144 X. CRUCiFER^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) [Draha. 



Var. 1. Thomsonii, H. f. & T. I.e. ; leaves laxly or scarcely tufted hoary and to- 

 nientose, pods linear-lanceolate not twisted, style short and stent — Zanskar, Thomson, 



Var. 2. sikkimensis, H. f. & T. I.e. ; leaves closely tufted except in very uxu- 

 riant young shoots very woolly, pods long linear-lanceolate or short and elliptM? 

 twibted, style long slender.— Sikkim at 16,000 ft., H,/. ^T 



Sect. IV. Drabella. Annual. Scapes or stems leafy. Flowers white or 



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9. D. muralis, Linn.; stellately hispid, stems filiform flexuous, cauline 

 leaves broad elliptic-ovate coarsely toothed, petals white minute, fruitmg 

 racemes very long, pods horizontal oblong or elliptic on long capillary 

 spreading pedicels. Boiss^ Fl. Orient, i. 302. ^-y 



Kashmik, alt. 5600 ft. — Distrib. Asia Minor, N. Africa, Europe. 

 An erec 



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few, sessile, auricled or not. Flowers in a short raceme. Petals small, narrow, enlire, 

 white. Pods racemed, l-\ in., quite flat, glabrous or scaherulous, stigma subsesbUe. 

 Seeds about 12. 



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■ect, simple or branched very slender annual ; rather rough with short simple 

 airs. Madical leaves \-\ in., few, rosulate, ohovate, entire or toothed; cauline 



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10. D. eUipsoidea, H /. & T. in Joum. Linn. i^oc. v. 153 ; stems 

 flexuous prostrate short interlaced, leaves toothed, flowers minute white, 

 fruiting racemes very short, flowers minute white, pods elliptic-oblong very 

 flat obtuse, stigma sessile. 



SiKKiM-HiMALAYA, a weed in radish fields, alt. 15-16,000 ft., H,f. ^ ■ •"' 



Much depressed, hairy, leafy Leaves \-\ in., linear-oblong. Pods racenied, 6"3 '^ 



equalling or hhorler than their curved pedicels, flat, stellately pubescent; sty®,^;"^ 



Differs remarkably from D, muralis in its habit, flexuous branches, and short "Uitins 



racemes. 





11. ». linearis, Boiss. in Ann. Sc. Nat Ser. 2, xvii. 167; Fl Or^^ 

 i. 203; stem simple erect, leaves entire or nearly so, flowers rather lar|, 

 white, fruiting racemes long, pods erect linear. D. stenocarpa, U.f' * -'' 

 Joum, Linn, Soc. v. 153. • " V . 



Das Kirim in temperate Western Tibet, Winterbottom, — Distkib. Mountains 



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Stem 6-12 in., scaherulous. Eadkal leaves rosulate, linear-oblong or ^^ pu 

 thickly clothed with forked hairs; cauline 2-5. Pttals narrow-cuneate, entire. 

 J-§ in., in long racemes, on slender smooth ascending pedicels, tapering at botii e » 

 straight ; stigma sessile. Seeds many. — Near Z>. muralis but stifler, with t^^^^^^^°^^ 

 and racemed pods. , ? 



12. D. ^acillima, H.f. dc T, Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 153 ; boary, scapj 

 or stems many weak ascending, leaves subentire, flowers small yellow, r. 

 cemes long, pods linear erect. 



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Temperate Sikkim-Himalaya, alt. 10-13,000 ft, H.f. ,^ 



Stems 4 12 in. Radical leaves spreading, spathulate ; cauline few, near ^°® v^jj 

 sessile, ovate. Scapes numerous, filiform, flexuose. Pods J in., erect, tapering a^ j^ 

 ends, compressed, straight or curved, glabrous ; racemes occup}ing almost ^^^^ftgj^ 

 length of the stem; pedicels 4 m., liliform, spreading or deflexed, the lowest 

 twice the length of the uppennost. Seeds numerous. 



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Small, delicate annuals, with entire spreading root-leaves. Flowers ns^ I 

 small, white, on slender scapes. Sepals ertct^ equal at the base. ^^ 



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