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lanceolatisve sinuato-v.runcinato-dentatis, siliquis longe spicatis primo 

 erectis apice decurvo, cornubus elongatis recurvis. 



Hab. In Aifghanistan glareosis frequens ! Griffith ; Beluchistan ! Stocks. 



Distr. Prov. Caspian. ! 



2. T. secunda (Boiss. Diagn. ser. 2, No. i. p. 29). Annua, hispidula, 

 depressa, foliis oblongo-spathulatis petiolatis subintegris, floribus 

 brevissime racemosis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusque fructiferis 

 secundis curvis, siliquis brevibus crassis truncatis imbricatis strictius- 

 culis, valvis apices versus in comua 2 brevia comprcssa productis, 

 pedicello curvo. 



Hab. In Aifghanistan glareosis prope Dai-hag ! Griffith. 



17. Malcolmia, Br. 



§ 1. Semina \-seriata. 



1. M. africana, Br. {Led. Fl. Ross. i. p. 170). Annua, pilis simpli- 

 cibus furcatisve setulosa, foliis subdentatis, pedicellis brevibus v. 0, 

 petalis angustis, siliquis furcatim pilosis tomentosisque strictis an- 

 gustis elongatis 2-5" long, sequalibus. 



0. stenopetala, Claus. (fid. Led. Fl. Ross. I. c. !). Setulis simplicibus fur- 

 catisque hispida, floribus minoribus. — M. stenopetala, Led. /. c. 



Hab. Panjab ! T. T. ; Himalaya occidentali tropica, alt. 5000-7000 ped. 

 ad Kashmir ! et temperata ! Tibetia occidentali temperata, 10000-13000 

 ped. ! Affghauistan, 12000 ped. ! (a et /3), et Beluchistan ! Griffith, 

 Stocks. 



Distr. Soongaria ! Caspia ! Persia ! Arabia ! Syria ! Algeria ! Hispania ! 

 Sardinia ! Tauria ! 



Variat insigniter hirsutie, longitudine et crassitie siliquae et pedicellorum. 

 Flores albi v. purpurei. 



2. M. circinata (H. f. Sf T.). Erecta, ramosa, patentim pilosa v. 

 glabrata, foliis lanceolatis dentatis, floribus breve pedicellatis, petalis 

 angustis elongatis, siliquis tenuibus teretibus elongatis pilosulis erectis 

 supra medium circinatis. 



Dontostemon grandiflorus, Bunge ! Beitrag zur Kenntn. Flor. Russlands, 

 p. 25. 



Hab. In Affghanistan ! Griffith; Beluchistan ad Gurghina ! Stocks. 



Distr. Reg. Caspian. ! 



The stamens are, in some specimens, all free ; in others, from the same 

 raceme, the longer filaments are more or less united in pairs. The species 

 may at once be recognized by the very slender erect pods, which are coded 

 inwards like a crosier above the middle. 



§ 2. Semina basin versus siliqum 2-seriata. Strigosella, Boiss. 



3. M. strigosa (Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. se'r.2, xvii. p. 70). Annua, pro- 

 strata, pilis furcatis hispido>pilosa, foliis runcinato-dentatis pinnatifi- 



