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LIST OF PLANTS. 
mina sessilia^ anguste obovoidea^ acuta,, basi attenuata, longe 
sericea^ testa membranacea, albumine carnosa; embryo majus- 
culus, pyriformis, cotyledonibus plano-convexis obtusis, radi- 
cula breviuscula obtusa. 
Very closely allied to tbe original H. soongarica, 
Ehrenberg, wbicli extends across Central Asia from 
Soongaria to Mongbolia, inhabiting saline districts, accord- 
ing nearly with it in habit and general appearance, but 
differing in the shorter leaves, much larger fewer flowers, 
longer narrow sepals, and broader petals with larger adnata 
lamellae. These lamellae, which equally exist in H. soon- 
ffarictty have hitherto been overlooked by authors ; they, 
however, reduce the technical difference between Holo* 
lachne and Reaumuria to little more than the more nume- 
rous stamens and styles of the latter. The mature seeds and 
embryo which are hitherto undescribed, agree with those 
of Reaumuria. 
Explanation of plate : — Fig. 1, leaf ; 2 and 3, flowers ; 
4, petal ; 5, stamen ; 6, ovary ; 7, seed ; 8, do. cut ver- 
tically — all magnified. 
Hololachne Shawiana is a low bash with woody gnarled 
stems, found in the Karakash Valley from ShahiduUa to foot 
of Sanju Pass, and again in the valley leading down to 
Sanju, and on the Arpalak River, and in the desert between 
Sanju and Kurgullik, at altitudes from 5000 to 19,000 ft. 
MALVACE^. 
* 66. Althaea roseai Linn. — Common about villages 
in Yarkand plains, 4000 ft. ; probably not indigenous. 
* 67. BXalva sylvestris, Linn. — Very abundant about 
villages in Yarkand, and probably not wild ; 4 to 6000 ft. 
* 68. Abutilon indicum, L. — Very common about 
cultivated places, and on roadsides on the plains of Yarkand ; 
4 to 7000 ft. 
69. Hibiscus Trionum, Linn. — Very abundant on the 
Yarkand plains under 6000 ft. 
* 70. Gossypium herbaceum, L. — Cotton very much 
resembling the plant grown in India is grown in Yarkand 
under 6000 feet. The plants have a very stunted habit, 
