34 IX. CRUCIFEE..T;, 



the base upwards, the lobes contiguous orsomethnes slightly overlapping 

 at the apex ; style very short. Seeds 4-0 ia each cell, irregularly ovoid, 

 with raised, concentric ridges, black. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 162; Syme, 

 Eng. Bot. V. 1, p. 202, t. 144; Woodr. in Joura. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 122.— Elowers : Mar. 



SfND : Kirthar mountains, Woodrow. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia ; a 

 weed of cultivation. 



9. PHYSORHYNCHUS, Hook. 



A branched, leafy undershrub. Leaves fleshy ; the lower petioled ; 

 the upper contracted at the base, auricled. Flowers rather large, in 

 elongate, ebracteate racemes ; pedicels very short. Sepals erect, equal 

 at the base. Stamens free, not toothed. Pod short, iudehiscent, 

 jointed, the lower joint longitudinally 2-celled with small spurious 

 valves, the upper joint much larger, ovoid, beaked, 2-celled, cells 2-4- 

 seeded ; septum thin : style conical ; stigma subcapitate. Seeds pen- 

 dulous from the side of the cell; cotyledons coiiduplicate. — Distbib. 

 Afghanistan, Beluchistan ; species 1. 



1, Physorhynchus brahuicus, Hoolc. Icon. PI. (1852) tt. 821, 

 822. Perennial, erect, about 2 ft. high, glaucous, glabrous ; stem woody 

 at the base. Leaves thick, entire or sinuate-dentate ; lower 2-5 by 

 1-3 in., obovate, rounded or acute at the base, attenuated into the 

 petiole; upper smaller, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, semi-amplexieaul, 

 auricled. Eacejues elongate, much divaricate in fruit ; flowers white ; 

 pedicels \ in. long, erect, thickened at top. Sepals ovate-oblong, | in. 

 long. Petals obovate, twice as long as the sepals. Pods |-| in. long ; 

 valves of the lower joint deciduous. Seeds subtriangular, globose, 

 punctate. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 165 ; Ait. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 8; "Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 122.— Flowers : Aug. 



Sind: Sfoc/isl; Bralniic hills, Sioc/csl; Thano-Bula-Khan, Woodrow.— Distrir. 

 Afghanistan, Beluchistan, S. Persia. 



Stocks says the leaves are eaten lilie cabbage and are an excellent vegetable. 



Cultivated Economic Plants. 



A number of plants of the Ordev {Criicif are) are cultivated tlirougliout 

 the Pi'esidency, either as vegetables, or for the oil obtainable from the 

 seeds. Of these the most important are the several species and varieties 

 of the genus Brassica. 



BuASSiCA NIGRA, Koch. Black mustard. Vern. Eai ; Mohari. Fl, 

 B. L V. 1, p. 156; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 530. Cultivated in 

 fields. 



Brassica CAMrESTiiis, Linn., of which the following subspecies are 

 more or less cultivated: Subsp. 1, CAMrESTiiis proper. The Swedish 

 turnip. Rarely cultivated in the Bombay Presidency. Subsp. 2, Napus. 

 The rape or coleseed. Vern. Sarsan ; Pivli-rai. Cultivated in fields. 

 Subsp. 3, JlArA. The common turnip. Vern. Shalgam. Grown in 

 gardens as a vegetable, chiefly for the use of Europeans. The knol- 

 kohl or kohl-rabi largely takes the place of the turnip as a culinary 

 vegetable, being a i>lant better adapted for cultivation in a hot 

 climate. 



