tymbrium.] vili* cuucifer^; (oliver). 05 



S. subulatum, Fourn., Recherches Crucif. 72. Much brauched annual or biennial. 

 waves undescribed. Fruiting racemes dense, elongate. Pedicels, in fruit, erecto-patent, 



lines long, slightly thickened. Siliqua very narrow-linear, torulose, erecto-appressed, su- 

 bulate, 1-14 in. long, glabrous ; valves 3-nerved ; stigma sessile. 



«|le Land. Abyssinia, Schimper. 



Taken from M. Fournier's memoir. 



nehophila. — A large Cape genus, extends northwards to Natal, but I have seeu no 

 2Jj s P ec imens. It is characterized by the peculiar embryo, the cotyledons being twice 

 .? transversely. The leaves are entire or variously cut, the siliquas long or short, con- 

 mnous or the margins sinuate and moniliform. The flowers are white rose yellow or blue, 

 ff ith equal sepals. 



9. BRASSICA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 84. 



Sepals erect or spreading, the lateral often saccate at the base. Siliqua 

 wear, elongate or narrovv-linear-lanceolate, beaked, beak sometimes 1 -seeded; 

 JhO costate, with or without lateral nervures ; stigma truncate or 2-lobed. 

 *eds not margined or winged, globose, ellipsoidal or compressed, in one 

 sen es. Radicle incumbent, more or less sheathed by the conduplicate or 

 Jtocave cotyledons.— Herbs sometimes woody below, glaucous glabrous or 

 Pilose-hispid. Radical leaves lyrate or pinnatipartite, rarely nearly entire, 

 ''owers usually yellow. 



M Cab? 6 a ? d difficmt g en us, including several widely cultivated and very variable species, 



obage (5. oleracea) and Mustard, B. (Sinapis) alba and nigra. 

 Vn rjSZc, ^ m ° St numerous iu the temperate zone of the Old World. Two or three 



ne ]e aV es narrowed below or petiolate. Siliquas ascending ; valves 

 CaJ ™ ldrib and lateral uervures . . . \. B.juncea. 



withL*/ 68 . narrow » petiolate. Siliquas short, appressed ; valves 

 CaJhe? 1Ctlateralnervures ...... I.B. nigra. 



in*. T es ovate - lauc eolate, amplexicaul. Siliquas erect or ascend- 

 Radicalu almwith median and lateral nervures h. B. campeslm. 



mm*. o S ,. spreadln g> pinnatipartite with numerous toothed seg- 

 GlaC: S,h( l ua3 div ergent with a 1-seeded beak 3. B. Tourneforht. 



beW ° r minute, y setulose. Leaves entire or dentate, narrowed 

 °*. uppermost subamplexicaul. Siliquas spreading .... 4. 5. Sckmpen ? 



Hall B * ( Sim P is ) jtmcea (Linn.}, DC. Syst. Veg. ii. 612. An erect, 

 tninu i m ° re ° r less inched herb, attaining 2-3 ft. or more, glabrous or 

 more i tul ° Sebelow - Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or entire; cauline 

 "arrowV lanceolate > entire or dentate. Siliquas usually 1-2 in., linear or 

 *j th ! near -lanceolate with a straight, slightly compressed beak; valves 

 ^Cn Stmct midrib and more or less obvious, often forking, lateral nerves. 

 \\xj %i i ysilnica ^ A.Br., and Melanosinapis abyssinica, in Herb. Hort 

 tnonv assica wrinata, A. Br., Rich. PL Abyss, i. 22. Tor extended 

 ' m, see Hook. f. et Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 170. 



«»le L anf i 



W eP r •' Ab y s8inia » cultivated, Schimper! 



Ho^v™ i? ea - Angola, Golungo Alto, Br. Welwitsch ! 



Extends ft' o 18tr ' Near Murchison falls, on the Shire, Dr. Keller I 

 N by thV m S - Euro P e t0 Chi ° a - ^ is cultivated in the tropics for its oil. It is also 



( ' e natlvr es as a salad. 



r ' *• (Sinapis) nigra (Linn.), DC. Syst. Fey. ii. 608. A branched 



