294 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
Nat. Ord. CRUCIFERÆ. 
$ PLEURORHIZEX. 
Cardamine hirsuta, Linn. 
Var. subumbellata* ; semipedalis, tota hirsutula, caule dichotomo ra- 
moso, foliis pinnatisectis, foliolis 5—7 petiolulatis ovatis obtusis grosse 
crenatis basi obliquis cuneatis terminali majore infimis multo mi- 
noribus, foribus corymboso-fasciculatis paucis 2-3 lateralibus vel op- 
positifoliis, pedicellis fructu brevioribus, siliquis linearibus acutis sub- 
pollicaribus valvis planis. 
Flores flavi, minuti. 
Crescit in collibus prope Belgaum; fl. et fr. Julio.— C. corymbosa, - 
Hook. fiL, proxima, differt basi non ramosa, foliolis majoribus cre- 
natis, floribus nunquam axillaribus. 
A reference to Hook. Ic. no. 686, will give an excellent idea of the 
habit of this interesting little plant, for no nearer relationship or re- 
semblance could exist than between the Cardamine of Campbell's Island 
and that just described. It was found on a wild wooded hill to the 
south-east of Belgaum, growing below trees; seed-stalk with wings, as 
in Dentaria. 
Nat. Ord. ASCLEPIADE E. 
PERGULARIEEX. § Hoven. 
Hoya retusa; parasitica, pendula, radicans, glabra, ramis longis tere- 
tibus filiformibus, foliis breve petiolatis linearibus ériguetris apice 
retusis carnosis pallidis, floribus in pedunculo brevissimo axillari 
solitariis vel geminis fasciculatis longe pedicellatis, pedicellis fili- 
. formibus, calycis laciniis minimis acutis, corolle albe nitentis laci- 
niis ovatis obtusiusculis margine brevissime velutino-fimbriatis, 
coronæ stamineæ foliolis depressis obovatis rubris. 
.. Folia 13-2 poll. longa, 2-24 lin. lata, pagina superiore suleata. Pedi- 
* In his MS. Mr. Dalzell had considered this a new species, and called it C. 
 Belgaumensis, He rightly compares it with Dr. Hookers C, corymbosa in lc. 
Plant. t. 656, from Campbell’s Island ; but after an examination of numerous speci- 
mens of C. hirsuta from various parts of the world, Dr. Hooker is compelled to 
unite C. corymbosa as a variety to hirsuta ; and the present state, with corymbose 
flowers Pepe (for e M Mu not generally elongate into a raceme 
even in , along with specimens other parts : trali 
| come under the same variety. sh = ee ae a, M 
