30 IX. CETJCIFER^. 



2. Nasturtium indicum, DC. S>/st. v. 2 (1821) p. 199. Erect, 

 6-18 in. high, glabrous or hairy ; stem branched from the base, terete, 

 slender. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, riuicinate-dentate ; lower leaves 3 

 by 1 in., usuallj'^ petioled, inciso-pinnatifid or lobed at the base, the 

 lobes acute on both sides irregularly dentate from the middle to the 

 apex ; upper leaves subsessile, dentate above the base, subentire at 

 the apex. Eacemes terminal, many-flowered, much elongate; flowers 

 small, yellow; pedicels ^-^ in. long, ebracteate. Pods ^-| in. long, 

 straight or slightly curved, subterete, spreading or ascending. Seeds 

 numerous, minute, ellipsoid, 2-seriate, red, not winged. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 134; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 11 (1897) p. 121. iVrtS- 

 turthnn madagascariense, W. & A. Prodr. p. 19. 



Tolerably common tbroiigbout tbe Presidency in damp places. Konkan : Stoc/cs !, 

 Law I S. M. CorxTKY : Beigamn, EHchie, 21 ! — Disteib. China, Malaya. 



2. CARDAMINE, Linn. 



Annual or perennial, often glabrous herbs. Leaves entire, lobed or 

 pinnate. Flowers white or purplish (rarely yellow), ebracteate, arranged 

 in corymbs or short racemes which afterwards elongate. Sepals equal 

 at the base. Petals clawed. Pods narrow-linear, compressed, tapering 

 at both ends ; valves opening elastic-ally ; septum membranous ; stigma 

 simple or 2-lobed. Seeds compressed, 1-seriate, not winged ; cotyledons 

 accumbent. — Disteib. Temperate and cold regions of the globe; species 

 about 60. 



1. Cardamine subumbellata, I/ool-.f. 4' T. Anders. FL B. I. v, 1 

 (1875) p. 138. A small much-branched herb, 6-10 in. high ; stem and 

 branches angled, often tinged with purple. Leaves (including petioles) 

 2-2| in. long, pinnate; leaflets 5-7, about \-^ in. in diam. (the terminal 

 leaflet larger), ovate or suborbicular, irregularly crenate or lobed, usually 

 shortly and obliquely cuneate at the base, sparingly hairy ; radical leaves 

 absent or few, when present not forming a rosette and with smaller 

 leaflets than the stem-leaves ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets ~\ in. 

 long, those of the terminal leaflets \-}, in. long. Flowers small, few, 

 pale-yellow, at first corymbose, afterwards racemose ; pedicels short, 

 slender. Stamens 6. Pods |-1 in. long by yV^iV ™' broad, linear- 

 lanceolate, much flattened. Seeds 4-8, broad-oblong, distant. Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 53; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. U (1897) p. 122. 

 Cardamine Jiirsttia, var. suhvmhellata, Dalz. in Hook. Kevv Journ. Bot. 

 V. 4 (1852) p. 294; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 7, Cardamine Idrsuta, var. sijl- 

 vatica, (Link) Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 122. — 

 Flowers : July-Sept. 



On bigh liills througbout tbe Soutbern districts of tbe Presidency ; abundant at 

 Maliableslnvar. Konkax : Law I Deccan : Kbandala, Woodrow; Maliablesliwar, 

 Cooke I; KarJi, Jacqmvwvt, 7(il ! S. M. Covxtry : bills near L'elgaum, DakclW — 

 DiSTniB. Temperate and subtropical regions. 



3. FARSETIA, Desv. 



Herbs or branched underslirubs, often twiggy, hoary or tomentose. 

 Leaves small, quite entire, alternate. Flowers spicate or racemed, white, 

 pink or yellow, sometimes minute. Sei)a]s usually erect, the lateral 

 ones saccate at the base. Petals clawed. Pods sessile, oblong or linear, 



