FLORULA ADENENSIS, 



Classis I. DICOTYLEDONES. 



Ordo I. CEUCIFEILE. 



1. Farsetia, Turra. 



1. F. stylosa (T. Anders.). Pilis adpressis incana; foliis paucissimis, 

 linearibus, basi attenuatis ; sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, margine scari- 

 osa, glabra, angusta ; siliquis breviter pedunculatis, linearibus, subin- 

 canis, stylo apiculatis ; stylo 1 lin. longo. — Mathiola stylosa, Hochst. 

 et Steud. in Schimper, PL Arab. Fel. n. 860. 

 Hab. Aden, in arenosis (Hook.fil. et T. !). 

 Distr. In deserto Arabise Felicis ! 



Decaisne, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vol. iv. p. 69, describes another species, 

 F. longisiliqua, from Yemen, but of which Walpers, in Repert. vol. i. p. 139, 

 says, " Non hujus generis esse videtur." I have not seen this plant. F. 

 linearis, Dene. MSS. in Herb. Mus. and Boiss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. 

 vol. xvii. p. 150, I distinguish from F. stylosa by its smaller flowers, ovate- 

 lanceolate sepals, and much longer styles. I have seen specimens of it 

 from Muscat and Algiers. 



2. Dipterygium, Decaisne. 



1. D. glaucum (Dene, in Ann. Sc.Nat. ser. 2, iv. p. 67). Foliis petio- 

 latis, ovatis vel lanceolatis, integris, herbaceis, glabris, vel crassiusculis 

 scabridis ; sepalis aequalibus, lanceolatis, obscure trinerviis, extrorsum 

 glandulosis ; petalis lanceolatis, obtusis, unguiculatis, sepalis lon- 

 gioribus ; stylo tereti, stigmate capitato ; ovario sessili, tetraquetro, 

 angulis dentato-alatis ; siliculis indehiscentibus, compressis, elliptico- 

 oblongis, scorbiculatis, crustaceo-corrugatis. — D. scabrum, Decaisne, 

 fide Boiss. in Auch. PI. Arab. n. 4150 (absque descriptione). Ptero- 

 loma Arabicum, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. PI. Arab. Fel. n. 851. 



Hab. Aden, a littore usque ad alt. 1000 ped. in monte " Jibeel Shum- 

 shum" {Hook.fil.l T.Anders.). 



Distr. In Arabia Felici ! et Petrsea ! Nubia ! Scinde ! Punjab ! 



Herba perennis, subvirgata, glabra vel scabrido-glutinosa, subaphylla. 

 LINN. PBOC. — BOTANY, YOL. Y. SUPPLEMENT. B 



