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longa semiteretia superne canaliculata basi lata apice obtussisima, 
omnia florigera, superne sensim breviora. Flores in omnibus axillis 
solitarii, bracteolæ inferioræ foliiformes semiteretes superne canali- 
culatæ foliis floralibus breviores, superioræ squamiformes foliis 
floralibus sæpissime longiores. Sepala 5 acuta in fructu fere 
omnino libera membranacea, 2 exteriora dorso pubescentia aligera 
parte inferiore sexnervia, tertium alam parvam gerens parte inferiore 
trinerve, 2 interiora alam non gerentia vel auriculam minimam 
gerentia parte inferiore uninervia. Filamenta linearia, antheræ 
1,5 mm. longæ lineares basi leviter sagittatæ ad trientem partera 
fissæ, flavæ. Appendicula sessilis pæne 1 mm. longa ovato-oblonga. 
Ovarium anguste ovatuin superne attenuatum, sub anthesi cum 
stigmatibus elongatis subulatis 4 mm. longum, Stylus subnullus. 
I have named this plant after Mr. W. Lipski in St. Petersburg, 
an authority in the flora of Turkestan. H. mamanense Bunge, to 
which it seems to be most allied, I have not seen. 
N. 2066. Chiwa, in desert (of ,,Loss“) by KunjaUrgentsh. Aug. 4. 1899. 
64. Halanthium gamocarpum (Moq.) Benth. et Hook. gen. 
pi. III, p. 75; Halimocnemis gamocctrpa Moq. in Belang fl. pers.; 
Moq. Chenopod. Monogr. Enum. p. 155; Halocharis gamocarpus 
Moq. in D. C. Prodr. XIII, 2 p. 201; Gamcinthus gamocarpus Bunge 
Auabas. revis. p. 77; Bois fl. or. IV, p. 980; Lipski 1. c. p. 18. 
X. 1885. By the river Amu Daria between Tshardshui and Chiwa, in 
desert by Kara Aigir. June 26. 1899. 
Area: Persia, Afghanistan, Asia-media. 
XXVI. Cornulaca Bel. 
65. C. Korshinskyi Litwinow, Schedae ad Herb. fl. ros. 1. c. 
Nr. 889. 
N. 1842. Buchara, in desert by Ustyk. June 19. 1899. 
Area: Buchara. 
XXVII. Halogeton C. A. M. 
66. H . glomeratus (M. Bieb.) C. A. M., Fl. Alt. I, p. 378; Ldb. 
Ic. pi. fl. ros. t. 40; Ldb. fl. ros. III, p. 832; Bunge Reliq. Lehm. 
