Mta"*.] IX. CAPPAIUDACEjE (OLIVER). 77 



lous, on patent pedicels ; valves scabrid. Style very short or stigma subses- 

 sile. Seeds pilose. 



I have only seen specimens from Arabia and Upper Egypt, but it is likely to occur south 

 oi the tropic. This plant has much of the aspect of C. arabica. 



4. C. droserifolia, Belile ; DC. Prod. i. 239. A low much-branched 

 and shrubby glandular-hispid herb of 3 to 10 in. Leaves broadly ovate-ro- 

 tundate, obtuse, with a more or less truncate triplinerved base, setose, hispid 

 w scabrous, |-| in. diam., equalling or usually shorter than their petioles. 

 'lowers axillary, pedicellate. Sepals glandular-setose. Petals somewhat 

 "jiiceolate with a thickened scale-like appendage at the base. Stamens 4. 



vary oblong or oval, shortly and densely glandular, sessile or subsessile, 

 with a very long slender style. Fruit oval,*4-5 lines long, with setose-hispid 



oncave valves. Seeds reniform-globose, rather compressed, minutely granu- 

 ■fc— G Roridula, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 65. 



Wile Land. Nubia, Abyssinia (Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.) ; Abyssinia, Salt ! 

 Pound also in Egypt and Arabia. 



o. C. chrysantha, Decaisne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. iii. 274. An as- 



pomg or diffuse herb 6-18 in. high or sometimes flowering as seedlings of 



r* in. Stem leafy, simple or branched, pilose or hirsute with spreading 



m ple or glandular hairs. Leaves from rotundate- to oblong-ovate, obtuse 



scarcely acute, entire, shortly glandular-hirsute, 3-7 lines long, on more or 



ss spreading petioles shorter than or exceeding the blade. Flowers in the 



men 3 in Upper leaves > which usually eciual or exceed the pedicels. Sta- 



eau 11 ° f which a few are often smaller or effete - St >" le slender ' 



sub -f ° r exceedin g the oblong-oval, closely glandular-pilose, sessile or 

 sessile ovary ; stigma capitate. Capsule oval-oblong, 2-4 lines long. 

 8 globose-reniform, minutely pitted-rugulose. 



Ai! ' L ? nd - deserts of Nubia, Pelfierick .' Bromfield .' Kotschy ! 

 ^ an Arabian plant. 



scahr *"* ol ca, ±.mn. ; DC. Frod. l. 240. lirect, simpie ui uicutuu., 

 iate n° U r Leaves Aphyllous or the upper simple ; leaflets usually oblanceo- 

 6 ( ° r ,l mear ' rath er obtuse, glabrous or scabrous. Racemes leafy. Stamens 

 PeL l ° Vary sessile or subsessile. Capsule linear-oval, scabrous, olten 

 mous. Seeds cottony-pilose.— C. Siliquaria, B. Br. in Salt, App. 65. 



Perhtn!**! 11 ^ Ab y ss ini», Nubia {Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 

 North Africa aU ( R< Browu in Denham and Clapp. App. 17). Widely spread m 



k8'j n C ;. b , racli ycarpa, Fahl ; DC. Prod. i. 240. A low diffuse herb 

 glabres t m ° re or less glandular-pubescent or scabrid-setulose, sometimes 

 ol)l an Ce , nt - Leaves 3-5-1-foliolate, petiolate or the upper sessile ; leaflets 

 late i n S. or obl «ng, acute or obtuse and mucronulate. Flowers pedicel- 

 f °HolatP 1 aXlls ° f the u PP er leaves or distinctly racemose with simple or 8- 

 Sepai s j Dracts - Pedicels slender, much exceeding or equalling the bracts, 

 minute] i° ' Sl «mens 6, of which one is sometimes imperfect. Ovary 

 %iell glandular or glabrous, sessile. Style slender. Capsule oval or 

 aJ ' Usua % glandular, 2-4 lines long, longer or shorter than the style ; 



