256 flora indica. [Papaveracete. 



mate bilobo v. bilaraellato sessili. Capsida elongata, complete 2-valvis, 

 2-locularis, placentis nempe dissepimento spongioso conjunctis, stigtnate 

 ssepe stipitato. Semina foveolis dissepimenti subimmersa, scrobiculata. 

 Herbse biennes v. perennes, plerceque austro -Europcece et orientates, 

 fflauca, succo croceo, foliis radicalibus petiolatis, caulinis amplexicauli- 

 bus incisis lobatisve, pedunculis axillaribus tertdinalib usque solitariis uni- 

 Jloris, floribiisJZavis v. phoeniceis. 



No species of this germs has hitherto been found in India proper ; and of the two 

 Afghanistan ones here described, one is Persian, and the other appears to be identical 

 with the British species, which has a very wide range in western and southern 

 Europe, and in western Asia. 



1. G. elegans (Fisch. et Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1835, 29); 

 divaricatim ramosa, foliis latissime amplexicaulibus cordatis ovato-ob- 

 longis sinuato-lobatis, capsulis gracilibus torulosis strictia curvis v. sub- 

 circina|is. — Led. Ft. Ross. i. 93. G. contortuplicatum, Boiss. Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. xvi. 376. 



Hab. Afghanistan, Griffith! — (PL restate.) (v. s.) 

 Distrib. Persia borealis ! 



Caulis gracilis, erectus v. decumbens, pluries dichotome ramosus, ramis divarieatis 

 glabris setulosisve. Folia caulina coriacea, 1-2 unc. longa. S'diquce perplurimte, 

 2-3 unc. longsc, 1 lin. late, stigmate late trigono terniinata?, teretes, patentim setu- 

 losae, curvatsc, tortuosre v. stricta? et erectae. Semina parva, clathratiru cancellata. 



Our plant perfectly agrees in all essential characters, and the often tortuose pod, 

 with Aucher-Eloy's specimens of G. elegans (4042), which latter, however, present 

 a denser ramification, longer and more arcuate pedicels, more glabrous pods, and 

 more turgid seeds than our plant does, — characters which do not appear to us to be 

 of much value in other species of the genns. The G. pumilum, Boiss., of Persia 

 (Kotschy), appeal's to us, judging from our small specimen of it, to be a state of the 

 same plant, 



2. G. corniculatum (Linn. Sp. PI. 724) ; caule gracili ramoso 

 setoso v. glabrato, foliis caulinis latissime ovato-oblongis cordatis am- 

 plexicaiilibus, capsulis rectis curvis ve setosis. — DC Syst. ii. 96 ; Led. 



Ft. Ross. i. 92. 



iffitJi ! — (Fl. sestate.) (v. s.) 



Distrib. Europ. bor. occ. ! regio Mediterranea ! ins. Canariens.! 

 Persia ! 



Exemplar maneum. Folia parva, coriacea, late cordata. Pedicelli florum gra- 

 cilcs, fructiferi validi elongati. Siliquce 7 nne. longge, valvsc setis aculeisve sparsis 

 erect is oruata*. Semina oblonga, profunde cancellata. 



Our specimens are very variable, and do not appear to be specifically distinct from 

 the common European one to which we have referred it, and which in our opinion 

 includes a good many modern species of the genus. 



7 RGBMERIA, DC. 



Sepala 2. Petala 4. Stamina iridefinita. Ovariu lineare ; stig- 

 mate 2-4-lobo sessili. Capsida elongata, complete 2—t-valvis, 1-loeu- 

 laris, valvis ab apice deorsuia dehiscentibus, placentis foveolatis libe- 

 ris. & iaa reniibruiia, scrobiculata. — Herbse annum, mcco jlavo, foliis 



