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162 X. CBUCiFER^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) [Thlaspi. 



style short or long. Seeds 2 or more in each cell, not winged ; radicle ac- 

 cumbent.— DiSTRiB. Species about 30 ; natives of temperate Europe, Asia, 

 and N. America. i*' 



1. V. arvense, Linn. ; glabrous, annual, erect, leaves obovate oWoi^ 

 toothed, cauline amplexicaul, seeds concentrically grooved. H.f.oc i. 

 in Joum, Linn. Soc, v. 176. - 



A weed of cultivation tliroughout the temperate and subalpine Himalaya, ascenamg 

 to 14,000 ft. — DisTRiB. Europe, Asia, always in cultivated places. • i j - 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or corymbosely branched above. Itadtcal leaves petioled, soon 

 withering; cauline 4 in., oblong-lanceolate, usually acute, toothed; auricles sagit^^ 

 Fruiting racemes eloTigede ] pedicels spreading, a little longer than the pods, xoa* 

 J-f in. diam., much flattened, obovate-orbicular, wing very broad, notch deep, some- 

 timt?s closed by the overlapping of the sides. Seeds 5-6 in each cell. 



2. T. cardiocarpum, 27./ dh T. in Joum. Proc. Linn, Soc. 176 ; ^^^^j'' 

 erect, leaves broadly oblong obscurely toothed, cauline amplexicaul, seeas 

 smooth. 



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Kashmir, alt. 5-9000 ft. — Distrib. Affghanistan. , j 



Slightly glaucous, less robust than the preceding. Stem 6-12 in. ; branches basai, 

 few, tall, erect. Badical leaves shortly petioled ; cauline ovate or oblong, obtuse, erec , 

 auricles broadly sagittate. Bacemes elongate in fruit, pedicels J in. Pods "^^Vj 

 notched at the tip ; valves with a membranous reticulated wing, broad and ^°^3 . 

 above. Seeds 4-5 in each cell. — Closely allied to and perhaps identical wtth i. -ft- . 

 chyanumj Boiss., of which we have not seen ripe fruit. 





3. T. alpestre, Linn. ; perennial, tufted, radical leaves oblong 

 ovate, cauline cordate amplexicaul, pods triangular-obcordate, seeds ^^*^ -r] 

 ILf. d: T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 177. T. cochleariforme, DC. ^j' 

 fitbianum, Boiss. FL Orient, i. 329, i / 



Temperate and subalpine Himalaya and Western Tibet from Sikkim to 1^ashmib» 

 alt. 7-12,000 ft. ; in Sikkim only on the diy inner ranges.— Distrib. Alps of J^'Urop*;, 

 Asia, America; Andes. ^ ■n^^_ 



Stem 4-12 in., stiff, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, erect, simple or branched, jj^^^ 

 stock often branching and shortly creeping near the surface. Badical leaves ^^^j\^^^ 

 almost oibicuhir, cauline oblong or obovate-cordate ; auricles small obtuse. -'* j^^^^ 

 rather large, white; racemes much elongated in fruit; pedicels horizontal, as '|^& 

 as the pods. Pvds \ in., narrowed at the base, broadly not deeply notched; v^^^^ 

 compressed, wing very narrow below, broader above; angles rounded, J'^^^f. 

 siiarp; style equalling the notch or projecting beyond it. Seeds 4-8 in each cell* . 



4. T. cochlearioides, H.f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 177 ; s^^^ 



decumbent, glabrous, perennial, radical leaves very long-petioled orbic 

 ovate, ecape flexuous decumbent few-flowered, pods oblong curvea 

 twisted. 



interior ol the Csikkim Jrlmialaya, alt. 14-16,000 ft., U f. ^ ^Jth 



Somewhat fleshy. Bootstock slender, branching above and sparingly ^^^^^%^ci, 

 the fibrous bases of the old petioles. Stems few, 1-2 in., weak, decumbent or ^" j^j^g 

 with 2 or 3 ^mall sessile ovate leaves. Badical leaves loosel;^ tufiod, P ^ 

 Blender, slightly toothed, under side pitted. Flowers small, white, in a short co.^^ 

 Pods ^ in., racemose, emarginate ; valves compressed, narrowly bordered ; style 

 slender. ■ -r ' 



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^p Glabrous herbs or small undershrubs, branching from the ba^e. Z^^- 

 _mlteruate, rarely opposite, upper generally amplexicaul with sagittate 



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