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Droba.] X. CRuciFER^. (Hook. f. & T, Anderson.) 143 



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8. O. incana, Linn.; DC. Prodr, i. 170; stem leafy rarely branched, 

 leaves usually toothed, pods elliptic-lanceolate acute hoary longer than 

 theu-pedicel Ueicklc. FL Germ. t. 14 ; H.f. & T. inJourn. Linn. Soc. v. 

 151. D. himalayensis, Klotzsch in Bot. Meis. Pr. Wald. 127, t. 34 B (bad), 

 (a confusa, Ehr. ; gracilis, Led.) 



/Iplne Himalaya, from Sikkim to Western Tibet, alt. 10-17,000 ft,— Distrib. Al- 

 pine and arctic N. Europe, Asia and America, Fuegia. 

 floaiy. Steins 1-10 in., erect. Jiadical leaves k'h in,, 



u 1**'' *^^^*^ng-lanceolate or narrow-spatbuhite ; cauline distant, sessile, ovate- or 

 pong-lanceolate, toothed or rarely entire. Mowers small, white. Petals twice the 

 engtb of the sepals, obovate, notched. Pods racemed, compressed, sometimes twisted, 

 lomentose; pedicels ^{ in., erect, pubescent; stigma subsessile. ^ ^ . 



Die libetan and Himalayan specimens possess the characters of i>, confusa^ Ehr., 

 ^uaUj having toothed cauline leaves, and etellately pubescent pods. 



loosely tufted or spreading, 



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^- ^•^^^^ophylla.fEoyle III. p. 71; stem sparsely leafy, radical leaves 

 "owded soft white, pods elliptic-lanceolate much twisted shf>rter aud 

 woader than in D. incana. £oiss. FL Onent. I 301 ; H. f. & T. Journ. 

 ^n. iioc. V. 151. D. glomerata, Royle III. 71. 



10 ioaI-?™'^^^ and Western Tibet, from Sikkim to Kunawuk and Ladak, alt. 



twistea* V ^^'^ ^^ Bubcapitate ; pedicels very short. Pods once to throe limes 

 M A iT • '^^ closely allied to D. stellata, Jacq., of the European Alps {D. sili<iuosa, 

 ' v^^ P^^^ably identical), scarcely difl'ering except in the tw^isted pod, 



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ekW *a*n*t2ensis, mtlf. in Jacq. Misc. i. 147, and 17, f. 1 ; small, 



Wnf H,^p5 ^•/•<£- T. Journ. Linn. Soc. y. 151 (D. helvetica, bddeich ; 

 '^Ppomca, Wahl ; androsacea, Willd.). 



^^mXlJu^^^^^^^ '" Kdmaox and Kunawur, and in WESXERif Tibet, alt. 13- 

 ieacelii •™'"' -^^P^"^ *'^<iai"ctic Europe, Asia and America. . o i 



*ort Z:l '°;' ni'Tgins ciliate. Scapes 1-4 in., erect. Flowers few, capitate i'eto^ 

 Sted tl, I ''^*''^^'^' ^^'li't«- Pods scarcely racemed; st^le very short.-'; We have 

 *itQn f fi 'r ",*'"^ g'^'en to this species, which is that of the Carpathian plant, 

 v.- ;^" tue Indian ouite aorpt^o " T A>,r7,f„r,n 



^AR 1 I. " . . '?° 1"'te agrees," T. Anderson. 



■^obet^i ■„„ ™f '•»^/'« ; leaves stiffly ciliate glabrous or with simple hairs. D. Wah- 

 *ir.r . I) •uV°'"'='>a. Led. FL Boss. i. 150; H.f. <& T. Z.c. l5l (D. lactea, iTar. 

 . VAR'ot ,*"=*'. ^»"S'e)--S. Piti and Nubra. ^ ^ ,, 



^Ti var rr'"''^cAa/ leaves with mixed simple and stellate hairs. Z>. IFaAfen- 

 ; '^^^rotncha, Led. Fl. Robs. i. 150 ; D. i^yr/mea, Turc. 



>h or*?^®****,*' ^- /• <^ T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 152 ; loosely tufted, 



'^fiei nrvi 17' leaves spathulate-lanceolate entire, scapes slender usually 



J ' '^^^ ^"ary shorter than their slender pedicels. 



Pner r:.«„„. ^, .. . . . -_i5_000 ft. 



erect, flexuose, 



?^'^^ls l~i\! ,^^^^''^ lanceolate leaves. J'ioiocrg subcapitate, rather arge, white , 

 h "« or twi'/r <^^"' ^^««t- P«^» i- J in. long, raceme^, elliptic or hnear-lanceo- 

 ^^J the L^ ^'^V ^^J^Je '^ery variable in length -Both the following vanetiea (espe- 



r"^ ««> closely alUed to D. laaiophyUa and A incana. ;« ,,. 



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^fj?^^? °^*^® Sikkim Himalaya, and Wester^ Tibet; alt. 13 

 ^."y ^th 1 A^o ^^^''Jy a'l radical, entire. Scapes 3-8 in., numerous, 



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