Sinapis. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA, 121 
5. 8. trilocularis, R. 
Annual, erect, ramous, smooth, Leaves stem-clasping, the 
lower ones deeply pinnatifid; the swperior ones linear, and 
almost entire. Siliques smooth, pendulous, three-celled, long 
taper beaked ; seeds white. ; 
From Nepal, where the plant is cultivated, Dr. Binet 
sent seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1802, where 
the plants thrive luxuriantly, and blossom and ripen their 
seeds during the cold season. 
Stem annual, erect, smooth, with smooth, erect branches ; 
whole height about three or four feet, Leaves, all stem-clasp- 
ing, the lower and cauline ones more or less pinnatifid ; the 
superior ones linear, and nearly entire, all are somewhat bris- 
tle-dentate on the margins, otherwise smooth in every part, 
and somewhat glaucous. Racemes terminal, and axillary. 
Flowers large, erect, yellow. Siliques long-pedicelled ; im- 
mediately after the decay of the flowers, the pedicels become 
perfectly recurved, and the siliques pendulous; they are all 
smooth, three-celled, and on that account much larger aad 
broader than those of many other species, Beak long, half 
the length of the pods, taper. Seeds es a round, 
smooth, white. s 
6.8. sieifatii R. | 
Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves petioled, obovate, cuneate, 
serrate-dentate, with sessile, linear, entire, floral leaves. Si- 
liques expanding, smooth, short, subulate, beaked. Seeds 
roundish, chesnut coloured. 
The seeds of this species Dr. Buchanan, while in Nepal, re- 
ceived from Thibet, and sent to this garden, where the plants 
thrive well during the cold season. They blossom in March, 
and ripen their seed in April, " 
Root annual, large, white and tapering, subfuciform with na- 
_ merous spreading lateral fibres. Stem erect and smooth, with 
numerous sub-erect, smooth, somewhat glaucous branches; 
height of the plants in the Botanic garden from four to 
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