AD FLOBAM INDICAM (CRUCIFER.E). 147 



good character for this species, of which I have seen hut two poor speci- 

 mens. 



There is another species of Cardamine in India, from Tibet, north of 

 Kumaon, alt. 13000-15200 feet {Strachey §• Winterbottom), resembling 

 C purpurea, Cham., and perhaps referable to C amara, but in too imper- 

 fect a state for determination. 



10. Loxostemon, R.f. § T. 



1. L. PULCHELLUS, H.f. Sf T. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata; Sikkim graminosis humidis ! alt. 

 10000-13000 ped., J. D. H. (fl. Jun.) (v.v.) 



A very elegant little plant, resembling a small slender Cardamine, with 

 violet-coloured flowers, and toothed bulbils on the filiform base of the 

 stem. 



11. Tnotoceras, Br. 



1. N. canariense (Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 117)- Foliis laneeo- 

 latis, siliquis bicornutis.— Jacq.f. Eclog. t. hi.; DC. Prodr. i. p. 140. 



Erysimum bicorne, Ail. Hort. Kew. xi. p. 394 ; DC. Syst. ii. p. 203. 



Hab. Affghanistan, in tritiectis ! Griffith ; Punjab ad Peshawar ! Vicary ; 

 Beluchistan ! Stocks, (fl. vere.) 



Distr. Ins. Canaries ! Hispania ! Algeria ! Tunis ! Arabia ! 



Herba spithamaea, e basi ramosa, tota appresse pilosa. Folia pollicaria, 

 utrinque pilosa. Flores parvi, ut videtur albi (lutei ex DC). Sepala 

 pilosa, oblonga. Petala parva. Siliqua subsessiles, erectae, cauli 

 appressee, \-\" longse, obtusa?. Valcce coriaceae, plano-convexae, cari- 

 nataj; carina valida, in comu suberectum producta. Septum com- 

 pletum, crassum, enerve. Replum subulatum. Semina sub 3, 1- 

 seriata, orbiculata, compressa, funiculo patente longiora; testa laivi, 

 non cellulosa. 



12. Eaksetia, Turra. 



1. F. jegyptiaca [Turr. Diss. Fars. i. t. 1, ex DC Prodr. i. 157). 



Fruticulosa, floribus magnis, calyce cylindraceo, siliquis late v. lineari- 



oblongis, stylo brevissimo, valvis non costatis. 

 F. ovalis, Boiss. Diacj. viii. 32; Cruciff. Griff. It. p. 366 (No. 11). 

 Hab. Affghanistan ! Griffith. 

 Distr. Algeria ! .Egypt. ! Arabia ! 



The pods characteristic of Boissier's F. ovalis occur on the same speci- 

 mens with the longer, commoner form of fruit. 



2. F. Edgeworthii (H. f. 8f T.). Foliis anguste linearibus, petalis 



elongatis calycem cylindraceum superautibus, siliquis liueari-oblongis, 



stylo brevi, valvis medio alte costatis, septo integro. 

 Hab. Panjab in rupibus ad Chundur-dak in Salt Range ! Edyeworth, 



Fie miny. (fl. Jan.) 



