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or purple. Very common. Syn. N. cyanea, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 

 577.; N. versi color, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 577. 



VII. NELUMBIACEJE. 

 1. NELUMBIUM. 



1. N. SPECIOSUM, Willd. sp. PI ii, 1288. Leavrs 1 to 2 feet 

 in diameter, peltate, smooth, paler beneath, with prominent veins, 

 margins slightly waved ; flowers white or rose-coloured, half a foot 

 in diameter; fruit turbinate, with aflat top, containing many edible 

 nuts. Roxb. Fl Ind. 647; Syn. N. ascaticum, Rich. Ann. mus. 

 xvii '249, t. 19, fig 2.; Nelumbo nucifera, Gaertn./ri, 73, t. 19, fy 

 2. In tanks; pretty common ; flowers in the rains. Native name 

 " Kummul." Well described by Herodotus, who saw it in Kerypt, 

 where it no longer exists. The roots are a native vegetable in Sind. 

 " Kummul" of the Marathas. 



VIII. FUMARIACE/E. 

 1. FUMARIA, Linn. 



1. F. PARVIFLORA, Lam. Diet, ii, 567, variety Vaillantii. 

 From a span to two feet high; leaves much divided ; flowers small, 

 rose-coloured; fruit globose, smooth. W. and A. Prod.}, 18; 

 Wight. Illus. .11, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 217. Deccan and Khandeish ; 

 pretty common, flowering in the cold weather. 



IX. CRUCIFER.E. 



1. CARDAMINE, Linn. 



1. C. HIRSUTA, Linn. sp. 915, variety Subumbellata. Six 

 inches high ; leaves pinnately divided, leaflets, 6 to 7, coarsely 

 toothed; flowers somewhat corymbose, few, yellow, minute; pods 

 linear acute, about I inch long. On hills near Belgaum ; flowers 

 in July. 



X. CAPPARIDE^l. 



1. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 



1. PENTAPHYLLA, DC. An annual erect plant, covered with- 

 glandular pubescence ; leaves 3 to 5 foliolate, leaflets obovate ; 

 flowers white. A common we< d in waste places. Syn. G. affinis, 

 Blume ; Cleome pentaphylla, Linn. ; Rumph Amt. v, t. 96, fig 3 ; 

 Torr. and Gr. FIN. Am. i, 121. 



