Dicmtra.] ix. fumahiace^. 121 



pendulous racemes or corymbs. Sepals 2, small. Petals 4, connivent; 



5 outer oblong, concave, base saccate ; 2 inner clawed, tips cohering, keeled. 

 Stamens 6,diadelplious from the base or from above the middle ; mid-anther 

 of each bundle 2-celled, lateral 1 -celled. Ova7y 1-celled ; style filiform, 

 stigma 2-lobed ; ovules many, on 2 parietal placentas. Capsule dehiscing by 

 2 membranous (rarely fleshy) longitudinal valves, which leave the seed- 

 beafing placentas attached to the stigma. See4s small, beaked, arillate or 

 not.— DisTEiB. Several species, natives of temp. N. Asia and N. America. 



1. D. torulosa, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 272 ; peduncles 6-8-flowered corym- 

 bose orsubumbellate, bracts fimbriate, capsule narrow torulose, seeds opaque. 



Khasia hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &o. 



Stem 8-10 ft. Leaf-segments \-i in., ovate to linear-lanceolate. Flowers J-| in. 

 long, golden-yellow ; pedicels 4 in. ; bracjts as long, membranous, linear. Filaments 

 with a short basal spur. Capsule 1 J-3 in., linear. Seeds l-seriate, granulate ; aril 

 ?-lol)ed. 



2. D. Zloylei, E.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 273 ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, bracts 

 lanceolate, capsule narrow not torulose, seeds shining. 



Temperate Himalata, alt. 5-6000 ft., from Bhotau Griffith, to Simla, Lady Dal- 

 homie. Khasia hills, Griffith, &c. 



Similar to D. torulosa, but more slender, i-i ft. Flowers |-1 in. long, yellow,- 

 sometimes tinged purple; pedicels 4-1 in-, longer than the lanceolate membranous 

 bracts. Capsule 1-1 J by i in. Seeds 2-seriate, black ; aril small. ' 



^ 3. D. scandens, Walp. Rep. i. 118 ; peduncles 8-12-flowered, bracts 

 very small, capsule membranous lanceolate, seeds smooth shining. H.f. 



6 T. Fl. Ind. 273. Mactocapnos scandens, Royle. Dielytra scandens, Bon 

 Prodr. 198. 



Tempeeate Himalaya ; alt. 5-6000 ft., from Nipal, Wallich, to Garwhal, Fdgeworth. 



Stem slender, flexuous, angled. Leaves alternate, segments J-1 in., oval oblong or 

 prbicular. Flowers |-1 in. long, yellow or purple ; peduncle 2-3 in., slender, often 

 leafy; pedicels J-1 in. ; bracts linear. Capsule 1-H in., acute at both ends, style 

 i"^ in., valves membranous. Seeds finely gi-anulate at the back. 



4 D. thalictrifolla, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 273 ; peduncle 8-12-flowered, 

 bracts very small, capsule fleshy ovate-cordate, seeds granulate. Dactyli- 

 capnos thalictrifolia, Wall.- Tent. 51, t. 89; Gat. 1426 ; Swed Brit. Fl. Gard. 

 Ser. 2, t. 127. 



Tempeeate Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft., from Nipal, Wallich, to Bhotali, Griffith; 

 Khasla hIlls at the Kala Pani Bungalow, alt. 5000 ft., JECf. S T. 



Very similar to L. scandens and possibly not distinct specifically, but the capsule 

 is broader, | in. long, thick, fieshy, very tardily dehiscent, the style is stouter, and the 

 seeds finely granulate near) the hiliim and coarsely so on the back. — It is common in 

 Sikkim, and the pods are drier a.ud most dehiscent a,t higher elevations. 



3. COXIVDAI.XS, DC. 



Erect or prostrate herbs, usully perennial root,ed. Leaves lobed or cut, 

 upper sometimes opposite. Flowers racemed, rarely subumbellate, small, 

 wiute blue yellow or purple. Sepals 2, small. Petals 4, erect, or conniving ; 

 2 outer dissimilar, anterior flat or concave, posterior gibbous or spurred at 

 the base ;' 2 inner clawed, tips free or cohering, keeled. Stamens 6, diadel- 

 phous ; posterior bundle with a basal spur enclosed in the petal-spur ; mid- 

 anther of each bundle 2-ceUed, lateral 1-celled. Ovary 1-celled ; style fill- 



