BRASSICACEAE 573 
5o narrowly linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1 mm. wide, curved up- 
ard. 1. S. Sophia. 
Pod “elliptic or an De 5-14 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, 
straight or nearl 
Foliage densely pane coats pedicels horizontal: pod ascending. 2. S. pinnata. 
Foliage glabrate or sparingly canescent. 
P d pod horizontal. 3. S. millefolia. 
Pedicel ascending: pod nearly erect. 4. S. intermedia. 
1. S. Sophia (L.) Britton. Stem 3-7.5 dm. tall, hoary-canescent: leaf-blades 
2-3 pinnatifid, the segments linear to elliptic- ‘linear: 2 linear to lanceolate, 
about 1.5 mm. long: petals mainly shorter = 
E. ar: pod wi 
ERB-S IX 
e plaees, various desir Pg about 
asia. and from N. Y. to Nebr., Ont., and 
N, B. Nat. of Eu. 
2. S. pinnata (Walt.) Britton. Stem 3.5-7 
dm. tall, hoary- M E leaf-blades 2-3- 
pinna atifid, the segments linear to elliptie- 
linear: sepals linear re lanceolate, about 1.5 
mm. long: petals mainly shorter than the 
sepals: ovary linear: pod with seeds in 1 
row. [Sisymbrium canescens Nutt.]—Cult. 
grounds and waste places, various provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Tenn., and Va. 
3. S. millefolia Rydb. Stem ed taller and less leafy than in S. pinnata, 
and nearly glabrous: leaf- d pis 5—10 em. long, les cd ade than in 
S. : sepals about s ng: petals About d ong as sepals: 
pinnata: 
ovary eee oblong: ied eres 7-9 mm. long, the pee in P TOWS.— 
Dry soil, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Ky. to 
. S. intermedia Rydb. Stem 2-7 dm. tall, nearly glabrous, or B oan 
pubescent and glandular: leaf-blades pinnately- Ld el F -pinnatifid, the 
ments linear to elliptic: ee out 1.5 m ong: pet s about as long. as 
the sepals: ovary elliptic: pods linear or elliptie or a "a 8-1 EA 
the seeds in 1 row w.—Dry w various provinces W of Blue Ri de "Tenn. 
Tex., Calif., B. C. and Min 
30. WAREA Nutt. Slender epis herbs. Leaf-blades entire. n 
4, narrow. Petals 4, white, rose, or purple, each abruptly narrowed into a 
slender claw. Stamens 6: anthers Rus to elliptic sagittate. Style duds 
Pod very narrow, thick, long-stipitate.—Following are the only known species. 
mag ys cuneately narrowed at the base: claw of the petal pectinate fimbriate. 
Stipe of the pod longer than the pedicel: petal-blade obo- . 
T or cuneate, 1. W. cuneifolia. 
d md ii pod shorter than the pedicel: petal-blade sub- 
2. W. Carteri. 
Leaf-blades ion nded or auricled at the base 
ades not auricled at the base: Detabelaw granular- 
3. W. sessilifolia. 
Leaf-blades auricled at the base: petal-claw erose-toothed. 4. W. amplecifolia. 
W. cuneifolia (Muhl) Nutt. Plant 3-12 dm. tall: leaf- ei cuneate to 
RUE or linear-cuneate, 1—2.5 em. lo e sepals a abo pu E inu petals 
S purple or bluish, 5.5—6.5 mm Ter e claw minute : pedicels 
becoming 4—6 mm. long: pod-body 3 3-4 em. E a bo Plain, Fla. 
to Ala. EO S. C.—Spr.- 
