428 Capt. N. Vicary's Notes on the Botayiy of Sinde. 



cleft almost to the base^ with long linear terete lobes ; stigmas 

 capitate, rough ; ovary oblong, five-celled and ribbed. Ovules live, 

 pendent from the apex of columella. Capsule five-furrowed and 

 seeded, detaching from base into five cocci, and thus remaining 

 for a long time pendent by short funiculi from the seeds to the 

 apex of columella ; the cocci are internally bivalved and perforated 

 on the inner angles of apices for the passage of the funiculi. Co- 

 lumella persistent for a long time after the seeds have fallen, 

 five-angled, with the apex discoid, five-lobed, and with the pla- 

 centas in the sinuses between the lobes ; seeds brown, oblong, 

 acute at both ends, with a scanty green arillus. 



Geraniace^. 



27. Monsonia Asiatica, Vic. : eastern base of Hala mountains 

 and Lower Sinde. 



I believe that this is the first species of Monsonia found out of 

 Africa. The Sinde plant belongs to the section " Holopetalum.'^ 

 Plant semi-erect, herbaceous, clothed everywhere with long, 

 white, silky hairs; leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, blunt, 

 irregularly dentate, seven-nerved, stipules herbaceous, linear-lan- 

 ceolate ; peduncles slender, two- to five-flowered, with from four 

 to six unequal linear bracts at apex, pedicels slender, flowers blue. 

 Calyx sepals apiculate, three-nerved, petals entire, stamens pen- 

 tadelphous in a double series. Capsule very longly rostrate. 



Rosacea — Sub-ord. Neurade^e. 



28. Neurada procumbens, Linn. : borders of Sinde desert, at 

 base of Hala mountains, and near Shahpoor. This curious plant 

 has heretofore been noted as a native of Egypt, Numidia and 

 Arabia. 



Leguminos^e. 



29. Sophora tomentosa, Linn. ? At Coombe in the Boogtee 

 Beloch hills, a shrub of four feet. 



30. Crotolaria arida, Royle : borders of desert. 



3L Crotolaria oxalidifolia^ Vic. : eastern base of Hala range. 

 Prostrate or semi-erect, with branches from six to eight inches 

 long, all parts clothed with appressed strigose hairs, stipules 

 lanceo-linear, adnate; leaves petioled, three-foliate, leaflets shortly 

 petiolulate, midleaflet obcordate, lateral leaflets oblique, obovate, 

 blunt; peduncles slender, opposed to a leaf; legume sessile linear, 

 trigonous, hairy, nine-seeded and constricted between the seeds. 



32. Tavernieria nummulariay D.C. : Hala mountains, near 

 Deyrah. 



33. Alhagi maurorum, Tourn. : Sinde passim. 



34. Cassia obovata, Collad. : Sinde passim ; this plant is also 

 abundant in the Punjaub. 



