Cieome.] ix. caim'akidace.i-; (ulivrr). 77 



bus, on patent pedicels; valves scabrid. Style very sliort or stigma subses- 

 sile. Seeds pilose. 



I have only seen spccinittns from Arabia and Upper Egypt, but it is likely to occur south 

 of the tropic. This plant has much of the aspect of C. arabica. 



4. C. droserifolia, Del He ; DC. Prod. i. 239. A low mueh-branched 

 and shrubby glandular-hispid herb of 3 to 10 in. Leaves broadly ovate-ro- 

 tundate, obtuse, with a more or less truneate triplinerved base, setose, hispid 

 or scabrous, }-^ in. diam., equalling or usually shorter than tlieir petioles. 

 Flowers axillary, pedicellate. Sepals glandular-setose. Petals somewhat 

 lanceolate with a thickened scale-like appendage at the base. Stamens 4. 

 Ovary oblong or oval, shortly and densely glandular, sessile or subsessile, 

 with a very long slender style. Fruit oval, 4-5 lines long, with setose-hispid 

 concave valves. Seeds renifbrm-giobose, rather compressed, minutely granu- 

 lar. — C. Roridula, K. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 65. 



Nile Iiand. Nubia, Abyssinia {Schiceivf. et Asch. Enutn.) ; Abyssinia, Sail ! 

 Fouud also iu Egypt and Arabia. 



5. C. chrysanthaj Decaisne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. iii. 274. An as- 

 cending or diti'use herb G-18 in. high or sometimes flowering as seedlings of 

 1-2 in. Stem leafy, simple or branched, pilose or hirsute with spreading 

 simple or glandular hairs. Leaves from rotundate- to oblong-ovate, obtuse 

 or scarcely acute, entire, shortly glandular-hirsute, 3-7 lines long, on more or 

 less spreading petioles shorter than or exceeding the blade. Flowers in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, which usually equal or exceed the pedicels. Sta- 

 mens 10-14, of which a few are often smaller or effete. Style slender, 

 equalling or exceeding the oblong-oval, closely glandular-pilose, sessile or 

 subsessile ovary ; stigma capitate. Capsule oval-oblong, 2-4 lines long. 

 Seeds globose-reniform, minutely pitted-rugulose. 



Nile Land. Deserts of Nubia, Peiherick ! Bromfidd 1 Kotschy ! 

 Also an Arabian plant. 



G. C. arabica, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 240. Erect, simple or branched, 

 scabrous. Leaves 3-phyllous or the upper simple ; leaflets usually oblnnceo- 

 late or linear, rather obtuse, glabrous or scabrous. Racemes leafy. Stamens 

 G (or 5). Ovary sessile or subsessile. Capsule linear-oval, scabrous, often 

 pendulous. Seeds cottony -pilose. — C. Siliquaria, K. Br. in Salt, App. 65. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Nubia {Schiveinf. et Asch. Enum.'). 



Perhaj)S also Soudan (R. 13ro\vn in Denham and Clapp. App. 17). ^Vidcly spread in 

 North Africa. 



7. C. brachycarpa, Vald ; DC. Prod. i. 240. A low diffuse herb 

 4-8 in. high, more or less glandular-pubescent or scabrid-setulose, sometimes 

 glabrescent. Leaves 3-5-1-roliolate, petiolate or the upper sessile ; leaflets 

 oblanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse and mucronulate. Flowers pedicel- 

 late in the axils of the upper leaves or distinctly racemose with simple or 3- 

 foliolate bracts. Pedicels slender, much exceeding or equalling the bracts. 

 Sepals lanceolate. Stamens 6, of which one is sometimes imperfect. Ovary 

 minutely glandular or glabrous, sessile. Style slender. Capsule oval or 

 elliptical, usually glandular, 2-4 lines long, longer or shorter tlian the style; 



