156 DB. HOOKER AND DR. THOMSON'S PRiECTJRSORES 



tlisve, floribus sessilibus, petalis lineari-elongatis tortis, siliquis curvis 



1" long, hispidissimis tereti-subulatis acuminatis basi incrassatis, semi- 



nibus longe funiculatis basi siliquae 2-seriatis. 

 Hab. In Beluchistan ! Stocks ; Affghanistan ! Griffith ; ad Peshawur ! 



Vicary ; Panjab ad Salt Range ! Fleming, (fl. vere.) 

 Distr. Persia! 



4. M. Cabulica, H.f. fy T. (Strigosella cabulica, Boiss. Diagn. ser. 2, 

 No. 1, p. 22). Annua, prostrata, pilis furcatis patentim hispido-setosa, 

 foliis runcinato- v. pinnatifido-dentatis, floribus subsessilibus, petalis 

 lineari-elongatis tortis, siliquis brevibus J— \" long, curvis subulatis 

 rostratis patentim hispidissimis. 



Hab. In Affghanistan glareosis ad Pushut ! et rupibus ad Erak ! alt. 

 12000 ped. ! Griffith. 



A priore differt solummodo siliquis brevibus. 



18. Lepidostemon, H.f. 8f T. 



1. L. PEDUNCULOSUS (H.f. 8f T.). 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali alpina, Sikkim interiore, alt. 14000-16000 

 ped., J. D. H. (fl. Jul.) (v.v.) 



A remarkable little plant, found on rocky hills above the village of 

 Tungu, in the interior of Sikkim, which we are quite unable to refer to 

 any described genus. The habit is somewhat Alyssoid ; the leaves nu- 

 merous, toothed, crowded, and lanceolate-spathulate. The flowers almost 

 corymbose, on long peduncles ; the calyx erect ; petals short, yellow ; and 

 siliqua (immature) linear and downy. 



19. Sisymbrium, L. 



Many of the species of this genus are with difficulty distin- 

 guishable from Arabis. 



§ I. Siliquce teretiuscula. Folia pinnatisecta, caulina non cordato- 

 amplexicaulia. Herbce plerceque elatce. 



1. S. lceselii (Linn.). Elatum, erectum, ramosum, pilis simplicibus 

 reversis hispidum v. glabratum, foliis petiolatis sublyrato-runcinatis 

 dentatisve, laciniis basi exauriculatis, floribus majusculis pedicellum 

 a;quantibus, siliquis suberectis lente curvis \-li" long, gracile pedi- 

 cellatis, junioribus racemo brevioribus, valvis 3-nervibus ad stigma non 

 productis, stylo distincto sub £ lin. long. 



Hab. In Affghanistan arvis prope Ghuznee, &c, alt. 8000-12000 ped.! 

 Griffith ; Himalaya occidentali temperata, ad Kashmir, alt. 5000-7000 

 ped. ! T. T. (fl. April.) (v.v.) 



Distr. Soongaria ! Europa borealis ! et media ! Persia ! Syria ! Asia 



