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56 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY.


Farsetia Turret,.

Farsetia Jacquemonti Hook. f. and T. in Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 148. Loc. : Panjgur (no. M. 336). Fr. in May 1918.

Farsetia aegyptiaca Turr. Diss. p. 1, tab. I. Loc. : Garmkan, 1 mile NB of Panjgur, about 3,125 ft. (no. 165). Fl. and fr. in March 1918.

Farsetia sp. Fortassis specimen nanum Farsetiae Hamiltonii Royle.Loc. : Dokop lOi miles E of Mand, about 650 ft. (no. 67). Fl. and fr. in March 1918.

Farsetia sp. Loc. : Manguli, 26° 45' N, 65° 21' E, about 2,600 ft. (no. 291). Fl. in April 1918.

Farsetia sp. Loc. : Kuldan (W. Kolwa), about 85 miles E. by N, of Turbat about 2,400 ft. (no. 244). Fl. just coming out in April 1918, Vern. Name : Alant (Bal.).

Farsetia sp. Loc. Nag (W. Kolwa), about 83 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,300 ft. (no. 241). Vern. Name : Kular.

Malcolmia B. Br.

Malcolmia africana B. Br. Kew. IV. 121. Loc. : Not given.

Malcolmia Bungei Boiss. Fl. Or. I. 226. Loc. : Khudabadan, ± mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no M 188). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vern. Name : Jadanik, Sochaku (Bal.).

GOLDBACHIA DC.

Goldbachia hispida Blatt. & Hall. spec. nov. Herba annua (?) glauca, 20 cm alta, a basi ramosissima, radice simplici, caule striato glabriusculo. Folia radicalia petiolata spathulata integra 4 cm longa, caulina oblanceolata — obtusa vel linearia obtusa basi breviter auri- culata, margine remote et breviter hispido, costa media inferiore prominente. Flores racemos terminales ebracteatos, multiflores laxos formantes, minimi, (petalis roseis uti videtur) ; pedicelli ca 2 mm longi, floribus subaequilongi, filiformes, fructificantes incrassati reflexi 5 mm longi. Siliqua unilocularis indehiscens, monosperma 6 mm longa, vel disperma 9 mm longa, inter semina contracta, coriacea turgidal 2 mm lata basi attenuata, apice in stylum trian- gularem planum obtusum contracta, cujus margines decurrunt secus siliquce latera ; facies siliquos costa media plus minusve distincta ornatoe, interdum prominenter reticulata? et bituberculatae si siliqua est monosperma, vel tetratuberculatae si siliqua est disperma ; tuber- culis presentibus constrictio inter semina minus distincta. Semina anguste oblonga, subcylindrica, faciebus oppositis sulcata. — This species differs from Goldbachia laevigata in the following points : The margin of the leaves is hispid, the siliqua is sometimes 1-seeded, never 3-seeded, the siliqua shows distinct dimorphism. Note : As there is no doubt that this species belongs to the genus Goldachia, a slight change in De Candolle's diagnosis of the genus should be made. He says that there are 2 or 3 cells in the siliqua, superimposed in one row. According to the present knowledge of the genus we must say that there are 1-3 cells in the siliqua. Loc. : Harbud, about 55 miles E of Panjgur, about 3,700 ft. (no. 247 A). Fl. and fr. in April 1918, Vern, Name : Kularbahar (Bal.).