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) [Erysimum. 



pedicels I in. long minutely hairy, style tliick -^ in., valves obtuse at both 

 ends. 



Temperate SikkimHimalaya, in Lacken valley and Tungu, alt. 10-13,000 ft., -cT/. 



A remarkably stout, tall, erect plant, 14-2 ft. high. >iS'^c/» many-angled ; branclies, 

 long. Flowers bright orange yellow. Pttals obovate-spathulate. Fods 2-24 by \ in.; 

 valves obtusely keeled, obtuse at both ends ; stigma large, capitate. Seeds small. 'v 



6. E. odoratum, Ehr. ? ; H.f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Sac, v. 166 ; erect, 

 robust, stem angular above, leaves oblong or lanceolate sinuate-toothed or 

 entire scaberulous, flowers \-l in. diam., pedicels half as long as the sepals. 



. Kashmih, alt. 5-7000 ft., and Western Tibet, alt. 9000 ft. 



Hairs on the Upper leaf-surface appressed, fixed by the middle, with a few 3-furcate 

 ones, on the lower both are mixed. . ^-.^ - 



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7. E. altaicum, C. A. Meyer ? ; H. f. & T, in Joum. Linn. Soc, v. 1^7 ; 

 hoary with appressed hairs, stem short erect rather slender angled, leaves 

 petioled linear-lanceolate entire or sinuate-toothed, radical sometimes nia- 

 cinate, flowers large \-\ in. diam., pedicels shorter than the sepals. ;, 



Western Himalaya and Western Tibet, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Ja€quemo)it, &c.— D^s- 

 TRiB. Caucasus ; Altai Mts. 



**** Stem suh-simple^ stout^ eredy leafy ; pods 3-5 in, long. , ,^; 



8. E. Thomsonl, IT. f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 165 ; tall, hoaiy with 

 3-furcate hairs, leaves small linear-lanceolate obscurely toothed, pods 3-4 in. 

 long very narrow ^ in. broad, pedicel stout ^^ in., valves acute hoary 

 acutely keeled, style ^^ in. 





Western Himalaya; Kunawur, alt. 8-12,000 ft, Thomson. .. , - 



Best distinguished by its hoary branched habit, small narrow acute leaves, very o g 

 nods with acutely keeled valves and rather long style. — There is a smaller ^1^"^ .^.j 

 lected by Winteroottom in Kashmir on the Baramula pass, but it is not in fruit. 



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9. B. longrisUiquum, H. f. c& T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 166; annual?, 

 tall, erect, robust, glabrous, stem acutely angled, leaves lanceolate *^"^F^^ J^ 

 toothed, pedicels shorter than the sepals, pods spreading very slen 

 linear, valves with a prominent keel, style ^^-^ in. stout, pedicels \ ii^* ■ 



Temperate Sikkim-Himalaya ; at Tungu, alt. 10-13,000 ft., H.f. " ^j^g 



The tali robust habit, acutely angled stem, size of flower, and very long ^^^^-y 

 pods (4-5 by ^ in.) best distinguish this. 



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A^ glabrous or pubescent perennial. Leaves fleshy, entire J)r ^^^^Jx^ 



toothed. Flowers lu a loose ebracteate raceme. 



Sei;aU short, suoer^^ 

 eokte, flattened ; yaiv j 



lateral slightly saccate at the base. Fods linear-lanceolate, flattenea ; > ^^ 

 smooth 1-nerved ; stigma minute, conical, subeutire. Seeds few, s 

 seriate, flattened, not margined; cotyledons linear, incumbent. ;| ij, 



1. C. crassifolia, Cambess, inJacq. Voy. Bot 17, t. 17; leaves cuiiea ?^ 

 obovate acute or obtuse, deeply toothed towards the tip. H.f*^^ 



Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 167. 



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Western Tibet; alt. 12-15,000 ft., abundant. .r: r v^ ^ ^^^^^ 



^'A much branched, fragile herb ; hairs simple ; branches decumbent, stout. ^^ 

 4in. diam. ; pedicels 4 i"., hairy, erect. Petals \ in., yellow with a purple base, 

 subsecund, 1-1 J in., erect, flat, acute at both ends, nearly glabrous. 





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