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C. Borboniea, Persoon, Wight $,- Am. Prodr. ; Wight, Ic. 941 .— C. Wigh- 

 tiana, Wall. — C. Auteniquana, Busch in DC. Prodr. i. 157. 



Hab. In mont. Nilghiri, alt. 6000-8000 ped. ! Wight, Sfc. ; Ceylon ! 

 Walker, Thwaites, fyc. 



Distr. Africa austr. ! Bourbon ! 



Affinis C. angulatce, Hook., America? horealis, sed floribus minoribus pedi- 

 cellisque plerumque brevioribus. 



4. C. trifoliolata (H.f. fy T.). Crespitosa, glaberrima, caule erecto 

 simpliciusculo parce foliato, foliis radicalibus longe gracile petiolatis, 

 foliolis 3 breve petiolulatis rotundatis sinuato-lobatis caulinis sub- 

 similibus, racemo paueitioro, floribus lilacinis?, pctalis obovatis vix 

 unguiculatis.— ? Griff. It. Not. 121, No. 359 (1/5/ Hb. Hk., fyc). 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali, reg. temp., Bhotan ! Griffith. 



Herba subcarnosula, spithamaea, erecta, babitu fere Adoxce. Rhizoina 

 breve, repens. Caules graciusculi. Foliola J" diametro, camosula, 

 glaberrima, lobulis rotundatis apiculatis. Flares pro planta magni, 

 i" diam. Petala sepalis duplo longiora. Siliqua ignota. 



c. Folia omnia, v. radicalia tantum, pinnatisecta. 



5. C. pratensis (Iiinn.). Perennis, caule erecto, foliis radicalibus 

 foliolis late ovatis orbiculatisve, caulinis oblongis linuaribusve, floribus 

 magnis, petalis albis purpureisve, siliquis erectis pollicaribus. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentals, prope Waylari, in Hasora ! Winterbottom. 

 Distr. Europatota! Asia minor! Persia! Siberia ! America borealis temp, 

 et arctica ! Tasmania ! 



6". C. xMacrophylla (Willd. Sp. PI. hi. p. 484).— Rhizomate repente 

 radicante, caule elato, foliolis 3-5-jugis ovatis oblongis lauceolatisve 

 grosse crenato-lobatis subpinnatifidisve, siliquis erectis tnaguis utrin- 

 que attenuatis, stylo elongato.— C.polyphylla, Don, Prodr. ]). 201. 



a. Floribus albis violaceisve, foliolis intermediis ovato-lanceolatis obtuse 

 iuciso-crenatis serratisve, siliquis $-U" long. — C. macrophylla auct., 

 Led. Fl. Ross. i. p. 128; Ic. Fl. Alt. t. 146.— C. dentaricefolia, 

 Hb. Royle. 



#. Floribus albis, foliolis intermediis lanceolatis inaequaliter subpinna- 

 tifido-serratis, siliquis U" long, pallidis. — I. foliosa, Wall. Cat. 4779. 



y. Floribus et siliquis var. /3, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis grosse obtuse in- 

 a'qualiter lobulatis. 



8. Robusta, floribus intense violaceis amplis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 

 obtuse serratis, siliquis magnis brunneis U" long. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata tota, alt. 7000-12000 ped., a Kashmir ! 

 Jacq., ad Sikkim ! J. D. H. — a, /3, y, Kashmir ad Kuraaon ! 8, Sikkim ! 

 (fl. Mai.) (v.v.) . 



Distr. Soongaria ! Siberia, ab Ural ! Manchuria ! Japan. 



A very variable plant, of which the stout fleshy eatable (pot-herb) Sikkim 

 form with large brown pods would rank as a different and very distinct 



