Caylu$ea.~\ XI. resedace^! (oliver). 103 



2. C. abyssinica, Fisck. et Mey. Ind. Sem. vii. (1840) 43. An erect, 

 simple or branched herb, of 1-3 ft., glabrous or the branches thinly scabrid 

 towards the elongate, many-flowered, terminal, spike-like racemes.' Leaves 

 entire or 3-partite, linear-lanceolate or linear, narrowed to the base and above 

 to the acute or scarcely obtuse apex. Kacemes from a few inches to a foot 

 or more in length. Bracts linear-subulate, equalling the pedicel, deciduous. 

 -eeds pale, obsoletely rugulose. — Reseda abyssinica, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 

 "• 106. R. pedunculata, Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64. Astrocarpus abysri- 

 *», Hochst. in PI. Schimp. Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Salt! Ferret and Galinier, etc. 



W the minute membranous petals, 2 have the lamina 5-fid and in 3 it is simple. The ob- 

 «w ate claw appears thinner and more membranous than in C. canescens, of which, however, 



incline to regard C. abyssinica as a variety. 



2. RESEDA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 112. 



Calyx 4-7-partite. Petals hypogynous, 4-7, unequal ; the lamina simple 

 •near, or 2-5-partite. Disk unilateral, dilated towards the axis, bearing the 

 stamens. Stamens 10-40. Ovary sessile or shortly stipitate ; 3-lobed at 

 Ul e apex ; placentas 3-6, multiovulate. Capsule iiidehiscent, open at the 

 JPtt; seeds indefinite. — Erect or decumbent, glabrous or pilose herbs. 



aves entire, lobed or pinnatifid. Flowers in terminal, bracteate racemes. 



f .considerable genus, most numerous in species in countries bordering the Mediterranean 

 fro ? . tern Asia - The following is the only species of which I have seen specimens 



m tropical Africa, but it is probable others may penetrate within our limits. 



1. R. pruinosa, Bel. Fl. JEgypt. 15, var. An erect or ascending bi- 



nuial or perennial herb, 1 to a few feet in height, woody below, with 



minutely pruinose-puberulous or papillose branches, terminating in long, 



"'any-flowered, spicate racemes. Leaves entire or 3-fid, narrow-lanceolate or 



V . or w ith linear-lanceolate segments, tapering below into a rather long 



P e »ole, above to an acute or subacute point, minutely scabrid-puberulous on 



neinidrib beneath or glabrous. Bracts caducous. Capsules obovate-oblong. 



SJJJ min ute reniform, minutely punctate under a lens.— R. amblyocarpa, 



resen. m Mus. Senck. ii. 108. R. Quartiniana, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 13. 



¥"* lurid «, Muell. Arg. Mem. Eese'd. 152.) For further synonymy see 



aerson in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. i. 6. 



>le Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others j Nubia, Schweinfurlh. 



tain ( J Wllbstandin ? Dr - Anderson's remarks, I do not think R. amblyocarpa can be main- 



tween 5 Spe, ' ificall y distinct from R. pruinosa. There is no difference as to the seeds be- 



•PeriV Ab yssinian and N.W. Indian forms, though in the Aden plant, which was 



Point, Tu der Dr - Anderson's notice, they are very small, black, and rough with minute 



the m " leaves of our only Abyssinian specimen are entire, though Fresemus describes 



8 mostl y 3-fid. Most of the leaves are 3-fid in the ordinary state of R. pruinosa. 



3 - OLIGOMERIS, Cambess.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. Ill 

 Uodi^i* , 4 -P art ite ; lobes nearly equal or the two posterior larger. Petals 2, 

 filaT .' P° ste rior, free or connate at the base. Stamens 3-8, hypogynous ; 

 8 aid! 3 Connate at the base. Disk 0. Ovary sessile, ovoid, tetragonous or 



** below, abruptly narrowed into the 4 erect, cuspidate, connate 



