6. LA WRACEM. [ 4. Cassytha, L. 



adnate to linear face ; second series smaller similar dilated below ; third 

 series hastate with 2 glaods on the very short filament. Staminodes 3 

 ' fleshy. Ovary tapering to a minute oapitellate stigma. Berry $'' enclosed 

 by the inner perianth. 



Fam. 7. PAPAVERACE.E. 



Herbs with milky juice. Fl. reg. Sep. 2 (or 3), Pet. 

 2 + 2 (or 3+3). Ovary 1 -celled with 2-several parietal 

 often lamellate placentae. Stigmas radiating often connate. 



Argemone mexicana, L. Sial Kanta, Beng. is a prickly thistle - 

 like herb with yellow jnice, sinuate pinnatifid green and white 

 leaves and bright yellow flowers. Capsule opening at the top by small 

 valves. 



Naturalized and very common in waste ground. Fl. Feby'June. 



Papaver somniferum, L. Aphim, H. The Opium Poppy. Pis. 

 large usually white. Cultivated in Hazaribagh, but cultivation 

 recently discontinued under the scheme for the reduction of Opinm 

 export. 



Fam. 8. CRUCIFERJE. 



Herbs. Fls. racemed. Sep. 2 + 2. Pet. 4. St. 6, 4 inner 

 longer in opp. pairs. Ovary 2-carpellary and usually 2-celled 

 by a thin placental membrane. Ovules 2- seriate on parietal 

 placentae on the edges of the membrane. 



Brassica Napus> L. var. dichotoma. Mani, K. and 

 B. campestris, I>. var. Sarson, Prain. Mustard. 



Are largely cultivated, and form fields of a beautiful yellow 

 in the cold weather. 



The former is rather glauoous. L. radical and lower cauline lyrate 

 pinnatifid 3". Sep. erect or erecto-patent. Corolla pale-yellow 

 under \" diam. Pod«l£" exoluding the \* seedless beak, erect on 

 pedicels I' 7 , glabrous. 



The latter is a stouter plant with larger and hairy leaves and deeper 

 yellow fls. (For vars. vide Prain in M Bengal Plants "). 



Fam. 9. CAPPARIDACEE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees, sometimes climbing by means of 

 stipulary thorns, stipules sometimes 0. L. simple or digitate. 



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