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August. Syn. P. procumbens and Roth. nov. sp. p 329. Rheed. 

 Mai. ix, t. 61. 



2. CAMPESTRIS, Dalz. in Hook. Jour, ii, p 40. Annual glau- 

 cous, 4 to 5 inches high ; stem erect, round pubescent, sparingly 

 branched below; leaves linear subsessile glabrous mucronulate, 

 margins recurved, lower flowers 1 to 2, solitary outside of the axils, 

 upper ones racemed numerous ; racemes above the axil or opposite 

 the leaf, and 3 to 4 times longer than the leaf, wings obliquely ovate 

 mucronulate, longer than the capsule ; capsule nearly round, 

 obliquely emarginate, ciliated on the margin ; flowers yellow. 



3. ROTHIANA, W. and A. Stems herbaceous, branched from the 

 base, erect; leaves glabrous ciliated, narrow oblong, or linear 

 obtuse mucronulate ; racemes nearly capitate, 4 to 6-flowered ; 

 capsule glabrous ciliate margined. Island of Bombay. Syn. P. 

 procumbens, B. Roth. nov. sp. p 329 ; P. glaucoides, Willd. 

 sp. iii, p 896. 



4. TRIFLORA, Linn. Stems nearly simple erect, with aroughish 

 pubescence; leaves glabrous linear mucronulate; racemes about 

 3-flowered axillary or above the axils, half the length of the leaf; 

 capsule oblong, scarcely margined, pubescent ciliated. Sholapore 

 districts. Law. Syn. P. linarifolia, Roth. nov. sp. p 330. Com- 

 mon in Sind. 



5. ELONGATA ? Klein. Branched from the base, pubescent, 

 lateral branches procumbent ; leaves oblong linear, tapering down- 

 wards ; racemes above the axils, or opposite to the leaves, many- 

 flowered at length, elongated 2 to 4 times longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers purple, alac oval obtuse, greenish-yellow, veined with 

 purple ; capsule glabrous, neither ciliate nor margined. Coast of 

 Katty war ; in sandy soil. 



6. P. VAHLIANA, DC. Branches few, long, divaricating, 

 younger ones pubescent terete ; leaves linear oblong mucronate, 

 very shortly petioled ; peduncles lateral or leaf-opposed, shorter 

 than the -leaf, 4 to 8-flowered; pedicles distant, drooping; alac 

 obovate or oval obtuse, pubescent, ciliated ; ovary silky ; fruit 

 oblong emarginate, ciliated and puberulous, not margined ; in 

 light soil. Guzerat ; flowers yellow, 



7. P. PERSICARI^FOLIA, DC. Prod. Stem erect, bipid at the 

 apex ; leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, paler beneath ; 

 racemes 10 to 15-flowered, rising from the divisions of the stem; 

 flowers of a beautiful rose-colour, wings obovate ; capsule obcordate, 

 ciliate, shorter than the wings. On the highest Ghauts east of 

 Bombay ; flowers in August. Syn. P. Wallichiana, Wight Illust. i. 

 p 49, t. 22. 



2. SALOMONIA, Lour. 



S. CORDATA, Arnott, in Wight. Illust. i, p 49, t. 22. A dimi- 



