CRUCIFER/E. (MUSTARD FAMILY.) 



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F. clypeata, L. If .4 to .8. 



Root and lower stem-leaves oblong 

 spathulate, upper oblong, or oblong- 

 linear, all entire or repand. Silicles 

 elliptical, ovate-elliptical, to obo- 

 vate-elliptical ; style apiculate ; 

 seeds 3-8, usually broader than 

 wing — Spring — Rocky places in 

 mountains, throughout. 



Var. rostrata, Post. Style 

 half or one-third ^ long as breaclth 

 of pod. {F. rostrata, Sclieiik.) 



Var. macroptera, Post. 

 Wing as broad as or broader than 

 seed. iF. macroptera, Ky.) 



Fig. 28. 



Fig. 29. 



Pod of F. clypeata. 



Pod of F. clypeata with 

 valves removed to show seeds. 



Var. obovata, Post. Pods obovate. (^F. oliovata, Boiss.) 



Var. erioearpa, Post. Pods densely woolly. {F. eriocarim, DC.) 



29. AUBRIETIA, Adanson. 



Calyx erect, bisaccate Petals clawed, limb entire or retuse. Sili- 

 cic ovate-oblong ; style apiculate ; valves convex ; septum with 1-2 

 longitudinal folds, and numerous, transverse, minute areolae , ; seeds in 

 2-rows, numerous, minute — Tufted, perennial herbs, with short 

 branching wool, and pink or white flowers- 



A, liibaiiottca, Boiss. 2]! .1 to .15, spreading, canescent. 

 Leaves oblong-deltoid, entire or with a tooth at each angle. Fruiting 

 racemes flexuous. Valves nerveless — Summer — Alpine and sub- 

 alpine regions of Lebanon ; Coelesyria. 



30. COLIITEOCARPUS, Boiss. 



Calyx erect, equal at base. Petals clawed, with entire limb. Sili- 

 cic papyraceous, inflated, ovate, dehiscent only at apex ; style apicu- 

 late ; valves reticulate, 1-nerved ; septum marginal, incomplete ; seeds 

 wingless — Perennial, glabrous, tufted herbs, with white flowers and 

 habit of Thlaspi. ' 



C reticulatus, Lam. '^. Leaves rigid ; the radical rosetted, 

 tapering at base, linear-oblong, sharply 3-4-dentate on both sides ; 

 stem-leaves entire, ovate or oblong, acute. Raceme before flowering 

 capitate, afterwards somewhat elongated — Summer — Alpine and 

 subalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Jebel Qaisun, near Damascus. 



31. KCEXIOA, Adanson. 



Calyx erect, equal. Petals entire, white. Silicle flattened, nearly 

 orbicular ; septum reticulate ; seeds margined — Annual or perennial 

 herbs, canescent with bipartite hairs. 



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