230 FLORA INDICA. [BerberidecB . 



Albumen comeum. ISmiryo axilis ; radiculie vagina spongiosa ; cotyledones plano- 

 concavte, hiantes. 



3. BOISTGARDIA, C. A. Meyer. 



Sepala 3-6. Petala 6, sepalis opposita, breviora, vix unguiculata, 

 basi exappendiculata, poro nectarifero instructa. Stamina 6, petalis 

 opposita ; antheris extrorsis longitudinaliter valvulis a basi sursum re- 

 volutis dehiscentibus. Ovarium 1-loculare ; ovulis basilaribus ; stylo 

 brevi, disco foliaceo plicato margine stigmatoso terminato. Capmla 

 vesicaiia, raembvanacea, indehiscens. Semina 1-4 ut in Leontice. — 

 Herboe glaberrima, xhizomiite perennante, caulibus annuis, foliis pinnati- 

 sectis. 



1. B. Rauwolfii (C, A. Meyer, Veg. d. Pflz. Am. Caucas. 174).— 

 Led. M. Ross. i. 80 ; Floral Cabinet, iii. 33. t. 98 ; Henslow in Botanist, 

 i. t. 50. Leontice Chrysogonum, Linn. Sp. PL 447; L)C. Syst. i. 24, 

 Prod. i. 109; Oriff. It. Notes, p. 237, No. 286. 



Hab. Montibus Afghanistan pvope Quettah, alt. 5500 ped., Griff.! 

 Beluchistan, Stocks! — (El. vere.) 



DisTRiB. Grsecia, DC. ; insula Ehoda ! Georgia ! Syria, DC. ,- Persia! 



Herha 1-2-pedaUs, laxe ramosa. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, petiolo 2-6- 

 pollicari, flexuosOj ad pinnulas subarticulato (basi, fide DC, stipula scariosa aucto) ; 

 pinnulte numero varife, 2-10-jugEe, solitaria?. -i. biuce, i-lj poll. longEe, sEopius 

 glaucte, late v. anguste oblongse v. liaeares, lobatee v. dcntatee, ex scbedis Griffitbii 

 brunneo-fasciatse. Scapus (seu caulis pars superior) aphyllus, teres, glaucus, pani- 

 culatim ramosus; ramis elongatis, bracteis appressis membranaceis suffultis, laxe 

 subdicbotome divisis, ramulis apice floriferis, pedicellis elongatis ebracteatis, fructi- 

 feris strictis rigidis. Flares \ uuc. diametro, ebracteati, periantbio 9-13-phyllo. 

 Sepala plerumque 6 ; 3 exteriora inaeiiualia, rotundata, late concava, membranacea, 

 venosa : interiora minora, oblonga. Petala late obovata, sepalis interioribus latiora, 

 membranacea, basi saccata, apice truncata, erosa v. sinuata. Sta^nina filamentis 

 brevibus, antheris elongatis, per totam longitudinem utrinqne iatrorsum debiscenti- 

 bus, demum e basi subvalvatim rnptis, connective apicnlatis. Ovarium oblique 

 lagenasforme, membranaceum, plicatum, in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate sub- 

 3-lobo anfractuoso, lobis plicatis. Ovula 4-8, funiculis rigidis erectis inieqnilongis. 

 Capsula membranacea, plicata, elliptica, ^— | poll, longa, demum apice irregulariter 

 rupta. Semina 1-3, globosa, glauca ; testa brunnea, coriacea ; endopleura subspon- 

 giosa, rufa, albumini adbEevente ; albumen corneum. Embryo cavitate basUari albu- 

 minis rectus axflis ; radicula hilo proxima, endoplenrse dnplicatura vaginata. Coty- 

 ledones breves. 



Tlie structure of the seed is remarkable ; it consists of a firm testa, within which 

 is a delicate endopleura adhering to the albumen. The embryo lies in a cylindrical 

 cavity of the albumen, with its radicle exposed, but sheathed in a thin fold of the 

 endopleura. Ledebour (Fl. Ross. I.e.) describes the petals as unguiculate, which ap- 

 pears hardly to be the case. The anthers are truly introrse and dehisce longitudi- 

 nally, but the fissure, which extends the whole length of each cell, is towards its 

 margin, and after dehiscence a rupture takes place along the connective also, from 

 the filament upwards, indicating an approach to the valvular dehiscence of Ber- 

 beris and Leontice. The stigma resembles that of Podophyllum, to a considerable 

 degree. 



B. Ollineri, considered another species by Meyer, is described as having the seg- 

 ments of the leaves (leaflets) solitary and opposite, which is the case with Stocks' 

 specimens of B. Rauwolfii, and with the upper leaves only of others from Georgia. 



