230 flora indica. [Berberidea . 



Albumen corneum. Embryo axilis ; radiculte vagina spongiosa ; cotyledones plano- 

 concave, hiantes. 



3. BONGARDIA, C.A.Meyer. 



Sepala 3-6. Petala 6, sepalis opposita, breviora, vix unguiculata, 

 basi exappendiculata, poro nectarifero instructa. Stamina 6, petalis 

 opposita ; antheris extrorsis longitudinaliter valviilis a basi sursum re- 

 volutis dehiscentibus. Ovarium 1-loculare; ovulis basilaribus ; stylo 

 brevi, disco foliaceo plicato margine stigmatoso terniinato. Capsula 

 vesicaria, membranaeea, indehiscens. Semina 1-4 ut in Leontice. 

 Herboe glaberrimce, rliizomate perennante, caulibus annuls, foliis pinnati- 

 sectis. 



1. B. Rauwolfii (C. A. Meyer, Veg. d. Pflz. Am. Caucas. 174). 

 Led. Fl. Ross. i. 80 ; Floral Cabinet, iii. 33. t. 98 ; Henslow in Botanist, 

 i. t. 50. Leoutice Chrysogonum, Linn. Sp. PL 447 ; DC Syst. i. 24, 

 Prod. i. 109 ; Griff. It. Notes, p. 237, No. 286. 



Hajb. Montibus Afghanistan prope Quettah, alt. 5500 ped., Griff. I 



Beluchistan, Stocks! — (Fl. vere.) 



Distrib. Gneeia, DC. ; insula Rhoda ! Georgia ! Syria, DC. ; Persia ! 



Herba 1-2-pedalis, laxe ramosa. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, petiolo 2-6- 

 pollicari, flexuoso, ad pinnulas subarticulato (basi, fide DC, stipula scariosa aucto) ; 

 pinmila numero varise, 2-10-jugse, solitariee v. biufe, i-l| poll, longae, ssepius 

 gluaccc, late v. anguste oblongs v. lineares, lobatse v. dentate, ex schedis Griffithii 

 brunneo-fasciatse. Scapus (seu caulis pars superior) aphyllus, teres, glaucus, pani- 

 culatim rainosus; ramis elongatis, bracteis appressis membranaceis suffultis, laxe 

 subdichotome divisis, ramulis apice floriferis, pedicellis elongatis ebracteatis, fructi- 

 feris strictis rigidis. Flores | unc. diametro, ebracteati, perianthio 9-12-phyllo. 

 Sepala plerumque 6 ; 3 exteriora intequalia, rotundata, late concava, membranaeea, 

 venosa : interiora minora, oblonga. Petala late obovata, sepalis interioribus latiora, 

 membranaeea, basi saccata, apice truncata, erosa v. sinuata. Stamina filamentis 

 brevibus, antheris elongatis, per totam longitudinem utrinque introrsum dehiscenti- 

 bus, demum e basi subvalvatim ruptis, connectivo apiculatis. Ovarium oblique 

 lagenseforme, membranaceum, plicatum, in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate sub- 

 3-lobo anfractuoso, lobis plicatis. Ovula 4-8, funiculis rigidis erectis incTquilongis. 

 Capsula membranaeea, plicata, elliptica, i-f poll, longa, demum apice irregulariter 

 rupta. Semina 1-3, globosa, glauca ; testa brunnea, coriacea ; endopleura subspon- 

 giosa, rufa, albumini adhserente; albumen corneum. Embryo cavitate basilari albu- 

 minis rectus axilis ; radicula hilo proxima, endopleura duplicatura vaginata. Coty- 

 ledones breves. m 



The structure of the seed is remarkable ; it consists of a firm testa, within which 

 is a delicate endopleura adhering to the albumen. The embryo lies in a cylindrical 

 cavity of the albumen, with its radicle exposed, but sheathed in a thin fold of the 

 endopleura. Ledebour (FL Ross. I.e.) describes the petals as unguiculate, which ap- 

 pears hardly to be the case. The anthers are truly introrse and dehisce longitudi- 

 nally, but the fissure, which extends the whole length of each cell, is towards its 

 margin, and after dehiscence a rupture takes place along the connective also, trom 

 the filament upwards, indicating an approach to the valvular dehiscence of Ber- 

 beris and Leontice. The stigma resembles that of Podophyllum to a considerable 

 degree. 



B. Olivieri, considered another species by Meyer, is described as having the seg- 

 ments of the leaves (leaflets) solitary and opposite, which is the case with Stocks 

 specimens of B. Rauwolfii, and with the upper leaves only of others from Georgia. 



