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N. Madagascariense, W. fy Am. Prodr. i. 19 ; Wight, III. 1. 13 ; an DC. ? 



— N. heterophyllum ? Blume, Bijd. 50. 

 Hab. Per totam Indiam tropicam et subtropicam copiose, a Kashmir ! 



et Panjab ! ad Mishmi ! et Ceylon ! Walker, (fl. tot. ann.) (v. v.) 

 Distr. China ! Java ! 

 Planta valde variabilis, plerumque robustior quam N. terrestre et foliis 



magis obovatis integrioribusque, sed exemplaria depauperata gracilia 



evadunt et foliis varie lobulatis gaudent. Siliguee plerumque longiores 



strictiores et erectiores quam iu N. terrestri. 



4. N. montanum ( Wall. Cat, 477$, ex parte). Omnia N. Indici, sed 

 siliquis longioribus (1-1-J-") gracilioribusque. 



Hab. In Himalaya tropica et subtropica, alt. ] 000-/000 ped., a Simla! 



adSikkim! Punjab! T. Thomson; Bengal! et Aval Wallich, fyc. ; 



mont. ad Khasia ! Griffith, 8{c. (fl. tot. ann.) (v. v.) 

 Distr. Java ! China ! Japan ! et Loo-choo ! 



Manifestly a long-fruited form of iV. Indicum, which is mixed with it in 

 Wallich's distribution. 



5. N. Benghalense (DC. Syst. ii. 198). Omnia N. Indici, sed ple- 

 rumque pubeseens et racemis bracteatis. 



Sinapis Benghalensis, Roxb. MS. fid. DC. — Sinapis patens, Roxb.fid. 



Carey in Herb. Hook. — An var. bracteata N. Indici ? 

 Hab. In Bengalia inferiore ! Roxburgh, 8fc. ; Assam ! Jenkins ; Khasia ! 

 et Silhet ! Sikkim tropica ! Chittagong ! J. D. H. SfT.T.; Pegu ! 

 M' Clelland ; Ava ! et Mergui ! Griffith, (fl. temp, pluv.) (v. v.) 

 Distr. China. 



This appears to be nothing but a bracteated form of N. Indicum, the 

 bracts being sometimes wholly wanting on some of the racemes and present 

 on others of the same specimen ; sometimes they are found at the base of 

 every pedicel, sometimes of the lowest only. 



7. Bakbabea, Br. 



1. B. vulgaris (Br. in Hort. Kew.). Foliis omnibus lyrato-pinnati- 

 seetis, inferioribus lobo terminali ovato-cordato v. rotundato, superi- 

 oribus oblongis sinuato-lobatis v. basi pinnatifidis, pedicellis fructu 

 patulis, siliquis compressis valvis costatis, stylo breviusculo. (Descript. 

 ab exempl. Indicis.) 



Var. a. Siliquis strictiusculis, stylo distincto. — Inter B. vulgarem et B. 

 strict am auct. 



Var. j3, arcuata. Siliquis gracilibus curvis, stylo distincto. — B. arcuata 

 auct. 



Var. y, prcecox. Siliquis robustioribus, stylo indistincto. — B. prmcox 

 auct. 



Hab. a et £ in Himalaya temperata et alpina, alt. 6000 ad 16000 ped., 

 a Sikkim ! ad Kashmir ! et in Tibetia occidentali. (fl. Mai.-Jul.) (v.v.) 



