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petiolatis phmatipartitis, lobis muUifidis, pedunculis solitariis opposite 

 Jbtm, floribus violaceis. 



The distribution of this genus very nearly coincides with that of Glaucium, and 

 the only species included within our flora is not found east of the Indus. 



1. R. hybrida (DC. Syst. ii. 92).— Led. Fl. Ross. i. 92. R. re- 



fracta, DC. Syst. ii. 93. R. pinnatifida, Boivin. in Belong. Voy. Ic. ined. 

 R. rlioeadi flora, Boiss. Diagn. vi. 7. R- orientalis, Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. ii. xvi. 374. 



a. sepalis birsutissetosisve, siliquis pedunculis longioribus hispido- 

 setosis, valvis obtusis. 



j8. sepalis glaberrimis, siliquis brevibus pollicaribus, pedunculis bre- 

 vioribus glaberrimis, valvis acutis v. in aculeum productis. 



y. sepalis glaberrimis, siliquis f-pollicaribus, pedunculis breviori- 

 bus hispido-setosis, valvis acuminatis. 



Hab. Afghanistan, alt. 10-12,000 ped., Griffith! et Beluchistan, 



Stocks/ — (Fl. vere.) (v. s.) 



Distrib. Europa austraiis! regio Mediterranea ! iEgyptus! Asia occi- 

 dentalis ! 



Eerba spithamsea et ultra, ramosa, foliosa, glabra pilosa v. hispido-pilosa, gracilis 

 v. robusta, statura et habitu valde polymorpha. Folia 2-4 unc. longa, hipinnatisecta, 

 lobis segmentisve linearibus late oblongisve intcgerrimis v. dentatis obtusis acutis 

 snbaristatisve. Pedicelli breves v. valde elongati, robusti v. graciles. Sepala ob- 

 tusa, glabra, pubescentia v. setosa. Flos diain. variabilis, phceniceus violaceus v. ruber, 

 alabastra oblonga v. fere globosa. Siliqua longe v. brevius pedicellata, erecta v. (pe- 

 dunculo curvo) refracta, 1^-3 unc. longa, 3-4-valvis; valvaj obtusse, acuta? v. in cor- 

 nua ultra stigmata productfe, angustatae, glaberrimse v. setosse. 



After a very careful comparison of our Indian specimens with Boissier's R. oriental* 

 and rhceadiflora, and De Candolle's refracta, we are unable to find any character by 

 which these species are to be distinguished even as constantly marked varieties. 

 Stocks, in his notes on the Beluchistan species, points out the invalidity of the cha- 

 racters of R. refracta, which are taken from the curved peduncle and breadth of the 

 lobes of tbe leaves. The number and size of the valves of the pods, their sharp or 

 blunt apices, and more or less hairy or setose valves, are characters that vary with 

 every European and oriental specimen that has fallen under our observation. 



XV. FUMABIACEiE. 



Sepala 2, lateralia, decidua. Petala 4, cruciata, libera v. varie connate, 

 irregularia, postico seepissime calcarato. Stamina ssepissime 6, diadelpha, 

 rarius 4 et libera, phalanges petalis antico et postico opposite, anthem* 

 6, laterales cujusve phalangis uniloculars. Ovarium utiiloculare, ovuhs 1 

 v. pluribus horizontalibus amphitropis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma sim- 

 plex v. lobatum. Fntctus indehiscens v. capsularis, 1 -poly sperm us. 

 Semina testa ssepissiine nitida ; arillo parvo laccro v. lobato, rarius 0. 

 Albumen carnosum. Embryo rainutus, plercunque excentncus, rectus v. 

 curvus.— Herb» erecta decumbenles v. scandentes, succo aqueo scatentes, 

 foliis altemis rarius oppositis pinnufisectis. 



W« havi- few remarks to offer upon this well known family, which, though it at- 



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