xir. RESEDACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoma.) 181" 



Gcdyx persistent, 4-'7-partite, often irregular ; sepals imbricate in bud. Petals 

 2-7, hypogynous, entire or lobed, equal or the posticous larger, open in 

 bud. i)M« conspicuous, hypogynous (0 in Oligomeris). Stamens usually 

 many, seated on the disk, free or connate, equal or unequaL Ovary 1-celled, 

 of 2-6 connate carpels, often lobed at the top and open between the lobes 

 which bear the sessile stigmas : ovules on 2-6 parietal placentas, amphi- 

 tropous or eampylotropous. 2?Vm'^ capsular (a berry 'va. OdiradeniLs), o'pen 

 at the top. Seeds many, reniform, albumen ; embryo Curved or folded, 

 cotyledons incumbent.- — Disieir Europe, N. Asia, N. and S. Africa ; genera 

 6 ; species 20, 



Petals 4-7, lobed ; ovary synoarpous 1. Eeseda. 



Petals 2 ; ovary syncarpous 2. Oligomeris. 



Petals ; ovary syncarpous ; fruit a berry 3. Ochbadends. 



1. RESEDA, Linn. 



Herbs. Leaves entire, lobed, or pinnatifld ; stipules glandular. Calyx 

 4-7-partite. Petals 4r-l, clawed, unequal, multifid, posticous one with a 

 membrane above the claw. Disk broad, dilated posticously. Stamens 10-40. 

 Ovary sessile or stalked ; placentas 3. Capsule many-sided, open at the top. 

 — DiSTftiB. Species 26, N. Africa, W. Asia. 



The European B. luteola is found in A£fglianistan, and B. odorala (mignonette), 

 {B. nilgherrensis, J. Mull. Monog. Besed. 131), is commonly cultivated. 



1. It. prulnosa, DelUe Fl. ^gypt. 152 ; papillose, lower leaves lanceo- 

 late, upper 3-5-partite, flowers very small subsessile, bracts minute. E. 

 bracteata, Boiss. Fl. OrierU. 433 ; J. Mull. Monog. 154. 



Hills in the Western Pdnjab, Vicary, &c. — Distkib. Eastward to Egypt. 



An erect perennial, 1-14 ft- Leaves 1-2 in., upper with linear segments. Baeemes 

 terminal, 6-9 in., dense ; bracts subulate, deciduous. Capsules oblong or ovoid, short, 

 vridely gaping. 



2. It. Aucberi, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 434 ; glabrous or slightly papillose, 

 leaves obovate-spathulate acute or obtuse, flowers small, bracts linear- 

 lanceolate. J. MuU. Monog. 146. 



SiNDH, Stocks. — DisTBiB. Eastwards to Persia. 



A branched perennial, 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., tapering into a long petiole. Baeemes 

 terminal, dense ; flowers yellowish. Capsules as in jB. pndnosa, 



2. OXiXGOItXERXS, Cambess. 



Herbs. Leaves linear, fascicled. Flowers small, spiked. Calyx 4-partite. 

 Petals 2, free or connate. Disk 0. Stamens 3-8, free or monadelphous. 

 Ovary 4-lobed, top open, placentas 4 ; ovules many. Capsule subglobose, 

 angled, 4-pointed.— Disteib. Species 4 ; 3 S. African, and the following. 



1. O. ^laucescens, Cambess. in Jacq. Voy. Bat. 23, t. 25 ; leaves narrow- 

 linear, stipules minute subulate, spike dense-flowered, flowers minute, cap- 

 sule deeply 4-lobed. O. dispersa /3, /. Mull. Monog. 215. Reseda ohgandra, 

 Bdgew. m Journ. As. Soc. Cole. vii. 764, and Hook. Land. Journ. Bot.,n. 203. 



SiNDH, and Fdnjab, from the Jumna eastward, common ; rare in the Concan hills.— 

 DiSTRiB. Westward to Spain and the Canaries. 



An annual, erect, glaucous, much branched herb, 6-12 in. ; branches erect. Leaves 

 1-2 in. S^kes terminal, flowers greenish-white. Capsule very small, membranous. 

 _iSeeds minute, shining. 



