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Spec. Cuan. Stem erect, bifid at the apex: leaves oblong, acu- 
minated at both ends, paler beneath: racemes 10-15-flowered, 
rising from the divisions of the stem: wings obovate: capsule ob 
cordate, ciliate, shorter than the wings: flowers rose-coloured, 
Ghauts east of Bombay. Flowering in August. 
(15) P. campzsrris. (Dailz.) 
Ident. Dalz. in Hook. Jour. II. p. 40. 
Spec. Cuan. Annual, 4-5 inches high: stem erect, pubescent, 
sparingly branched below: leaves linear, subsessile, glabrous, mar- 
gins recurved : racemes supra-axillary or leaf-opposed, much long- 
er than the leaf: lower flowers 1-2, outside the axils, upper ones 
racemed, numerous: wings obliquely ovate, longer than the cap- 
sule: capsule nearly round, ciliated on the margin; flowers yellow, 
Malwan. Flowering in June and July. 
(16) P. varians. ( Mart.) 
Ident. Dee. prod. I. p. 332. 
Srrc. Cuar. Stem herbaceous, branched, procumbent: lower 
leaves obcordate or ovate, upper ones lanceolate; racemes axillary ; 
keel crested. 
Bengal. 
(17) P. umprosa. (Mart. ) 
Ident. Dec. prod. I. p. 332. 
Srzc. Car. Leaves oblong, attenuated at the base: racemes 
axillary: keel crested. 
Bengal. 
GENUS IT. SALOMONIA. 
Monadelphia Tetrandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Called after Solomon, king of the Hebrews, one of the 
first Botanists. 
Gzw. Cuar. Small, herbaceous plants: sepals 5, somewhat 
equal: petals 3, united below into a tube, cleft longitudinally on 
one side: filaments united their whole length: capsule 2-lobed, 
compressed, bristle-toothed on the margin. 
(1) S. conpata, (Arnott. ) 
Ident. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 49. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t, 22. 
Spec, Cuar. Small plant, 3-4 inches high, branched: leaves 
alternate, sessile, cordate, ovate, glabrous, ciliate on the margin: 
apikes elongated ; capsules crested, pectinate: flowers red, 
Vingorla, North Concan. 
