Planis of the Punjab. 359 
Herss, Erzot, with Atternate ExstipunaTe Lopep Luaves, 
Lepidium sativum, 
Garden cress, 
Halim,. shargundet. 
CRUCIFERA. 
Be Bete ni 59. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lepidium Draba, 
Bijindak. 
CRUCIFERA. 
Py Be Tia 160. 
The Plains. 
Peshawar. 
Thlaspi arvensis, 
Thliaspi 
cardiocarpum, 
Thlaspi alpestre, 
Neslia paniculata, 
Chorispora tenella, 
Sedum trifidum, 
CRASSULACEA. 
fF. Belew, 420. 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Dalhousie. - 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual, smooth ; leaves radical long stalked 
twice pinnately divided, stem leaves sessile, pinnately 
divided or lanceolate; flowers small, white, in long racemes, 
sepals 4, erect, equal at the base, ‘petals 4, stamens 6, 2 
shorter ; capsules 4 in., ovate with a notch at the tip, 
margins winged, seeds solitary in each cell. A garden 
crop. The leaves are eaten raw and the seeds used as 
a cure for dysentery as they are very mucilaginous. 
medium size, perennial, velvety, branched or not, 
stem zig-zag, leaves oblong, waxy and toothed, upper lobed 
at the base, flowers in branching racemes, capsules 4% in. 
triangular ; for other characters see the last species. This 
plant is used as a pot herb and for fodder. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, 
Toothed. 
Simple, 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, 
Toothed. 
Simple, 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Toothed. 
Erect, Alternate, 
see Herbs, Eixstipulate, 
Entire. 
Simple, 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
small, perennial, smooth, rootstock woody with a 
crown of scales, stems annual ; leaves 2-4 in., oblong, suc- 
culent, sessile, 3-5-lobed, lobes spreading, unequal, 4-1 in., 
entire or toothed, blunt ; flowers } in. long in bud, white - 
or pale pink, stalked in branched leafy clusters, calyx 4-5, 
lobed nearly to the base, lobes narrow-lanceolate, petals 
4 or 5, linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the calyx lobes, 
stamens twice as many as the petals ; follicles 4-5, many-- 
seeded, styles short, recurved in fruit, seeds oblong with 
rounded ends, flattened. This plant grows on rocks and 
trees ; it turns crimson when withering. 
