or purple. Very common. Syn. N. cyanea, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 

 577. ; N. versi color, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 577. 



VII. NELUMBIACE^. 

 1. NELUMBIUM. 



1. N. Speciosum, Willd. sp. PI ii, 1288.— Leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 in diameter, peltate, smooth, paler beneath, with prominent veins, 

 margins slightly waved ; flowers white or rose-coloured, half a foot 

 in diameter; fruit turbinate, with a flat top, containing many edible 

 nuts. Roxb. Fl Ind. 647; Syn. N. ascaticum, Rich. Ann. mus. 

 xvii 249, t. 19, fig 2.; Nelumbo nucifera, Gaertn./ri, 73, t. \Q,fig 

 2. In tanks; pretty common ; flowers in the rains. Native name 

 " Kummul." Well described by Herodotus, who saw it in l''eypt, 

 where it no lojiger exists. The roots are a native vegetable in 8ind. 

 "Kummul" of the Maratlias. 



VIII. FUMARIACE^. 

 1. FUMARIA, Linn. 



1. F. Pakviflora, Lam. Diet, ii, 567, variety Vaillantii.-— 

 From a span to two feet high ; leaves much divided ; flowers small, 

 rose-coloured; fruit globose, smooth. W. and A. Prod, i, 18- 

 Wight. Illus. t. 1 1, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 217. Deccan and Khand'eish; 

 pretty common, flowering in the cold weather. 



IX. CRUCIFER^. 



1. CARDAMINE, Linn. 



1. C. HiESUTA, Linn. sp. 915, variety Subumbellata. — Six 

 inches high; leaves pinnately divided, leaflets, r to 7, coarsely 

 toothed ; flowers somewhat corymbose, few, yellow, minute ; pods 

 linear acute, about ] inch long. On hills near Bclgaum ; 'flowers 

 in July. 



X. CAPPARIDE^. 



1. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 



1. Pentaphylla, DC. — An annual erect plant, covered with- 

 glandular pubescence ; leaves 3 to 5 foliolate, leaflets obovate ; 

 flowers white. A common weed in waste places. Syn. G. aflinis, 

 Bhime ; Cleome pentaphylla, Linn. ; Rumph Amt. v, t. 96, fig 3 ; 

 Torr. and Gr. FIN. Am. i, 121. 



