi suffrut. decumbens. Caule foliisque subtus 

 sanguineo brunneis. 



About fields Hussun Abdal. This is the same genus as the 

 very common Labiata tomentosa of Khorasan. 



195. Gramen (Mnesithea) Rottboellioides. — Humile decumbens, 

 spicis purpureo viridibus, bed of Hoomooh river. 



It appears to me curious, from the niches in the rachis be- 

 ing opposite, and each, one flowered, and the perforated ra- 

 chis ; the flowers are of equal size too. 



In all probability the flowers of each pair as they stand on, 

 the rachis, belong to different spicules, the perforation of the 

 rachis is unexplained, as the floivers are not yet examined 

 microscopically, 



196. Menispermea. Phyllanthoides. — Frutex subscandens, sub vo- 

 lubilis pendens e muris, cano griseus, floribus minutis viridi- 

 bus. Manikyala tope. Habit altogether of Phyllanthus. 



197. Malvacea. — Herbacea, 3 pedalis caule petiolisque caesio glau- 

 cis, foliis cisso subglabris, pedunculis, axilaribus longis uniflo- 



