Fmnariacea:.] ploua indica. 257 



petiolatis pinnaiiparlitk, lobis mullifidu, pedunculis solitariis opposiii- 

 foliis, floribus violaceis. 



The distribution of this genus very nearly coincides with that of Glaucium, and 

 the only species included within our flora is not found east of the Indus. 



1. R. hybrida (DC. Syst. ii. 92).— Xet?. M. Ross. i. 92. E. re- 

 fracts, DC. Syst. ii. 93. K. pinnatifida, Boivin. in Belong. Voy. Ic. ined. 

 E. rLoeadiflora, Boiss. Biagn. vi. 7. E. orientalis, Boiss. Ann. 8c. Nat. 

 set: ii. xvi. 374. 



a. sepalis hirsutis setosisve, siliquis pedunculis loiigioribus hispido- 

 setosis, valvis obtusis. 



(8. sepalis glaberrimis, siliquis brevibus pollioaribus, pedunculis bre- 

 vioribus glaberrimis, valvis acutis v. in aculeum productis. 



y. sepalis glaberrimis, siliquis |-poUicaribus, pedunculis breviori- 

 bus hispido-setosis, valvis acuminatis. 



Hab. Afghanistan, alt. 10-12,000 ped., Oriffiih! et Beluchistan, 

 Stocks! — (Tl. vere.) {v. s.) 



DisTRiB. Europa australis! regio Mediterranea ! j3iigyptus! Asia occi- 

 dentalis ' 



Herla spithamsea et ultra, ramosa, foliosa, glabra pilosa v. hispido-pilosa, gracilis 

 V. robusta, statura et babitu valde polymorpha. ToUa 2-4 uuc. longa, bipinnatisecta, 

 lobis segmentisve Hnearibus late oblongisve integerrimis v. dentatis obtusis acutis 

 subaristatisve. PedicelU breves v. valde elongati, robusti v. graciles. Sepala ob- 

 tusa, glabra, pubescentia v. setcsa. Flos diam. variabilis, phosniceus violaceus v. ruber, 

 alabastra oblonga v. fere globosa. Siliqua longe v. brevius pcdicellata, erecta v. (pe- 

 dunculo curve) refracta, 14-3 unc. longa, 3-4-valvis; valva? obtusaB, acutae v. in cor- 

 nua ultra stigmata productse, angustatee, glaberrimse v. setosa;. 



After a very careM comparison of our Indian specimens with Boissier's B. orientalis 

 and rhaadijlora, and De CandoUe's refracta, we are unable to find any character by 

 which these species are to be distinguished even as constantly marked varieties. 

 Stocks, in his notes on the Beluchistan species, points out the invalidity of the cha- 

 racters of B. refracta, which are taken from the curved peduncle and breadth of the 

 lobes of the leaves. The number and size of the valves of the pods, their sharp or 

 blunt apices, and more or less hairy or setose valves, are characters that vary with 

 every European and oriental specimen that has fallen under our observation. 



XV. FUMAEIACE^. 



Sepala 2, lateralia, decidua. Fetala 4, cruciata, libera v. varie connata, 

 irregularia, postico ssepissime calcarato. Stamina seepissime 6, diadelpha, 

 rarius 4 et libera, phalanges petalis antico et postico oppositse, antherse 

 %, laterales cujusve phalangis uniloculares. Ovarium uniloculare, ovulis 1 

 V. pluribus horizontalibus amphitropis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma sim- 

 plex V. lobatum. Fructus indehisceiis v. capsularis, 1-polyspermus. 

 Semina testa ssepissime nitida; arillo parvo lacero v. lobato, rarius 0. 

 Albumen carnosum. Embryo minutus, plerumque gxcentricus, rectus v. 

 eurvus. — lierbse erecta decumbentes v. scandentes, succo aqueo scatentes, 

 foliis alternis rarius oppositis pinnalisectis. 



We have few remai-ks to offer upon this well known femily, which, though it at- 



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