lepidostemon.] x. crucifer^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 147 



17. ZiEPIDOSTEMON, H. f. & T. 



-^ *J^arf annual with a short leafy unbranched stem. Leaves narrow, 

 toothed. Flowers yellow, on long subcorynibose pedicels. Sepals short, 

 ^/!^ r* tb^ base. Stamens free ; all the fijaoients with a broad appendage. 

 "0(U unear, elongate ; valves smooth ; septum entire, hyaline, nerveless ; 

 style very short ; stigma 2-lobed. Seeds 1-seriate, oblong, flattened, with 

 long slender free cords. 



I. I., pedunculosus, H.f. dh T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 156. 



\"*^"0V'^%8 of SiKKiM-HiMALAYA ; focky hllls at Tungu, alt. 14-I5;000 ft., ^./ 

 A dwarf alpine of peculiar habit, 1 in. high, covered with soft forked hairs. Stem 

 U^h ri "^ ;P7 Leaves numerous, ^-1 J in., oblong or narrowly spathulate, deeply sharply 

 ^^^±^ Flowers numerous, rather large, subcoryrabose ; pedicels fin., erect, downy. 

 og>ai« erect, pilose, persistent. Petals ^h()rt, obovate, emarginate. Fods 4 in. (immature) 

 erect, downy. Seeds unknown ; affinity hence doubtful. \ 



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Ptir^*^'^?.^ J ^^^^ ^^ tonientose or hoary annual or biennial herbs. Leaves 

 in 1 t P^natifid or pinnatisect. Flowers yellow, white or rose-coloured, 

 nr tt^ ? oracteate racemes. Sepals short or elongate, equal at the base 

 tim 1 D^^ saccate. Petals with long claws. Stamens free; filaments all 

 Con? "* elongate, cylindric or compressed, rarely tetragonal ; valves 



lohprf^' e^'i*^'^ 3-uerved ; septum membranous ; style short, stigma 

 coM 1 Scnerally numerous, 1-seriate, not margined, with fihfc 



"ras; cotyledons inrMimKont nTcrr.™ Hr.ar.ioa aKnnf SO rhipflvEuroD 



2- 

 orm 



and fi ?^^y'^<^"ns incumbent— Distrib. Species about'so, chiefly European 

 oriental, with a few representatives in most temperate regions. 



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of t^*^"*^' ■^''*T'>*dopsis. Flowers white purple or rose-coloured. Valves 

 frnn. A i^^^, ^^ compressed pod 1-nerved or nerveless.— (Distinguishable 

 ffom Arabis by the cotyledons only.) 



^<^»iine leaves sagittate. 



haL^i' °»o"issimum, C. A. Men. in Led. Ft. Alt. iii. 1 40 j glabrous or 



riaJp;., *^^^ ^P*^'"^ "I" toothed, flowers capitate ebracteate, pods slender erect 

 K abrous, pedicels slender. Led. Ic. FL Ross. t. 262 ; //. /. d: T. Journ. 

 ^wn. i!,oc, V. 160. 



Sitiff "■ uf H'">^1'^J'^. from SiKKiM to Kashmir, alt. 8-10.000 ft. (to 16,000 in 



Anei^J- .''fl'? TiBKT, alf. 12-14,000 ft.-DisTRiB. Altai. 

 9-18 in ^"C l"^"n'«l or pcrenial. Stem solitary or 2 or 3 from the same root, 

 Petioled ,l!^ ' TP'^ "'" *''tl' H few stiff erect branches. Lem>es 1-2 m., short j 

 •oaller .m!!''''^ ^■'*!!.'=*''''^*« ' ca'i'inc oblong, sagittate and stem-clasping, gradual y 

 pedicel, Z^- ^^o»-^rs purple or white, racemes elongate and lax m the fruit ; 



^'»ct ; stylelhort ^?'''' *~* '"'' ^"'^'' ^~^ ^ '"•' "^'^'S^^* ' ^"^""^^ ''°°'""'' ' ''""1.'°^'^ 



Wel-ufrT*""' '^ll parts glabrous oronlvtbe lower part of the stem puberulous. 



Himalaya, noy/Mo«; Western Tibet, i^afcower. 



iaentSl> ^*^*^a*cum, //./.<& T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 160 ; hispidly 1 

 «Preadin<r „f ?^ sintiate-toothed, flowers racemed bracteate, pods erect 

 """= Scabrous or pubescent. ' ' ' ' V -'-:'- /• 



• LikeSt 'Y-'-'"^^' f™™ Sikkim to Kashmir, alt. JO-12,000 ft. - ^'t^ . ■ 



• ""^ Receding, but smaller and more branched, hirsute, with mixed simple and 



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