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4. T. alpestre (Linn.). Csespitosum, radice multicipiti, caulibus 

 simplicibus, foliis radicalibus petiolatis oblongis ovatisve, caulinis 

 ovato-cordatis sessilibus cordato-amplexicaulibus, ovario 8-16-ovulato, 

 siliquis triangulari-obcordatis basin versus attenuatis ala valvularum 

 antice latitudine loculi, seminibus lsevibus. 



Carpoceras Griffithianum, Boiss. Diagn. ser. 2, No. 1, p. 40. 



a. Stylo brevi sinura sequante. 



|3. Stylo elongato. — T. cochleariforme, DC. Syst. ii. p. 381 ; T. alpinum, 



Jacq. ? 

 Hab. In Himalaya temperata et subalpina tota, alt. 7000-12000 ped., 

 a Sikkim ! J. D. H., ad Marri ! Fleming. ; necnon in Tibetia tempe- 

 rata ! T.T. <$- Winterbottom, et Affghanistan ! Griffith, (fl. vere.) 

 (v.v.) 

 Distr. Siberia altaica ! Soongaria ! Europa borealis ! et temperata ! Asia 



minor ! America borealis temperata ! et Andes Am. meridionalis ! 

 We find sucb great variation in the length of the style and number of 

 seeds in the cells of the pod of this plant, as to be in great doubt to 

 what species of modern European authors it should be referred. That it 

 is the same as Linnseus's T. alpestre we have no doubt ; but if all the 

 Himalayan specimens are referable to one, we do not see how it, T. co- 

 chleariforme, DC, montanum, L., pracox, Wulf, and numerous other 

 more recent species can well be considered as anything but varieties. Our 

 Sikkim specimens are small and immature. Griffith's plant, found in 

 woods and about cultivation, is considerably larger, but, not being in 

 fruit, is doubtfully referred here : it is the Carpoceras Griffithianum, Boiss., 

 who considers it very distinct from its allies, but does not say how it 

 differs. To us it looks like a luxuriant state of T. alpestre. 



5. T. cochlearioides (H.f. fy T.). Parvulum, glaberrimum, foliis 

 longissime petiolatis ovato-orbiculatis subdentatis, caulinis paueis 

 sessilibus, scapo flexuoso decumbente paucinoro, siliquis oblongis 

 emarginatis curvis tortis, valvis compressis anguste alatis, stylo gracili. 



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

 ped. rarissimum, /. D. H. (fl. Jun.) (v.v.) 



Habitus Cochlearice Himalaicce. — Caules subcccspitosi, radice laxe mul- 

 ticipiti elongato. Foliorum lamina parva, carnosula, sacpe lacunosa, 

 petiolo pollicari. Flores parvi, albi. 



34. Ibeeibella, DC. 



1. I. andersoxi (H.f. Sf T.). Glaberrima, foliis radicalibus ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis breve petiolatis, caulinis oblongis obtusis auriculato- 

 cordatis, siliquis elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque acutis, stylo brevi, valvis 

 polyspermis. 



Hab. In Himalaya occiden tali alpina, alt. 12000-16000 ped.! Kumaon ! 

 et Garwhal ! Str. fy Wint. (Draba 4, 12, & Crucif. incog. 3) T. Ander- 

 son, (fl. Jun.) 



