X. CAPPARIDACE.E. 49 



V. 1, p. 65; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 11 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 123.— Flowers : Mar.-xMaj. 



On the Ghata, rare, Dcdzell ^- Gihson. Konk\n: Stocks \ Kanara : Law I; Kala 

 naddi, Eitchie, 1613!; Kumpta-Sirsi Road, Woodrow; S. Ghats of N. Kanara, 

 Talbot. 



Order XI. RESEDACE^. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire or pinnatisect; stipules 0, 

 or glandular. Elowers small, racemose or spicate, bracteate. Calyx 

 persistent, 4-7-partite, irregular ; lobes imbricate in bud. Petals 2-7, 

 hypogynous, entire or lobed, equal, or the upper larger, open in bud. 

 Disk conspicuous, hypogynous (0 in Olvjomeris). Stamens usually many, 

 seated on the disk, free or connate, equal or unequal. Ovary 1-celled, 

 of 2-6 connate carpels, often lobed at the top and open between the 

 lobes which bear the sessile stigmas ; ovules on 2-6 parietal placentas, 

 amphitropous or campylotropous. Fruit capsular (a berry in Ochra- 

 denus), open at the top. Seeds many, reniform ; albumen ; embryo 

 curved or folded ; cotyledons incumbent. — Distrib. S. Europe, N. and S. 

 Africa, N. Asia ; genera 6 ; species about 30. 



Fruit capsular. 



Petals 4r-7 1. Reseda. 



Petals 2 ^ 2. Oligomeris. 



Fruit a berry ; petals 3. Ochradenus. 



1. RESEDA, Linn. 



Erect or decumbent herbs. Leaves entire, lobed or pinnatisect ; 

 stipules glandular. Flowers small, racemose, bracteate. Calyx 4-7- 

 partite. Petals 4-7, unequal, multifid, the upper with a membranous 

 appendage above the claw. Disk subsessile, broad, dilated on the upper 

 side. Stamens 10-40, inserted within the disk. Ovary sessile or 

 stalked, 3-lobed at the apex ; placentas 3-6 ; ovtdes many. Capsule 

 indehiscent, open at top. Seeds numerous. — Distrib. N. Africa, W. 

 Asia ; species 2Q. 



Leaves narrow-linear, the upper 3-5-divided 1. R. prui?iosa. 



Leaves obovate, the upper undivided 2. B. Awcheri. 



1. Reseda pruinosa, DelUe, Flor. J^gypt. Illustr. (1812) p. 63. An 

 erect perennial, 1-1| ft. high ; branches terete, glabrous, more or less 

 papillose. Leaves papillose ; the lower linear-lanceolate ; the upper 

 deeply 3-5-divided, the segments narrow'-linear. Flowers minute, sub- 

 sessile, in a dense, terminal, spiciform raceme 6-9 in. long ; pedicels 

 very short wheu in flower, elongating to yq-^ in. in fruit ; bracts linear- 

 subulate, deciduous. Sepals 6-7, oblong-lauceolate, with hyaline and 

 papillose margins. Petals white. Capsules 5 in. long, oblong-obovoid, 

 slightly contracted at the mouth, erect, appressed to the axis. Seeds 

 yellowish-white, smooth, subglobose. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 181 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 436.— Flowers : Mar. 



Sind: jSVocfc, 587 I ; Boogta hills, Vicary\; Bullo Khan, Woodrow. 



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