l8 CRUCIFER^. 



Cardaminc africana Linjt. ; F.B.I, i 137, VIII 3. A 

 small perennial herb with long-stalked, pinnately three- 

 foliate leaves, small white flowers, and slender rather 

 erect pods. Leaflets broadly ovate, toothed, slightly 

 hairy; lateral ones oblique, and asymmetrical at the 

 base ; about I inch by I inch. Main stem very often 

 ending soon in a raceme of flowers, with leaves and 

 axillary branches continuing on one side. Pods ij^ by 

 1/20 inch. t. 13. Wight Sp. Nilg. t. 9, Ic. t. 941 (C. 

 borbonica). 



Very common in sholas. In the higher mountains of India 

 and Ceylon. Fyson 1355, 185 1, 2847. Bourne 258, 508, 556. 



Gen. Dist. Mountains of tropical Africa and south temperate regions. 



Cardamine hirsuta Linn. ; F.B.I, i 138, Wall. Cat. 4781 ! 

 not 4780; VIII, 6. Hairy Bitter-cress. An annual herb 

 very variable in size and in the toothing of the stem leaves, 

 hairy or quite glabrous. Stems tufted from a very short 

 rootstock, spreading. Leaves mostly radical but also 

 on the stem ; leaflets five to seven, from ovate-cuneate to 

 reniform, almost entire or coarsely three-lobed, terminal 

 one largest ; of the stem leaves much narrower almost 

 linear : or in larger forms with several rounded teeth. 

 Flowers small, white. Pods slender, % by 1/30 inch, to 

 I J4 by 1/20 inch, tapering off at the end ; stiffly erect or 

 slightly spreading. Seeds brown, circular, t. 14. 



Nilgiris : Pykara. Pulneys : on the downs. Very common 

 on the higher hills of South India. Fyson 2930. Bour?ie 429. 



Gefi. Dist. All over the temperate parts of India, and in Bengal during 

 the cold weather, and generally in all temperate countries including 

 England. 



BRASSICA. F.B.I. 10 XXIV. 



Cabbage, Mustard, etc. 

 Well branched biennial or perennial herbs with 

 bluish foliage. Flowers usually yellow in long leafless 



