356 rLOKA INDICA, \_Papaveracea, 



mate bilobo v. bilamellato sessili. Capsula elongata, complete 3-valvis, 

 3-looularis, placentis nempe dissepimento spongioso conjunotis, stigmate 

 ssepe stipitato. Seniina foveolis dissepimenti subimmersa, scrobiculata. 

 — Herbaa biennes v. perennes, plertsque austro-Huropma et orientales, 

 glaucm, succo croceo, foliis radicalibus petiolatis, caulinis amplexicaiili- 

 biis incisis lobatisve, pedunoulis axillaribits terminalibitsque soliiariis uni' 

 fioris, ^ioviims Jlavis v. phceniceis. 



- No species of this genus has hitherto been found in India proper ; and of the two 

 Afghanistan ones here described, one is Persian, and the other appears to be identical 

 with the British species, which has a very wide range in western and southern 

 Europe, and in western Asia. 



1. G. elegans (Pisch. et Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1885, 29); 

 divaricatim ramosa, foliis latissime aniplexicaulibus oordatis ovato-ob- 

 longis sinuato-lobatis, capsulis graoilibus torulosis striotis ourvis v. sub- 

 ciroinatis. — Led. M. Ross. i. 93. G. contortuplicatum, Buiss. Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. xvi. 876. 



Hab. Afghanistan, Orifflth! — (PL festate.) {v. a.) 



DiSTElB. Persia borealis ! 



Caulis gracilis, erectus v. decumbens, pluries dichotome ramosus, ramis divaricatis 

 glabris setulosisye. Volia caulina coriacea, 1-3 unc. longa. SUiqum perplurima;, 

 3-3 unc. longEe, 1 liu. latfe, stigmate late trigono terminatse, teretes, patentim setu- 

 losEC, curvatfe, tortuosse v. strictaa et erectse. Seniina parva, clathratim cancellata. 



Our plant perfectly agrees in all essential characters, and the often tortuose pod, 

 with Aucher-Bloy's specimens of G. elegans (4043), which latter, however, present 

 a denser ramification, longer and more arcuate pedicels, more glabrous pods, and 

 more turgid seeds than our plant does, — characters which do not appear to us to be 

 of much value iu other species of the genus. The G. pumilum, Boiss., of Persia 

 (Kotschy), appears to us, judging from our small specimen of it, to be a state of the 

 same plant. 



3. G. comiculatum (Linn. Sp. PL 734) ; caule graoili ramoso 

 setose V. glabrato, foliis caulinis latissime ovato-oblongis cordatis am- 

 plexicaulibus, capsulis reotis curvisve setosis. — DC. Syst. ii. 96 ; Led. 

 m. Ross. i. 93. 



Hab. Afglianistan, Griffith ! — (PL festate.) (». s.) 

 DiSTKiB. Europ. bor. ooc! regie Mediterranea ! ins. Caaariens.! 

 Persia ! 



Exemplar mancum. Tolia parva, coriacea, late cordata. Pedicelli florum gra- 

 ciles, fructiferi validi elongati. Siliqum 7 unc, longse, valvse aetis aculeisve sparsis 

 erectis oruatce. Seniina oblonga, profnnde cancellata. 



Our specimens are very variable, and do not appear to be specifically distinct from 

 the common European one to which we have referred it, and which in our opinion 

 includes a good many modern species of the genus. 



7. RCEMERIA, DC. 



Sepala 3. Petala 4. Stamina indefinita. Ovariiim lineare; stig- 

 mate 3-4i-lobo sessili, Capsula elongata, complete 2-4-valvis, 1-locu- 

 laris, valvis ab apice deorsum dehiscentibus, placentis foveolatis libe- 

 ris. Setnina reniformia, scrobiculata. — Llerbce annua, succo flavo, foliis 



