PuatE 2645. 
COCHLEARIA HOBSONI, Pearson. 
CruciFeR&. Tribe ALYssINEX. 
C. Hobsoni, 17. H/. W. Pearson (sp. nov.) ; species affinis C. himalaice, 
Hook. f. et Thoms., a qua habitu, petaloram forma et stylo post anthesin 
reflexo differt 
Herba annua ae ), Suberecta, glanduloso-pubescens, paullulum ramosa, 
6-8 poll. alta. / iio orum lamin parvee, hae im in petiolos breves 
attenuate, integra: vel inferiorum serge 3-lobate, ovate, obtusz, 
glabra, 2-3 lin. longe. Flores 3-4 lin. diametro, solitarii, axillares. 
Pedunculi 6-10 lin. “longi, lineis Jateralibus binis oppositis glanduloso- 
pubescentibus instructi.  Sepala qualia, similia, hyalina, ovata, 
obtusa, 3-nervia, basi ata, apice paullulum crenata, utring e 
glabra, 1-5 lin. longa. Petala late elliptica 4 lin. longa, obtusa, basi 
subcordata, nninervia, glabra, violaceo-rub b 
dilatata, supra violaceo-rubra ; anth concolores. Ovarium breviter 
stipitatum, l-loculare, glabrum ; stylus rectus, quam ovarium longior. 
Ovula 3-5, biseriata. Siliculum 2 lin. longum, stylo valde reflexo. 
Seminis testa punctata ; cotyledones getembent es. 
Tizet : Yatung, near the Sikkim border, Hobson. 
It is doubtful whether this A Sri belongs to the genus Cochlearia. 
It is, however, placed here for the present on account of its close affinity 
to C. himalaica, Hook. f. and Thoms. r. Hobson also collected 
another specimen closely related to tbe one here described, and iden- 
cow with Watt, 5795, from Jongri. The material from both collec- 
tions is, owever, so meagre that it is impossible to assign it to a 
species.— H. H. W. Pea 
Fig. 1, a flower from which the B ga have yon removed ; 2, a sepal seen from 
wens 3, & petal; 4, astamen; 5, a pistiland disc; 6, a cross sealant of the ovary ; 
7,4 fruit ; 8, seed ; 9, an embryo. 7, enlarged. 
