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Radix annua ? fusiformis, lignosa. Caules plurimi, spithamaei v.bipedales, 



plerique ramosi, nitidi. Folia crassiuscula, sicca scaberula, 1-2" longa, 



latitudine valde varia. Racemi elongati. Flores breve pedicellati, 



flavi. Sepala %" longa, linearia, obtusa, membranaceo-marginata. 



Petala sepalis bis longiora. Fructus non visus. 



Boissier suggests the probability of this being an Erysimum, a point we 



cannot determine : he also compares it with his C. crassicaulis, a South 



Persian species, to which, judging from his description, we should probably 



have referred it, but in the absence of authentic specimens we refrain from 



doing so. 



2. C. Himalai'cus (Cambess. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. p. 14, t. 13). Pusillus, 

 multicaulis, totus molliter tomentosus vel lanuginosus, caulibus folio- 

 sis, foliis radicalibus spathulatis grosse lobatis dentatis integrisve, cau- 

 linis lineari-obovatis integerrimis, racemis brevibus, siliquis com- 

 pressis, valvis planis tomentosis. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentali alpina, alt. 15000-17000 ped., Kunawar! 

 Jacquemont ; Gugi ! Str. fy Wint. ! Piti ! Ladak ! Nubra ! etc., T. T. 

 (fl. Jul.) (v.v.) 



Radix perennis, saepius multiceps. Caules suberecti, 1-4-pollicares, 

 foliosi. Folia radicalia interdum rosulata, late v. anguste spathu- 

 lata v. linearia, integra sinuata lobata v. subpinnatifida. Flores capi- 

 tati, violacei. Sepala ovato-oblonga, subaequalia, lateralia obscure 

 saccata. Petala sepalis \ longiora, obovato-spathulata et retusa v. 

 obcordato-spathulata. Filamenta crassiuscula. Antherce breves, stra- 

 minese. Ovarium cylindraceum, obtusum. Siliquee f-l£", strictae, 

 suberectae, compressse, stellatim tomentosse, stylo valido terminatae ; 

 stigmate brevi, bilobo; valvis planiusculis, venosis, medio costatis, 

 marginibus eiassis. Septum membranaceum, enerve. Semina nume- 

 rosa, parva, sub-2-seriata, septo dimidio angustiora, ovato-oblonga, 

 turgida ; testa minute punctulata ; funiculis brevibus. 



This curious little species differs in habit from its congeners, and has a 

 short calyx that is hardly saccate at the base. 



3. C. Griffithii (H.f. Sf T.). Pumilus, caule brevissimo ramoso, 

 foliis confertis anguste linearibus ramisque floriferis brevibus 3-5-floris 

 subsericeo-pilosis, floribus subcapitatis flavis, siliquis 1" erectis valvis 

 planis stellatim pilosis, stylo brevi, stigmate parvo. 



Hab. In Affghanistan alpibus Kohi baba, alt. 14000-15500 ped. lapido- 

 sis ! Griffith. 



Species pumila, 2-3". Folia vix pollicaria, superne sensim dilatata, 

 vix jV lata, integerrima, obtusa, superne concava. Rami floriferi \", 

 flores I" longi. Sepala erecta, obtusa, sparse pilosa. Siliquee T V 

 latae, apice acuminatae ; valvis planis, medio obscure costatis. Semina 

 sub 8, oblonga, compressa, anguste alata; funiculo tenui, stneto, 

 aequilongo. 



C. Cheiri, L., is cultivated in Northern India. 



