S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER

Stem erect, dichotomously branched, quadrangular, retrorsely aculeolate hairy on angles. Leaves 6 in a whorl, oblanceolate, 10-15 x 2-4 mm, margin minutely scabrid, attenuate, mucronate-cuspidate. Inflorescence dichotomously branched, cyme 1-flowered, peduncle 15-25 mm long. Corolla white. Fruit c. 3 mm broad, densely covered with long hooked bristles.

Syntypes: ad nives in regione superiori montium Persiai austro-occidentalis mons Kuh Delu (Kotschy 518 sub. Galum aparine var.), montes Sewers et Nur alt. 11000-12000 (Naussknecht). Ibicibus pabulum.

Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.