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1. B. Rapa. Willd. iii. 548. 



Hoot caulescent, depressed, fleshy. 

 Pers. Sliilluin. 

 Arab. Subjmn. 

 Bernj. Shalguin. 



Is very generally cultivated in Persia, and most parts of 

 India, during- the dry season, from October until March. 



2. B. oleracea. Willd. iii. 548. 



Hoot caulescent, columnar, fleshy. Common cabbage. 

 Jlrab. Kermub. 

 Pers. G helium or Kellum. 

 Beng. and Hind. Kobee. 



Found in a cultivated state only, probably a native of Per- 

 sia and the western parts of Asia. 



3. B. erucoides. 



Leaves lyrate. Racemes very long. Siliques clavate, 

 pressed, every part of the plant smooth. 



Beng. Shwet, or Suflfet shursi. Cultivated during the cool 

 season for the seed, from which oil is procured by expression. 



SINAPIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1087. 



Ca/f/.r expanding. C'/aios of the corol straight. Ckinds 

 between the shorter stamina and pistil, and between thelono-- 

 er and the calyx. 



1. S. dichotoma. 



Dichotomous. Siliques cylindric, smooth, spreading; beak 

 straight and tapering. Leaves stem-clasping, the lower ones 

 somewhat lyrate; the superior. Ovate-lanceolate, entire, all 

 smooth, as are also the stem and branches. 



Beng. Shanchi shurshi, or Sada Rayee. 



Hind. Soorsun. 



A native of Bengal, where it is a cultivated by the natives, 



