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much compressed ; valves flat or convex, with or without a midrib ; 

 septum membranous, veined. Seeds 1-2-seriate, suborbicular, with a 

 broad membranous wing ; cotyledons accumbent. — Disteib. S. Europe, 

 N. Africa, Asia Minor, Persia, Arabia ; species about 20. 



Flowers large ; seeds 2-seriate 1 . F. Jacquemon til. 



Flowers small ; seeds 1 -seriate 2. F. Hcnniltonii. 



1. Farsetia Jacquexnontii, Hoolc.f. Sf Thorns, in Joum. Limi.Soc. 

 V. 5 (18G1) p. 148. An erect, rigid shrub, clothed with appressed hairs 

 attached by the middle ; branches terete, slender. Leaves ^-1^ by 

 -Jy— ^ in., linear-lanceolate ; petioles very short, ^lowers large, pink, 

 in long slender, lax racemes ; buds elhpsoid ; pedicels short. Calyx 

 cylindric ; Sepals g— ^ in. long, linear-oblong, acute, hairy. Petals 

 j-^-% in. long. Pods stalked, 1^-2 in. long by g-i in. jjroad, flat, 

 flaintly 1-nerved or nerveless; stalks ji-^ in. long. Seeds 2-seriate, 

 flattened, furnished with a broad membranous \\ing, brown. PI, B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 140 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 122; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 320. 



SiND : DabcN ], IVoodrowl; Seliwan, C'oo/a- !— Distkib. N. India, Afghanistan and 

 Beluchistan. 



2. Farsetia Hamiltonii, lioyh, III. Bot. Himal. (1839) p. 71. 

 Twiggy ; branches numerous, long, slender, covered with dense appressed 

 hairs attached by the middle. Leaves linear, very narrow, i-i by gL in. 

 Plowers small, pink, in long spicate racemes. Sepals jq— g in. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, hairy, the margins scarious. Petals obovate, a little 

 longer than the sepals. Pods |-| in. long by §-1 in. broad, flattened; 

 style slender. Seeds brown, 1-seriate, with broad, membranous margins. 

 El. B. I. V. 1, p. 140 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 122 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 320. 



SiND : Woodvow. — Distrib. Afghanistan, Arabia, Algeria. 



4. ERUCA, Tourn. 



Annual or biennial herbs, erect, branching. Leaves lyi'ato-pinnatifid. 

 Flowers white, yellow or violet, veined ; pedicels slender. Sepals erect, 

 equal at the base. Stamens free, not toothed. Pods ovoid-oblong, 

 turgid, terete, with an eusiform seedless beak ; valves concave, 3-nerved ; 

 septum membranous; stigma simple. Seeds numei'ous, 2-seriate; 

 cotyledons conduplicate. — Distrib. Europe, Western Asia ; species 3. 



1. Eruca sativa, Mill. Ganl. Did. ed. 8 (1708) n. 1. Erect, 

 branched, 2-3 ft. high ; stems and branches glabrous or with a few 

 scattered hairs. Leaves petioled, lyrato-pinnatifid, sinuate-dentate, 

 rarely entire. Flowers white or yellow. S:ipals | in. long, oblong, 

 acute, often tipped with hairs. Petals | in. long, obovate, veined ; 

 pedicels g in. long. Pod turgid, 1 in. long, closely appressed to the 

 axis ; beak flattened, 3-nerved, glabrous. Seeds 2-seriate, subglobose. 

 Fl. B. L V. 1, p. 158; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 122 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 266. Veen. Safed-sarsu. 



A weed of cultivation, found in cultivated places throughout the Presidency. The 

 plant is extensively cultivated as a cold season crop in the North Western Provinces 

 and in the Punjab, oil being expressed from the seeds. — Distrib. Shores of the 

 Mediterranean, Western Asia. 



