82 CRUCIFER# (Sond.) [Sinapis. - z 
sparsely pilose, young branches hispid ; leaves glabrous, runcinato-pinna- 
tifid, hispid on the petiole, the upper ones gradually smaller ; pods 
patent, glabrous, 4—6 times as long as the beak. Sinapis lep 
DC. 1. ep. 610. Deless Ic. Sel. 2. t 87. BH. & Z. No. 49. Sinaprs retrorsa 
E. & Z. 50, non Burch. Sisymb. strigosum, fol. « & 6 Thunb. Herb. | 
Has. Oliphants-riversbad, Thunberg. Hills between the Coega and Sondags River, 
Uitenhage, and Adow, E. &Z. Zwartkops, Zeyher, &c., Sune—Sep. (Herb. Thunb., 
Sond., Hook ! T.C.D.) ‘ 
1-14 feet high, more slender than the preceding, to which it is closely allied. 
Lower leaves petiolate, 2~3 inches long, 6-10 lines wide,'lobes ovate, obtuse, dentate, 
the upper lobes longer and coalescent. Racemes glabrous ; pedicels 4~6 lines long, 
patent in fruit. Petals longer than the calyx ; either narrower or broader than the 
sepals. Pods uncial, 4 angled-compressed, with a conical beak. 
3. B. nigra (Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Ed. 2. p. 59) ; all the leaves 
petioled, the lower lyrate-toothed, the terminal lobe very large, lobed ? 
upper leaves lanceolate entire ; pods closely pressed to the rachis. Sinapis 
nigra, Linn. E. Bot. t. 969. E. & Z. No. 47. 
Var. 8. levigata ; leaves and stem smooth. SS. levigata, Burm. Prod. 
p. 18. ex DC. 
Has. In cultivated ground. Varschevalley, near Salt-river, Cap. Z. & 2. Com 
mon wild mustard. Introduced from Europe. 
XII. SINAPIS, Koch. 
Siliqua linear or oblong, with convex, 3-5 nerved valves. De. 
Prod. 1. p. 217. 
Biennials, scattered over the globe ; smooth or hairy. Leaves lyrate or toothed 
and cut. Racemes terminal, leafless ; flowers yellow. Closely allied to the pre- 
ceding genus, with which it is united by some botanists. Name, swam, mustard. 
1. 8. retrorsa (Burch. in DC. Syst. 2. p. 609); stem sub-angular, 
erect, branching, retrorsely pubescent ; leaves lyrato-pinnatifid, the 
lowest lobes stipulzeform, appressedly pubescent ; upper leaves sessile, 
erose ; pods long, spreading, glabrous, slightly rough ; style short. 
S. Burmanni, E. & Z.! 48. Sisymb. lyratum, Meisn. in Pl. Krauss. 
Has. Banks of Sondag’s river, Burchell. Konab and Key river, E. & Z. Caledon 
River and Buffelvalley, Orange R., Zeyher. (7) Fort Beaufort, Drege. Port Natal, — 
Krauss (412) Gueinzius, 518. July—Sep. (Herb. Meisn., Sond., T.C.D.) : 
__ 1-2 feet high, leafy. Lower leaves 4~5 inches long, the lobes decreasing toward 
the base, the upper lobes confluent. Racemes 6 inches long ; pedicels 4-8 lines, 
scabrid. Fl. yellow, petals oblong, exceeding the calyx. Pod 3-4 inches long, valves 
subcompressed, with 3-5 raised nerves. #tyle 4—1 line long. 
= Ke a Sub-tribe IT, CHamirea. 
Siliqua with flattish, nerveless valves. Seeds compressed ; cotyle- 
dons conduplicate, twice inflexed(o >> >>). : 
bey __ XIV. CHAMIRA, Thunb. 
Calyx two-spurred at base. Siliqua substipitate, oblong, compressed, 
with a subulate beak ; valves flattish. Suede ascend, immarginate, 
DC. Prod. i. p. 131. ee Se | 
A glabrous, South African herb, with petiolate, cordate leaves, and leafless 
& Tes. 
