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* 64. Myrlcarla elegrans, Royle. — This was common 
througliout Yarkand from 4 to 13,000 ft. It was also com- 
mon about Dras. This and the preceding species, wherever 
found, are usually in great quantity, and make excellent 
fuel ; but, with the exception of the camel, our baggage 
animals did not eat the leaves until very hard pressed by 
hunger. It is called Umboo in Yarkand. 
65. f Kololachne Shawiana, Hook. f. [sp. nov.). — Foliis 
lineari-oblongis obtuse apiculatis, petalis spathulato-oblongis, 
staminibus 10, ovario subsessile, stylis 3. 
Hab. Yarkand, one of the commonest plants at elevations 
of 5 to 12,000 feet. 
Truncus prostratus, lignosus, e basi ramosissimus, ramis 
divaricatis prostratis v. erectis rigidis, ramulis 2-3-pollica- 
ribus strictis virgatis elongato-subulatis teretibus albis sub 
lente minutissime puberulis. Folia sparsa, tV-f poll, longa, 
lineari-oblonga,abrupte acuminata v. obtuse mucronata, supra 
plana, subtus convexa, dorso basi breviter producta, viridia, 
glaberrima, axillis ssepissime gemmiferis. Flores solitarii, ad 
apices ramulorum v. gemmarum sessiles, J poll, diam., albi, 
2-bracteati^ bracteis parvis calyci adnatis bracteolis obtusis. 
Calyx campanulatus, ad medium 5 lobus, lobis ovato-lanceo- 
latis subacutis, margiuibus membranaceis^ corolla dim.idio 
brevioribus. Petala oblongo-spathulata, apice rotundata, 
recurva, dextrorsum v. sinistrorsum contorta, disco 2 
-lamellato, lamellis longitudinalibus lamina petali dimidio 
brevioribus, intus (costam versus) petalo adnatis, margine 
exteriore et apice rotundatis liberis et erosis. Stamina 10, 
filamentis filiformibus apices versus attenuatis ; antherse 
breves. Ovarium subsessile, ellipsoideum; styli 3, cylin- 
draceo-subulati, recurvi, apicibus acutis intus stigma- 
toris ; ovula pauca, basi columnse axilis inserta, cum septis 
3 incompletis, alternatia, angusta, cylindracea, sessilia. Cap- 
sula J poll, longa, ellipsoidea, perianthio emarcido duplo 
longior, teres, stylis persistentibus terminata, 1-locularis, 
septis 3 linearibus membranaceis ab axi solutis, ad basin 
loculicide 3-valvis, valvis cymbiformibus, oligosperma. Se- 
t Description by Dr. J. D. Hooker. 
