xii. RESEDACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 181 



Calyx persistent, 4-7-partite, often irregular ; sepals imbricate in bud. Petals 

 2-7, hypogynous, entire or lobed, equal or the posticous larger, open in 

 bud. Disk conspicuous, hypogynous (0 in Oligomeris). Stamens usually 

 many, seated on the disk, free or connate, equal or unequal. Ovary 1-celled, 

 of 2-6 connate carpels, often lobed at the top and open between the lobes 

 which bear the sessile stigm^ ; ovules on 2-6 parietal placentas, amphi- 

 tropous or campylotropous. Fruit capsular (a berry in Qchradenus), open 

 at the top. Seeds many, renifoqp, albumen ; embryo curved or folded, 

 cotyledons incumbent. DISTKIB. Europe, N. Asia, N. and S. Africa ; genera 

 6 ; species 20. 



Petals 4-7, lobed ; ovary syncarpoua 1. RESEDA. 



Petals 2 ; ovary syncarpous 2. OLIGOMERIS. 



Petals ; ovary syncarpous ; fruit a berry . 3. OCHKADENUS. 



1. RESEDA, Linn. 



Herbs. Leaves entire, lobed, or pinnatifid ; stipules glandular. Calyx 

 4-7-partite. Petals 4-7, clawed, unequal, multifid, posticous one with a 

 membrane above the claw. Disk broad, dilated posticously. Stamens 10-40. 

 Ovary sessile or stalked ; placentas 3. Capsule many-sided, open at the top. 

 DISTEIB. Species 26, N. Africa, W. Asia. 



The European R. luteola is found in Affghanistan, and E. odorata (mignonette), 

 (It. nilgherrensis, J. Mull. Monog. Resed. 131), is commonly cultivated. 



1. R. pruinosa, Delile Fl. ^Egypt. 152 ; papillose, lower leaves lanceo- 

 late, upper 3-5-partite, flowers very small subsessile, bracts minute. R. 

 bracteata, Boiss. Fl. Orient. 433 ; J. Mull. Monog. 154. 



Hills in the WESTERN PUNJAB, Vicary, &c. DISTRIB. Eastward to Egypt. 



An erect perennial, 1-1| ft. Leaves 1-2 in., upper with linear segments. Racemes 

 terminal, 6-9 in., dense ; bracts subulate, deciduous. Capsules oblong or ovoid, short, 

 widely gaping. 



2. R. Aucheri, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 434 ; glabrous or slightly papillose, 

 leaves obovate-spathulate acute or obtuse, flowers small, bracts linear- 

 lanceolate. J. Mull. Monog. 146. 



SINDH, Stocks. DISTRIB. Eastwards to Persia. 



A -branched perennial, 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., tapering into a long petiole. Racemes 

 terminal, dense ; flowers yellowish. Capsules as in R. pruinosa. 



2. OXiXGOIKERXS, Cambess. 



Herbs. Leaves linear, fascicled. Flowers small, spiked. Calyx 4-partite. 

 Petals 2, free or connate. Disk 0. Stamens 3-8, free or monadelphous. 

 Ovary 4-lobed, top open, placentas 4 ; ovules many. Capsule subglobose, 

 angled, 4- pointed. DISTRIB. Species 4 ; 3 S. African, and the following. 



1. O. glaucescens, Gamless. in Jacq. Voy. Eat. 23, t. 25; leaves narrow- 

 linear, stipules minute subulate, spike dense-flowered, flowers minute, cap- 

 sule deeply 4-lobed. O. dispersa j8, J. Mull. Monog. 215. Reseda oligandra, 

 Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Gale. vii. 764, and Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 203. 



SINDH, and PUNJAB, from the Jumna eastward, common ; rare in the CONCAN hills. 

 DISTRIB. Westward to Spain and the Canaries. 



An annual, erect, glaucous, much branched herb, 6-12 in. ; branches erect. Leaves 

 1-2 in. Spikes terminal, flowers greenish-white. Capsule very small, membranous. 

 Seeds minute, shining. 



