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10. E. altaicum? (C. A. Meyer; Led. Fl. Ross. i. p. 189). Caule 

 brevi erecto stricto gracili simplici, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis 

 integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis, radicalibus interdum runcinato-pinna- 

 tifidis appresse incanis, floribus magnis, "siliquis compresso-tetra- 

 gonis erectis pills bipartitis plus minus incanis, stylo brevi suban- 

 cipiti, stigmate bilobo." — Led. /. c. An E. ochroleucum, DC. ? — an 

 forma E. odorati? 



Hab. In Himalaya et Tibetia occidentali temperata, Kashmir et Kisht- 

 war, 7000-10000 ped. ! Jacquemont ; et Balti, alt. 9000 ped. ! Winter- 

 bottom. 



Distr. Caucasus ! Siberia Altaica ! 



Siliquce ignotae. Flores magni, ut in E. odorato. 



11. E. pachycarpum (H. /. <^ T.). Erectum, robustum, ramosum, 

 sparse appresse pilosum, caule polygono angulis acutis, foliis lanceo- 

 latis acutis acuminatisve petiolatis sinuato-deuticulatis, pedicellis 

 calyce brevioribus, floribus (pro planta) parvis, siliquis crassis crasse 

 pedicellatis patentibus strictis 2-2%" long. £" lat. tetragonis, valvis 

 glaberrimis obtuse carinatis, stylo brevi crasso. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata et alpina, Sikkim, alt. 1 1000- 

 16000 ped. ! J. D. H. (fl. Jun.) (v.v.) 



Species elata, valde robusta, ramosa, ramis elongatis, floribus interne 

 aurantiacis, petalis obovato-spathulatis. Replttm planiusculum ; sep- 

 tum crassum. Semina nou alata. 



The remarkably large stout spreading pods, with very short thick pe- 

 dicels, best distinguish this. 



Quid Erysimum 2, Herb. Strachey & Winterbottom, e Tibetia, prov. 

 Gugi, alt. 15500 ped., sine fructu? 



22. Christolea, Camb. 



1. C. crassifolia, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. p. 17, *• 17. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentali alpina et subalpina, 12000-15000 ped.! fre- 

 quentissima, a Gugi ! Str. $f Wint., ad Zanskar ! et Balti ! T. T. (fl. 

 Jun.) (v.v.) 



Herba glabra v. pubescens, fragilis, ramosissima ; ramis decumbentibus 

 crassiusculis, foliis obovatis, cuneatis acutis obtusisve apices versus 

 grosse paucidentatis ; floribus ebracteatis, pedicellatis. Sepala aequa- 

 lia. Petala obovato-spathulata, lutea v. basi purpurea. Stamina 

 edentula. Ovarium latiusculum; stigmate sessili, 2-lobo. Siliqua 

 lineari-lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, compressa, plana, valvis planius- 

 culis ramosis obscure 1-nerviis, replo tenui, septo medio 2-3-nervi 

 completo v. apice fisso. Semina sub 2-seriata, funiculis brevissimis. 



Variat insigniter statura, longitudine ramorum, indumento molliter pu- 

 bescente v. 0, magnitudine foliorum et forma cuneata obovata v. 

 spathulata integerrima et lobata, necnon floribus parvis v. amplis 

 et diametro longitudineque siliquarum. 



