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Plants of the Punjab. 
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Herss, Ereot, wirh ALTERNATE ExstipuLATE LoBpep LEAvEs. 
Brassica alba, 
White mustard, 
Sufed rar. 
CRUCIFERS. 
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The Plains. 
Ferozepore. 
Diplotaxis Griffithii, 
Burami muli, 
81ZGQ1. 
CRUCIFERE. 
Mien. 157, 
The Plains west of 
the Indus, 
Kalabagh, 
Salt Range. 
Eruca sativa, 
Taramira, duan. 
CRUCIFERZ. 
yp. 03. 158. 
The Plains to 
10,000 ft. 
Mashobra (Collett). 
Lahore. 
Capsella 
Bursa-pastoris, 
Shepherd’s purse, 
CRUCIFER®. 
BoB. 4. 1.1p9. 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Rawalpindi. 
Lahore. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, annual, hairy, leaves stalked, hairy, — 
pinnately divided, segments ovate, toothed, capsules 1 in., 
stalked, cylindrical, spreading, beaded, beak 4 in., flat- 
tened, 1-2-seeded ; for other characters see Brassica nigra. 
This plant igs rarely cultivated as a field crop, usually 
found in English gardens and eaten young with cress. 
medium size to large, annual, stout, hairy, leaves, 
lower shortly stalked, oblong, entire or toothed, or pin- 
nately divided, upper lanceolate, less divided, flowers 
large, purplish or white, sepals 4, spreading, equal at the 
base, capsules 14-2} in., linear, flattened, seeds many, 
flattened, in 2 series, oblong; for other characters see 
Brassica. This plant is eaten as a pot herb. 
medium size, annual, smooth or slightly hairy, bluish- 
sreen waxy gloss; leaves 1-4 in., pinnately divided, sessile, 
segments coarsely toothed, terminal one largest, upper 
leaves smaller, nearly entire ; flowers ?-1 in. diam., pale 
yellow or white, in racemes, darkly veined sepals 4, erect, 
lateral pouched, petals 4, stalked, stamens 6, 2 short 
stigma round ;capsule 3-1 in., pressed against the stem,, 
erect, oblong-ovoid, prolonged in a flat, pointed seed- 
less beak, seeds in 2 rows, many, round. This plant is 
cultivated as a field crop in winter, oil extracted from the 
seeds is chiefly used for burning, too acrid for food. 
small, annual, root long, tapering, stem more or less. 
covered with forked hairs ; leaves radical, usually pinnate- 
ly divided, sometimes lanceolate, terminal lobe broadly 
triangular, segments nearly entire, upper pinnately divided, 
lobed at the base, stem clasping, uppermost lanceolate ; 
flowers ;!, in. diam., white, in racemes, sepals 4, spread- 
ing, equal at the bage, petals 4, short, stamens 6, 2 
shorter ; capsules } in. diam., flat, triangular, seeds many, 
in2 rows. A common weed. 
