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' Gen. Car. Herbaceous, generally aquatic plants: leayes often 
pinnate: calyx equal at the base: petals entire, obovate: stameng 
not toothed: stigma 2-lobed: siliqua sessile, dehiscing lengthwise . 
usually curved upwards, valves convex on the outside: seeds seve- 
ral, irregular, in a double series, without a border: radicle applied 
to the edge of the cotyledons: flowers yellow or white. 
(1) .N. Mapagascartense. (Dec.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 19.—Dec. prod. I. p. 138. 
Syn. N. montanum, Wall.—N. Gangeticum, Wall in Ham.—N. 
micranthum, Dec. prod. I. p. 138. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ml. I. t. 13. 
Spec. Cuar. Annual, branched: leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, un- 
equally toothed: pedicels short, very patent: petals scarcely longer 
than the calyx: siliqua much longer than the pedicel: flowers 
yellow. 
Neilgherries. - 
(2) N. Bencatense. (Dec.) 
Ident. Dee. prod. I. p. 139. 
Syn. Sinapis Bengalensis, Roxb. in Herb. Lamb. 
Srrc. Cuar. Leaves obovate, cuneate, dentate at the apex: 
siliqua somewhat swelling : pedicels bracteated, a little shorter than 
the pod. 
Bengal«t 
GENUS Il. CARDAMINE. 
Tetradynamia siliquosa. Sex: Syst- 
Deriv. From Kardia, the heart, and damao, to subdue, alluding 
to the stomachie quality of the species, or else from Kardamon, 
a watercress. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx connivent, or slightly patent, equal at the 
base: petals clawed: stamens without teeth : siliqua sessile, linear 
elongated, compressed, valves flat :_ style short, or wanting : stigma 
nearly simple: seeds in a single series: radicle applied to the edge 
of the cotyledons: leaves entire, petioled, lobed, or variously di- 
vided, often different on the same plant. Flowers white or rose- 
coloured. 
(1) C. Borzontca. (Pers.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 20,—Dec. prod.'I. p. 150, 
Syn. .C. Wightiana, Wall. : 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. t. 9,—Ic. t. 941, 
