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Matthwla.] x, CRUCIFER^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 131 



long, narrow, cyliudric or flattened ; septum thick ; stigma small, erect, 



lobes parallel, thickened or with short horns at the base. Seeds 1 -seriate, 



flattened, with a narrow membranous wing.— Distrib. About 30 species • 



natives of the Mediterranean region, Arabia and Western and Central 

 Asia, ■ 



J/, incana, the common Stock, and M. tristis are cultivated in the gardens of N. 



W. odoratissima 



Grid 



Da 



JL '67; ZT./. <i& T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 134. 



West Tibet in dry stony places, ascending to 12,000 feet.— Distkib. Westward to 

 Asia Minor and the Caucasus B ' 



— xw. ouu tiie v-/aucasus. 



perennial, 1-2 ft. ; hoary with stellate pubescence; root \^oidy, R 

 I 1 "t^^^ers few, large, purple, fragrant. Petals |-1 in,; limb linear-oblong ur oii«i/- 

 J^pea, waved or twisted. Pods 4 in., erect, rigid, flattened. Seeds as broad as the 



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erect 



Racemes long, 

 ong or strap- 



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2. PARRITA, Br. 



perennial, many-headed. Leaves 



Flowers large, whit 



entirf n ®*r W^' ^^V- ^^ Led. Fl Alt iii. 38 ; leaves spathulate obtuse 

 Ak f cJ HV^^^^y toothed, scapes 1-flowered, seeds winged. Led. Ic. Jfl. 

 ^^ t. 86; ^./. ^. jr^ -^ Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 135. 



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StemlJ r\ ^- ^5-18,000 ft.-DisTRiB. Altai Mts. . , ' ' 



^odgiJ-'^i ^'■^"so^ puberulous. Flowers purple, scapes shorter than the leaves, 

 membranous ^^™w, drooping. Stigma sessile. Seeds 1-2-seriate ; wing broad. 



»in^afp!f!!*\v*' j***'*'"Pa» ^^- *■» Carry's Foy. app. 270 ; leaves entire or 

 linear «.!^.' lowers corymbose, scapes much exceeding tlie leaves, pods 

 ^jr, seeds winged. Led. FL Boss. [ \2\', Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. 1. 15 ■, 

 mm T)'n^/^"^'^- ^-inn. Soc. v. 135. Neurotoma nudicaule aiid scapi- 



' ^L. J^rodr. l 156. 



»fc'if En J!^°*" . ^^ ^^*=ST Tibet, alt. 15-18.000 ft.— Disteib. Affghanistan, Altai, 



SKRhtk^^ A«ia and America. 



^fr» L?"^^' ^^^y rarely glabrous. Xeares tufted, thick, petioled, lanceolate. 

 "fongly vp;f J '*^^P^'*' ^-^ 2 in., rigid, many-flowered. Fods erect, linear, acute ; valves 

 S ? ^eiaed, rough. Seeds 1-seriate, much flattened. , , 



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^'^ or'oW*f*'*^»' ^-Z <^ ^- JournLvm. Soc. v. 136 : leaves spat hu- 



Alitor 



i:,iiL^ [^ M " ■'*^'^ '^'-^ 



ioc/- rn"^^^^*' 'n tte Tibetan region of Sikkim, alt. 16-17,000 ft., B.f. . 

 covered with spongy old petioles. Leaves leathery, glabrous or with hairy 



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