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2. B. triloculare (Brassica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii.). Foliis inferioribus 

 lyrato-pinnatifidis v. integris, caulinis amplexicaulibus cordato-auri- 

 culatis, siliquis maturis magnis pendulis longe valide rostratis 3-4-lo- 

 cularibus 3-4-valvatis, rostro teretiusculo, valvis 3-nerviis, nervis late- 

 ralibus flexuosis. 



Hab. In Himalaya subtropica centrali et orientali, Nepal, Roxb. ; Sikkim 

 agris B. campestris sparse occurrit ! J. D. H. ; Assam ! Masters, (fl. 

 hieme.) (v.v.) 



Species ob siliquas magnas pendulas facile diagnota. 



3. B. auADRivALVis (H.f. 4- T.). Foliis inferioribus lyrato-pinnatifidis 

 v. integris, caulinis basi auriculato-cordatis, siliquis majusculis erectis 

 lineari-oblongis teretibus 4-valvatis rostro valido longo ancipiti-subu- 

 lato, valvis 3-nerviis, nervis lateralibus flexuosis. 



Hab. In planitie Gangetica, arvis B. campestris prope ripam fl. Soane 



sparse occurrit ! J. D. H. (fl. hieme.) (v.v.) 

 A B. triloculari bene distinguitur siliquis erectis et rostro ancipiti. 



§ 2. Valva l-3-nervi(B, nervis lateralibus flexuosis. Semina \-seriata, glo- 

 bosa. — Folia superiora basi angulata v. petiolata. 



4. B. juncea (L.). Erecta, ramosa, glaberrima, foliis inferioribus lyrato- 

 pinnatifidis v. integris, caulinis basi angustatis v. petiolatis, omnibus 

 integerrimis v.inciso-dentatis, sepalis patulis, siliquis lineari-lanceolatis 

 rostro recto compresso, valvis 3-nerviis, nervis lateralibus flexuosis. 



Sinapis juncea, L., DC, #c— S. Chinensis, Willd.—S. laevigata, Linn., 

 DC, Sfc.—S. integrifolia, Willd.— S. ramosa, rugosa, patens, et cunei- 

 folia, Roxb.— S. lanceolata, DC— S. Timoriana, DC; et verisimiliter 

 aliae multae. 



Hab. Per totam Indiam, Himalayam temperatam et tropicam, Tibetiam 

 temperatam et Affghanistan culta. 



Distr. Europa australis ! China ! et ahbi tropicis subtropicisque culta. 



This is the " Soorsa," an acrid mustard, cultivated for its oil, which is 

 used for burning, rubbing the body in illness, &c. 



5. B. nigra (Koch; Led. p. 217). Glabra, foliis omnibus petiolatis, 

 inferioribus lyratis dentatis, superioribus lanceolatis integerrimis, se- 

 palis patulis, siliquis parvis rachi appressis apice in stylum gracilem 

 attenuatis, stigmate capitato, valvis nervo valido solitario. 



Sinapis erysimoides, Roxb. ; Wall. Cat. 4790. 



Hab. In Affghanistan, Griffith ; Beluchistan, Stocks ; Himalaya occiden- 

 tal subtropica, Kunawur ! T.T.; Kumaon ! Str. fy Wint. (v.v.) 

 Distr. Persia ! Syria ! Asia minor ! Europa tota ! Africa borealis ! et trop. ! 

 Common Mustard ; rarely cultivated in India. 



6. B. deflexa (Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. se'r. 2, xvii. p. 87). Glabra 

 v. hispido-pilosa, erecta, ramosa, foliis petiolatis, inferioribus oblongis 

 integris pinnatilobatisve sinuato-dentatis, caulinis lanceolatis, se- 

 palis patentibus, siliquis anguste linearibus longe pedicellatis demum 



