FLORULA ADENENSIS. 3 



Sect. Siligiiaria. Torus parvus ; thecaphorus brevis vel nullus. 

 f Foliis simplicibus. 



2. C. quinquenervia (DC. Prod, i. p. 239). Herbacea, glauca, sub- 

 pubescens aut glanduloso-hirsuta ; foliis longe petiolatis, ovatis, basi 

 subcordatis, 5-nervibus, floralibus minoribus; floribus axillaribus; 

 sepalis linearibus, pubescentibus, margine ciliatis; petalis ovatis; 

 staminibus 6 ; stylo gracili, glabro ; stigmate rotundo, obtuso ; siliquis 

 sessilibus, ovato-oblongis, glanduloso-scabris, stylo brevi apiculatis. 



Hab. Aden, in arenosis prope littus (Madden !). 

 Distr. In Persia ! Affghanistan ! 



Herba annua. Folia longe petiolata, late ovata. Siliqua erecta, 1 unc. 

 longa, subteres. Stylus brevis, 1 lin. longus. Flores pallide flavi. 



3. C. pruinosa (T. Anders.). Caule ramosissimo, subglabro; ramis 

 pruinosis, pilis patentibus subhirsutis, foliosis ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, 

 acuminatis, trinerviis, papillis scabris sparse hirsutis, marginibus 

 glandulosis subserratis ; floribus axillaribus solitariis ; sepalis lanceo- 

 latis, subglandulosis ; petalis linearibus, unguiculatis ; staminibus 4 ; 

 siliquis sessilibus, erectis, glandulosis, teretibus, oblongis, stylo per- 

 sistente deflexo apiculatis. 



Hab. Aden, copiossisime (Hook.fil.l T. Anders.). 



Suffrutex parvus, apice glandulosus, sparse pilosus. Folia longe petio- 

 lata, 4-8 lin. longa, 3-6 lin. lata; petiolus | unc. longus. Stylus 

 gracilis, glaber, 4 lin. longus. Siliqua glandulosa, longitudinaliter 

 sulcata, 8 lin. longa. Flores viridi-flavi. 

 A species very near C. drosercefolia, but differing from it in being almost 

 glabrous, in tbe shape of the leaves, and in the shorter styles. It may 

 eventually prove to be a state of C. drosercefolia, especially as that plant 

 has not been found at Aden, though it is common in Arabia Petrsea, and 



Egypt. 



4. C. papillosa (Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. p. 382). Herbacea, gracilis ; 

 caule erecto, pilis patentibus hirsutis ; foliis ovatis, basi subcordatis, 

 margine integro, pilis strigosis papillisque duris scabris, inferioribus 

 longe petiolatis, superioribus sessilibus ; racemis laxis ; floribus pedun- 

 culis filiformibus ; sepalis lanceolatis, glandulosis ; petalis lanceolatis, 

 longe unguiculatis ; staminibus 6 ; siliquis glabris, filiformibus, tere- 

 tibus, patentibus, pedicello multo longioribus, transversim corrugatis, 

 rubris ; seminibus uniseriatis. — C. gracilis,Edge\v. in Journ. Soc. Asiat. 

 Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 1212. C. linearis, Stocks, MSS. in Herb. Hook. 



Hab. Aden, in locis saxosis (Edgew., Hook. fil. ! T. Anders.). 



Distr. In Abyssinia ! Scinde ! Punjab ! 



Herba gracilis, annua, aromatica, odore moschato. Folia integra. 



Corolla junioribus violacea, interdum fiava. Siliqua glabra, filiformis, 



1 unc. longa. 



B 2 



