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6. C. cornuta ; caule erecto ramoso striato, foliis tripinnatim sectis, segmentis oblongis cuneatis 3- 
lobatis, lobis oblongis subacutis vel rotundatis submucronatis, racemo laxo pauci-et parvifloro, calcare 
elongato erecto pedicello 3-plo longiore—Hab. Choor Mountain; flowering in July and August; a 
variety of this species also from Cashmere. 
7. C. Cashmeriana; caule simplicissimo erecto, foliis caulinis subsessilibus pinnatisectis, segmentis 
lineari-lanceolatis integris rarissime subdentatis, terminali cuneato trilobato, racemo coarctato paucifloro, 
bracteis foliaceis, summis integris 3-dentatis, calcare pedicello breviore obtuso incurvo.—Corolle 
petala externa caerulea, inferidra rotundato-ovata, unguiculata.—Petala interiora unguibus flavis, 
limbis purpureis. (Tab. 16. fig. 1.)—Hab. Cashmere. 
8. C. Govaniana; (Wall.) foliis petiolatis oblongis bipinnatisectis, segmentis cuneatis profunde 
pinnatilobatis, lobis lineari-oblongis obtusis cum cuspidula integris vel bilobis, racemis secundis, 
bracteis foliaceis cuneiformibus inciso-lobatis pedunculos superantibus, supremis lanceolatis integris’ 
calcare pedicello subsquali, siliquis pendulis oblongis utrinque acutis apice stylo longo acuminatis. 
(Tab. xv. fig. 2.)\—Hab. This plant was first described by Dr.Wallich, in his Tent. Fl. Nep. p. 55, 
and there is little to be added to his description. It was originally sent to him by Dr. Govan from 
Gurhwal. It is extremely common in the mountains, particularly on the Choor, above 8,000 feet of 
elevation. By the Hill people, who are as superstitious as the mountaineers of any other part of the 
world, the root is called bhootkes, and valued as a charm against the influence of evil spirits. It varies 
from a few inches to nearly a foot in height. : 
11. CRUCIFERZ. 
The Crucifere are, like the Ranunculacee@, an European family, of which few are 
found in the plains of India, but numerous species in the Himalayan Mountains. These 
belong chiefly to genera which are common in Europe and the northern parts of Asia 
and America, and of which several new species have been described in the Floras of 
Siberia, Caucasus, and of the Altai Mountains. The species hitherto discovered are 
about 70 in number, belonging to the genera Nasturtium, Barbarea, Turritis, Arabis, 
Cardamine, Dentaria, Draba, Thlaspi, Hesperis, Sisymbrium, Alliaria, Erysimum, Lepi- 
dium, Capsella, Sinapis? the latter, mentioned with doubt, as the only species known, 
are those described in the Flora Indica, obtained by Dr. Buchanan from Tibet. The 
genus Tauscheria, which from its singular fruit I had named Navicularia, is the only one 
of the peculiar Siberian genera which extends to Kunawur, where the arid and saline 
nature of the soil must be as favourable to its growth, as the deserts of the Kirghis, or 
the banks of the Irtisch. The European species of the above genera, which have 
been found extending as far southward as the Himalayas; are, Turritis glabra, Thlaspi 
arvense, Capsella Bursa Pastoris, Alliaria officinalis and Sisymbrium Sophia. Besides 
Tauscheria desertorum, Crambe cordifolia is another plant belonging to the Flora 
of Siberia, as well as to that of Caucasus, which extends to Kunawur. Draba radi- 
cans of the present work, with its radicating stems and yellow flowers, is closely allied 
in general appearance to Draba repens, figured by Ledebour, t. 145. The other species 
of the same genus are closely allied in habit to their European congeners, and equally 
inhabiting, like them, the cold and exposed summits of mountains. 
In the gardens of Northern India, Mathiola incana and Cheiranthus cheiri are common ; 
and as I have received specimens of both plants from Cashmere, there is no doubt that 
both have been introduced from that direction into India, being still much used in 
medicine, 
