262 flora inbica. [Fumariacets. 



v. varie lobatse. Pedicelli floriferi breves ; fructiferi elongati. Flores albi v. flavidi, 

 purpureo variegati, f-l-J poll, longi. Sepala squamseforinia. Petala exteriora apice 

 rotuudata, lata, marginibus recurvis ; calcare pet alum sequante, curvo, apice subha- 

 mato, appendice calcar § sequante, apice clavata, libera; synematum margines supe- 

 riores petali postici marginibus utrinque adnati. Ovarium latum, stylo brevius; 

 ovulis plurimis. Capsula vesicularis, f poll, diametr., ovata v. globosa, stylo persis- 

 tente terminata. Semina orbiculari-reniforniia, eompressa, testa atra. 



We have no hesitation in uniting the two species of Cambessedes with that of 

 Royle, having compared authentic specimens of all, and finding the same varieties 

 amongst our own, together with every intermediate form. 



Sect. 3. — Siliqua elliptico-ovata obovata v. lanceolata. 'Semina 2- 

 seriata. 



a. Capnites. — Radix bulbosa. Caulis v. scapus simplex, basi apliyl- 

 lus v.foliis paucis radicalibus, supra medium foliosus, foliis op- 

 positis alternis verticillatisve. 



5. C. rutaefolia (Sibtli. Fl. Graec. t. 667); foliis oppositis ver- 

 ticillatisve 2-3-ternatim sectis, racemo 6-8-floro, bracters integris, pe- 

 talis exterioribus apice dilatatis (postico rarius parvo acuto) ecarinatis 

 calcar obtusum aequantibus v. brevioribus. — C. rutaefolia et oppositifolia, 

 BC. Syst. ii. 114, Prod. i. 126. C. diphylla, Wall. Cat. 1430! Tent. 

 Flor. Nep. 54. C. pauciflora, Edgeworth, in Linn. Soc. Trans, xx. 30. 

 C. Ledebouriana, Kar. et Kiril. En. Plant. PI. Alt. 54 ; Led. PI. Ross. 

 i. 745. C. longipes, Bon, Prod. 198 {non BC). C. Haniiltoniana, Bon, 

 Syst. Gard. i. 142. 



/3. petalo superiore minore concavo acuto. — C. verticillaris, BC. 

 Syst. ii. 114, Prod. i. 126. 



Hab. Iii Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 6-10,000 peel. : aKu- 

 maon ! ad Kashmir! et in montibus Afghanistan, Griffith! — /3. Kashmir, 

 9500 ped., Winterbottom ! Marri, 9700 ped., Fleming! — (Fl. Apr. Jun.) 



! 



(v. V.) 



Distrib. Montibus Cretse! Graeciae ! Taurine! Asiae minoris ! Syriae! 

 Persise australis ! et borealis ! et Soongariae ! 



Rhizoma elongatum, crassitie pennse anserinse. Caulis simplex, erect us, 3 poll, 

 vel spithamseus. Folia opposita, terna v. rarius verticillata, insigniter varia, mem- 

 branacea v. subcoriacea, sessilia v. longe petiolata, ternati-biternatisecta, foliolis breve 

 v. longe petiolulatis, oblongis obovatis linearibusve, simplicibus lobatis tripartitisve. 

 Racemus solitarius (rarius 2), erectus, interdum 10-floms. Bractea parvae v. magna;, 

 obovato-oblongse v. lanceolatae, v. rotundatse, integerrimje v. denta'se. Flores lsete 

 purpurei, \-l poll, longi. Sepala parva, squamsefbrmia. Petala niajora plerumque 

 ampla, apice rotundata v. retusa cum mucrone, rarius bifida, marginibus recurvis, 

 postico in var. fi parvo acuto v. subacuto non explanato ; calcare curvo apice obtuso 

 deflexo. Siliqua longe pedicellata, late elliptico-ovata. 



An extremely variable plant, common from the Levant to Kumaon, but not found 

 farther east. The appearance of whorled leaves is perhaps due to their being sessile, 

 and what appears as separate leaves being the primary divisions only of these. The 

 flowers are extremely variable in form, size, depth of colour, and the breadth of the 

 dilated apices of the outer petals, Griffith's and Wallich's specimens unite the cha- 

 racters of verticillaris and ruteefolia. Edgeworth's C. pauciflora (altered to oligantka 

 in MSS.) is a very luxuriant state, with flaccid leaves, sometimes two racemes, and 

 few flowers ; it is certainly, however, the same species ; we have it also from Strachey 



