220 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL MBST. ^SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



(No. 5789!), near JBadka (No. 5782!), Banner sand (No. 5778!). 

 Jaisalnier : Vinjorai (No. 5788 !), Devikot (No. 5777 !), Loharki 

 (No. 5786!) near Loharki, chietly o:i sand (No. 73111), Shihad 

 (No. 5781 !), Phalodi to Bap, cultivated fields (No. 6835!). 



Distrib. : Rajputana, Sind, N. India, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 



Fi. and fr. in October and November. 



Farsetia onaeraiithaj.spec. nov. 



Sufirutex erectus, rigidus virgatus 75 cm. altus, totus (excepta coroUa) 

 coopertus pilis adpressis medio-fixis. J\)lia integerrima, alterna, 

 conferta in i!/3 inferioribus, late lanceolata, acuta, subconacea, usque 

 ad 60 mm. longa et 15 mm. lata, basi attenuata, costa inferne 

 prominente, subsessilia vel 5 mm. attingentia. 



Flores in racemis copiosis, laxis ; pedicelli fortissimi, ascendentes, 5 

 mm. longi, gemmis cylindriacis. Calyx cylindriacus ; sepala 10-12 

 mm. longa, 1-] ^ mm. lata, linearia, apice subobtusa, posterius necnon 

 anterius minus lata, valde obscure marginata, basi persistentia in 

 fructu, lateralia vero distincte scariose marginata, basi neque indu- 

 rata nee persistentia. Petala purpurea vel alba, glabra, 14-19 mm. 

 longa, spathulata, in parte latissima 4 mm. attingentia, apice 

 rotunda. Stamina longiora 10 mm. longa, minora 6 mm. ; antherte 

 3 mm. longce, fere eequales, lineares, basi subsagittatee. Pistillum 5 

 mm. longum ; ovarium dense adpressse pilosum, stylo brevi forti. 



Siliqua 45 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, compressissima, obscure stipitata, 

 stylo forti 1 mm. longo munita ; stigma album, bilobum, incrassatum 

 in fructu. Valvse plau;e indistincte l-costataj, dehiscentes a basi, 

 septo scarioso margine viridi incrassato, conspicue et irregulariter 

 venoso, costa media conspicua sinuata. Semina biseriata, com- 

 pressa, late alata, madefacta mucilaginea ; nucleus brunneo-flavus, 

 2 mm. diametro ; radiculus accumbens. 



Differs from the foregoing species by the much larger flowers, larger 

 and differently shaped leaves. From F. hmniltonii it may be distin- 

 guished by the biseriate seeds. The leaves, the size and shape of 

 the petals and the size of the pod separate the new species from F. 

 ceyyptiaca, Turr. 



A specimen was obtained with much shorter pods, but otherwise 

 identical with the type. Sometimes the pod measures not more 

 than 10 vara., and contains only two seeds. In this case the pod is 

 ovate-acuminate in outline. 



Loc. : Barmer, on rocks. (Nos. 73051, 7306!, 5785 !) 



Fl. and fr. in November. 



The following plants are cultivated : — ■ 

 Brassica cnmpestru, L. suhsp. napus. The rape or coleseed. 



Vern. N. : Sarson. 



Note : *' Sarson is a cold weather crop, grown on land either attached 



to wells or irrigated from canals, and in the former event it is sown 



with wheat. The ordinary outturn is about six cwt. per acre, and 



the seed yields an oil which is used for cooking purposes." (Erskine.) 



Brassica olevacea, L. var. botrytis. The cauliflower. 



Raphanus satiims, L. The radish. 



Capparidaoe^. 



Cleome L. 



Cleome papulosa, Steud. Nomen. ed. 2, I (1840) 382. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 5702!, 57011), Mandor (No. 6707!) 

 Bhikamkor (No. 5750!), near Badka (No. 67061), Banner (Njo. 



