Cardamine.] Crucifere. II 
Fl. Madr. p. 38 (1915). C. subumbellata Hk. f. & Th. FI. Brit. Ind. 
I, p. 138 (1872). Cardamine borbonica Ind. Kew, non Pers. 
2a. C. nirsuta Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 655 (1753). 
A small annual herb, up to 8 ins., sparingly branched, 
glabrous; leaves stalked, pinnate; leaflets usually 2 pair, 
stalked, irregularly lobed; inflorescence racemose; flowers 
with white petals; stamens 4; siliquas much narrower than 
in C. trichocarpa, seeds 10-15. 
Moist region 1-4000 ft., common. Fls. white. 
Native of the North Temperate Zone. 
2a. Brassica Linn. 
Leaves large, pinnatifid or lyrate, rarely entire; infl. 
racemose; sepals erect or spreading, the lateral ones usually 
saccate at base; petals 4, yellow; fruit an elongated siliqua; 
seeds umniseriate; cotyledons incumbent, folded with the 
radicle within the longitudinal fold.—Sp. 85; Temperate 
regions of the Old World. 
B. yUNCEA Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. VI, p. 609 (1859); Hk. f. 
& T. And. in Fl. Brit. Ind. I, p. 15 (1875). Sinapis juncea Linn. Sp. 
Pl. p. 668 (1753). 
Erect annual, about 23 ft. high; stem glaucous; leaves 
varying from simple to pinnate, obovate-lanceolate in outline, 
2-5 in. long, petiolate; petioles purple; sepals spreading; 
petals clawed, longer than the sepals; pods erect, slightly 
compressed, 1} in. long, beaked; seeds globose, dark, rugose. 
Common in waste places; Fls. May, Oct., Feb.; lemon yellow. 
Native place unknown. 
2b. CApsELLA Medik. 
Leaves radical, entire or pinnatifid; infl. racemose; sepals 
spreading; petals white; pod obcordate-cuneate, laterally 
compressed, dehiscent; style short; seeds numerous, biseri- 
ate.—Sp. 4; temperate regions. 
C. pursa-pasToris Medik. Planzeng. p. 89 (1792). Bursa pastoris 
Weber in Wigg. Prim. Fl. Hols. p. 47 (1780). 
A hairy annual; stem 6-12 in. high; leaves simple or pin- 
natifid; fls. }; in. diam., white; style short; pods obcordate- 
cuneate, on long pedicels; seeds numerous, punctate. 
Common about Nuvara Eliya. 
Native of Europe and N. Asia. 
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2c. CORONOPUS Gaertn. 
Annual herbs; leaves pinnate; fls. racemose; pod laterally 
compressed, warted, 12-seeded.—Sp. 12; Subtropics. 
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