■363 FLORA INDICA. [Fumuriacea. 



V. varie lobatse. PediceJli floriferi breves ; fructiferi elongati. Mores albi v. flavidi, 

 purpureo variegati, |— 1|^ poll, longi. Sejiala squamseformia. Pelala exteriora apice 

 rotundata^ lata, margiuibus recurvis ; calcare petalum Eequante, curvo, apice subba- 

 mato, appendice calcar f sequante, apice clayata, libera ; synematum margines supe- 

 riores petali postici marginibus utrinque adnati. Ovarium latum, stylo brevius ; 

 oviilis plurimis. Capsula vesicularig, f poll, diametr., ovata v. globosa, stylo persis- 

 tente terminata, Semina orbiculari-reniformia, compressa, testa atra. 



We have no hesitation in uniting the two species of Cambessedes with that of 

 Royle, having compared authentic specimens of all, and finding the same varieties 

 amongst our own, together with every intermediate form. 



Sect. 3. — Siliqua elliptico-ovata obovata v. lanceolata. Semina 3- 

 seriata. 



a. Capnites. — Radix hulhosa. Caulis v. scapus simplex, basi apJcyl- 

 liia v.foUia paucis radicalibus, supra medium foliosus, foliis op- 

 positis aliernis verticillatisve. 



5. C. rutaefolia (Sibth. Fl. Grseo. t. 667); foliis oppositis ver- 

 ticillatisve 2-3-ternatiin sectis, raoemo 6-8-floro, braoteis integris, pe- 

 talis exterioribus apice dilatatis (poslico rarius parvo acuto) eearinatis 

 caloar obtusum sequantibus v. brevioribus. — C. rutsefolia et oppositifolia, 

 DO. Syst. ii. 114, Prod. i. 126. C. diphylla, Wall. Cat. 1430! Tent. 

 Mor. Nep. B4. C. pauoiflora, Edgeworth, in Linn. Soc. Trans, xx. 30. 

 C. Ledebouriaiia, Kar. et Kiril. F/n. Plant. Fl. Alt. 54 ; Led. Fl. Ross. 

 i. 745. C. longipes, Bon, Prod. 198 {non DC). C. tlamiltomana, Don, 

 Syst. Card. i. 142. 



/3. petalo superiore minore ooncavo acuto. — C. verticiUaris, DC. 

 Syst. ii. 114, Prod. i. 136. 



Hab. In Himalaya oooidentali temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. : a Ku- 

 maon ! ad Kashmir ! et in montibus Afghanistan, Griffith! — /3. Kashmir, 

 9500 ped., Winterhottom! Marri, 9700 ped., Fkming!—(¥\. Apr. Jun.) 

 {v. c.) 



DisTBiB. Montibus Cretffi! Grseciffi ! Taurife! Asise minoris ! Syrise! 

 Persiae australis ! et borealis ! et Soongarise ! 



JUinoma elongatum, crassitie pennse anserinaa. Caulis simplex, erectus, 3 poll, 

 vel spithamseus. Folia opposita, terna v. rarius verticillata, insigniter varia, mera- 

 branacea v. subcoriacea, sessiUa v. longe petiolata, ternati-biternatisecla, foliolis breve 

 V. longe petiolulatis, oblongis ohovatis linearibusve, simplicibus lobatis tripartitisve. 

 Uacemus solitarius (rarius 2), erectus, interdum 10-ficrus. Bractea; parvEe v. magna), 

 obovato-oblongae v. lanceolatte, ^. rotundatcC, integerrimee v. dentaiice. Mores Isete 

 purpurei, \-\ poll, longi. Sepala parva, squamffiformia. Petala majora plerumque 

 ampla, apice rotundata v. retusa cum mucrone, rarius bifida, marginibus recurvis, 

 postico in var. ^ parvo acuto v. subacute non cxplanato ; calcare curvo apice obtuso 

 deflexo. Siliqua longe pedicellata, late elliptico-ovata. * 



An extremely variable plant, common from the Levant to Kumaon, but not found 

 further east. The appearance of whorled leaves is perhaps due to their being sessile, 

 and what appears as separate leaves being the primary divisions only of these. The 

 flowers are extremely variable in form, size, deplh^of colour, and the breadth of the 

 dilated apices of the outer petals. GrifRth's and WaUich's specimens unite the cha- 

 racters of verticiUaris and rutcefolia. Bdgeworth's C. pauoiflora (altered to oligantlia 

 in MSS.) is a very luxuriant state, with flaccid leaves, sometimes two racemes, and 

 few flowers ; it is certainly, however, the same species ; we have it also fi'om Strachey 



