Plants of the Punjab. 857 
Heres, Erxor, with ALTERNaTE ExstipuLatE LoBEp Luavss. 
‘Brassica campestris, 
‘Indian Colza, 
Kali sarson. 
CRUCIFER®. 
ep Ti. Toe. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Brassica Napus, 
Indian Rape, 
Torta, pila 
sirson. 
CRUCIFERA. 
He Bs J. iel56: 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Brassica 
Tournefortii, 
CRUCIFERZ. 
BOB. ie t56: 
The Plains. 
Western Thibet 
(Edgeworth). 
Cultivated. 
Brassica juncea, 
Asl rai, 
badshahi-lai, 
chotiya-lar. 
CRUCIFERR. 
FY) Bed bor: 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size to large, annual, root spindle-shaped, 
stem sometimes unbranched ; leaves, lower 6-8, pinnately 
divided with the terminal lobe largest, rounded, stalked, 
upper smaller, oblong or lanceolate, base forked, bluish- 
waxy green above, more or less hairy beneath ; flowers 1 in. 
diam., bright yellow, in flat-topped clusters, lengthening 
sepals nearly erect, waxy bluish-green turning yellow 
before falling, inner pair longer than the outer, petals 
falling before the cluster lengthens ; capsules 2-3 in. long, 
beak stout, conical, often 1 in. long and seedless, seeds 
30-80, nearly round, nearly smooth, dingy white to brown ; 
for other characters see the last species. The oil express- 
ed from the seeds (kirwa tel) is used for cooking and light- 
ing. 
like the last species of which it is almost a variety, 
but smaller, more branched, leaves smaller, flowers smaller, 
petals with a pale green narrow stalk, capsules beaded, 
seeds 20, bright brown, finely wrinkled. The seed is 
largely exported. 
small, annual, hairy or smooth, leaves radical in a 
rosette, pinnately divided with the lobes pointing back- 
wards and terminal lobe largest, rounded, lobes toothed, 
with scattered white hairs, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, 
entire or divided, flowers small, pale yellow, capsules 2} in., 
erect, slender, smooth, flattened, beaded, beak } in., slend- 
er, tapering, seeds flattened ; for other characters see the 
last species. 
large, annual, smooth, stems tinged with purple, 
leaves, lower stalked, blades 6-8 in., pinnately divided , 
or with the terminal lobe largest, upper small, nearly — 
sessile, lanceolate, toothed, flowers 4} in. diam., bright 
yellow, in short flat-topped clusters, lengthening into ra- 
cemes 8 in. long, sepals spreading, petal stalks green, 
capsules 21 in. long, } in. thick, beaded, beak narrowly 
conical, nearly din. long, seeds many, round, brown, finely 
wrinkled ; for other characters see the last species. This 
plant is widely cultivated for the production of mustard 
oil. | 
