CRUCIFER^. 19 



racemes. Pods long cylindrical, ending in a round beak 



and large stigma. Seeds roundish, in one row ; radicle 



across the cotyledons which are wrapped round it. 



Species about fifty, in the Mediterranean region, central 

 Europe, and central and eastern Asia. 



Named frof/i the old Celtic name BRESSic {Cabbage) or possibly from the 

 Greek brazein to cook. 



Brassica juncea /. D. Hooker and Thompson ; F.B.T, 

 i 157, XXIV 6; Indian Mustard. An annual growing 

 to 4 feet. Lower leaves elliptic or oblong lanceolate, 

 irregularly toothed, and with often irregular triangular 

 segments on the long and wide stalk ; upper leaves 

 narrower, lanceolate and more regularly toothed. Stalks 

 of the flowers 54 to J^ inch. Pods I inch or more, with a 

 long beak tipped by the stigma, t. 15. 



Cultivated all over India, and from Egypt to China. Bourne 700, 734. 



CAPSELLA. F.B.I. 10 XXVIII. 



Pod broad and flat with partition across the narrower 

 diameter ; heart-shaped ; its halves boat-shaped, keeled, 

 many seeded. Radicle lying across the cotyledons. 

 Small herbs with white flowers and lobed or entire 

 leaves. 



Species four, in temperate climates of both hemispheres. 



Capsella bursa-pastoris Medic; F.B.L'i 159, XXVIII 



I ; Shepherd's Purse. Lower leaves usually lying on 



the ground as a rosette, lobed or deeply cut ; stem leaves 



few, oblong or lanceolate, clasping the axis by large 



ear-shaped bases. Flowers in terminal racemes, white. 



Pods with the partition showing down the middle of each 



side. Seeds oblong, t. 16. 



A weed of cultivation nearly all the world over except in 

 tropical climates. To be found in flower at all seasons because 

 very quick to mature. At once recognisable by its pod, 

 Bourne 1949. 



