200 
species, who then would be allied to S. verrucosa, which plant it 
is resembling. 
N. 2071. Chiwa, in sandy desert near Nukus. Aug. 8. 1899. 
51. S. foetida Delile; Bois. fl. or. IV, p. 961; Hooker ti. 
brit. India V, p. 18. 
My specimens are without flowers, bnt this species is so 
characteristic, that I have almost no doubt in referring them to it, 
although this species hitherto is not known from Turkestan. Shrub, 
scarcely 1 m. high. 
N. 1861. By the river Anni Daria between Tshardshui and Chiwa, in 
sandy desert by Kis-Kalå. June 9. 1899. 
Area: Arabia, northern India, Belutshistan. 
52. 5. arbuscula Pall. 111. pi. imp. cogn. t. 17; Ldb. fl. ros. 
III, p. 816; C. A.M. in Eichw. PI. casp. cauc. t. 29, 30, 31; Bunge 
Enum. p. 436; Bunge in Rgl. et Herd. 1. c. p. 403; Bois. fl. or. 
IV, p. 960; Aitchison Afghan Delim. p. 103; O. Kuntze 1. c. p. 232; 
Lipski 1. c. p. 18; O. Fedtschenko 1. c. p. 131. S. arborescens L., 
Bunge reliq. Lehm. p. 471. 
N. 1743. Transcaspia, in sandy desert by Barachané. June 2. 1899. 
N. 1905. Chiwa, in desert (of „Loss“) by Akjar. June 28. 1899. 
N. 1999. Chiwa, on the mountain Sultan Babå. July 24. 1899. 
N. 2069. Chiwa, in sandy desert near Nukus. Aug. 8. 1899. 
N. 2120. Buchara, in sandy desert by Farab. Sept. 3. 1899. 
N. 2122. Transcaspia, in sandy desert by Eavnina. Sept. 5. 1899. 
N. 1905, 1999, 2069 are specimens of the small form, figured 
by C. A. Meyer (1. c.) t. 30, while the others are of the big form with 
long leaves (v. cingustifolia Bois. 1. c.), figured by Eichwaldt t. 31. 
Both forms are variable, e. g. with regard to hairs, some being 
fine setulose and some glabrous. 
Area: South-eastern Kussia, Southern Sibiria, Afghanistan, middle- and 
central Asia. 
53. S", subaphylla C. A. M. in Eichw..PI. casp. cauc. t. 24; 
Ldb. fl. ros. III, p. 818; Trautv. Enum. pl. songor. p. 69: Bunge 
Enum. p. 437; Bois. fl. or. IV, p. 259; Aitchison Afghan. Delim. 
