142 DR. HOOKER AND DR. THOMSON'S PR^CLRSORES 



A. hirsuta ! et grandiflora ! Hb. Royle. — A. pterosperma, Edgew. in 

 Linn. Soc. Trans, xx. 33. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 5000-11,500 ped. vulgaris, 

 a Kumaon ! Str. $ Wint. ; ad Kashmir ! Jacq. ; et Marri ! Fleming. 

 (fl. Jun.) 



Distr. Europa ! Asia ! et America boreali temperata et arctica ! 



Caules 2 v. plures e radice. Folia radicalia 2-4", oblonga, lineari-oblonga 

 v. oblongo-spathulata ; caulina plerumque lineari-oblonga. Flores \" 

 et nltra. Sepala glabra, lineari- v. ovato-oblonga. Petala anguste 

 spathulata, longe unguiculata. Siliquce jwiiores erectse v. patentes, in- 

 terdum horizontales, pedicello ^— | " ; maturse suberectae, 1-lj" long., 

 Yf" latae ; omnes strictiusculae v. subcurvse, angnste lineares, sub- 

 acutae. Semina matura non visa, funiculis liberis. Septum enerve, 

 crebre lineis tortuosis areolatum. 



4.. A. amplexicaulis (Edgew. in Linn. Trans, xx. 31). Perennis? 

 elata, ramosa, bispido-pilosa, ramis subflexuosis gracilibus foliosis, 

 foliis integris v. sinuato-dentatis, radicalibus obovato-oblongis petio- 

 latis, caulinis ovato-oblongis basi latis caudato-bilobis amplexicauli- 

 bus, floribus magnis, pedicellis gracilibus, siliquis patentibus decur- 

 visve anguste linearibus acutis, valvis tenuiter venosis, seminibus ma- 

 jusculis oblongis punctatis immarginatis. 



A. Kanawarensis et patens, Hb. Royle] 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata occidentali, alt. 8000-9000 ped., Kumaon ! 

 Jacq.. Edgeworth\ Str. 8f Wint. \ ad Kashmir! Winterbottom. (fl. Mai.) 

 (r.v.j 



A. alpince affinis et dum floret interdum vix distinguenda, sed plerum- 

 que multo major et elatior, foliis latioribus amplioribus, siliquis paten- 

 tibus elongatis plerumque acutioribus et seminibus forma raagnitudine 

 et colore diversa. — Radix biennis v. perennis. Folia radicalia 2-4". 

 Caules v. rami\-2', patentes, teretes, superne glabrati. Flores ut in 

 A. alpina. Siliqua 2-3", interdum stylo gracili tenui stricto termi- 

 nate. Valvce, funiculi et septum ut in A. alpina. Semina oblonga, 

 grosse foveolato-punctulata, fusco-brunnea. — Variat statura et exem- 

 ]>laribus alpinis glabridioribus brevioribus. 



This plant resembles A. Turrita in habit and general appearance, but is 

 more slender in all its parts, and the seeds are not winged. 



5, A. nuda (Bel. ! Voy.,fid. Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvii. 54, et in Walp. 

 Ann. i. 131). Annua, pusilla, pubescens v. glabrata, foliis omnibus 

 radicalibus rosulatis obovatis oblongisve petiolatis integris v. grosse 

 paucidentatis, scapis erectis nudis, floribus parvis breve pedicellatis, 

 siliquis suberectis 1-H" linearibus obtusis, valvis costa valida, semini- 

 bus uni- v. biseriatis septo angustioribus, radicula oblique accumbente. 



A. scapigera, Boiss. 1. c. > 



Hab. In Himalaya maxime occidentali temperata, Kashmir, alt. 5600- 

 6000 ped. ! T. T. ; Affghanistan ! Griffith, (fl. April.) (v.v.) 



