50 XI. RESEDACE.i;. 



2. Reseda Aucheri, Boiss. Dlag. ser. 1 (18-1-2) fa=ic. 1, p. o. An 

 erect, branched perennial, 1-2 ft. high, glabrous or slightly papillose. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. long, entire, oblong-obovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 

 tapering into a long petiole, glabrous, glaucous. Flowers yellowish- 

 white, in dense spiciform racemes ; pedicels scarcely yV ^'^- long- Sepnls 

 6-7, half as long as the petals, linear, acute, with hyaline margins. 

 Petals i-i in. long, the upper 9-11-partite for | of their length, the 

 entire portion oblong-obovate. Capsules as in the preceding. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 181 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 434; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 1, p. 436. 



Sind: rare, Dal -ell], Sfocks ! 



R. odoraia, Linn. {Mignionette), is often cultivated, especially in the gardens of 

 Europeans. 



2. OLIGOMERIS, Camb. 

 Herbs. Leaves linear, entire, scattered or fascicled. Flowers small, 

 in terminal spikes. Calyx 4-partite. Petals 2, distinct or connate at 

 the base. Disk 0. Stamens 3-8, hypogynous ; filaments free or mona- 

 delphous. Ovary sessile, 4-angled, 4-cuspidate ; placentas 4, many- 

 ovuled. Capsules angled, open at top. Seeds many. — Distrib. Species 

 4, of which 3 are S. African and the fourth distributed through N. 

 Africa, Syria and Persia to India. 



1. Oligomeris glaucescens, Camb.inJacquemont, Voy . Bot. {\%AA) 

 p. 24, t. 25. An annual erect glaucous herb ; stems many, erect, sulcate, 

 glabresceut. Leaves sessile, 1-2 by ^ in., narrow-linear, acute, glabrous. 

 Flowers greenish-white, in terminal spikes, the upper portion of the 

 spikes dense, the lower lax ; bract lanceolate, longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx glabrous ; lobes unequal, lanceolate, acute. Petals equalling the 

 calyx, connate move than |-\^'ay up. Stamens 3, a little shorter than 

 the petals ; filaments connate at the base. Ovary sessile, depressed- 

 globose, 4-cuspidate, 4-furrowed lengthwise ; stigmas obtuse. Capsule? 

 verv small, membranous. Seeds minute, shining, -^^ in. in diam. Fl. 

 B. i. V. 1, p. 181 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 



Sind: SfJoc/i-s, 58.5 ! and .591 ! ; Kirthar Mountains, Woodrow. — Distrib. Beluchistan, 

 and westward to Spain and tlie Canaries. 



3. OCHRADENUS, Delile. 

 Branched glabrous herbs ; branches slender, twiggy. Leaves small, 

 linear, on the younger branches only, solitary or fascicled. Flowers 

 small, spicate or racemose, often pol3^gamous. Calyx 5-fid. Corolla 0. 

 Disk unilateral. Stamens 10-20, inserted within the disk. Ovary 

 sessile, ovoid, closed at the to]), 3-cuspidate ; placentas 3 ; ovules many. 

 Fruit a many-seeded berry. — Distrib. Species 2, one Spanish, the other 

 the following, distributed to Syria and Egypt. 



] . Ochradenus baccatus, Delile, Flor. cVEgy/de, (1812) p. 236, t. 31. 

 Shrubby, 6-12 ft. high ; branches terete, striate, glabrous. I>eaves ^-1^ 

 by y'^ in., entire, scattered near the base of the branches, olive-green, 

 fleshy, narrow-linear, spathulatc, with a callous tip, glabrous. Flowers 

 yellowish, minute, shortly pedi('(!lled, laxly arranged in rigid racemes, 1- 

 2-sexual. Calyx 5-6-lobecl. Petals 0. Stamens 10-12. Berry small, 

 ^ in. in diam., shortly stalked, obovoid, attenuated at tiie base, the apex 



