CRUCIFERiE. (mustard FAMILY.) 



* * Shnibby j^erennials. 

 t Silicles 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled, 



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2. JE, coridifolium, DC. 5 .1 to .25, many-stemmed, stems 

 simple, the fertile as icell as sterile leafy. Leaves obtuse or acutish, 

 obovate-oblong, oblong-linear or linear, the upper .01 long. Flowers 

 .006 long, pink. Flowering and fruiting racemes dense, the latter 

 .03 to .06 long ; silicles ohomte-oblong, .007 long, notched at base 

 and apex ; wings narrow, l)oat-sha])ed, entire ; style much shorter than 

 sinus — Summer — Alpine and subalpine regions of Lebanon, Amanus 

 and northward. 



3. iE. Armenum, Boiss, % .1 to .3, with numerous simple 

 stems. Leaves .006 to .008 long, 7iaiTozcly linear, acute. Flowers .005 

 to .008 long, pink ; flowering racemes short, fruiting .03 long ; 

 silicles .004 long, obovate, obtuse at base, with broad obtuse sinus at 



apex ; wings crenate, broader than cells ; style shorter than sinus 



Summer — Middle zone of Amanus and northward. pj^ oo 



4. JE. loiig^istyluiti, Post. (Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. 1888 p. 425) ^ ."Ito .3, many-stemmed 

 from a woody, zigzag, decumbent base ; fertile 

 stems with few, sterile with many .02 to .03 long, ^ 

 .003 to .005 broad, oblong-linear leaves, tapering 

 at base, very obtuse at aj^ex. Fruiting racemes 

 rather loose, .02 to .05 long; Biliole^ obcm^date-ar- 

 bicular, .008 long, deeply notched at apex ; wings 

 as broad as cell, entire, slightly incurved ; style longer 

 than sinus — Summer — Kocky jDlaces, 1,200 ; 

 Jebel-el-Fughry in Lebanon; Kaipokdagh in 

 Amanus. 



5. iE, §picatuin, Post. (Hooker's Icones 

 Plantarum, Vol. xv., Plate 1478) 5 -15 to .25, many 

 stemmed from a woody, zigzag base, reddish-aorlcy 

 Mow. Lower-leaves crowded .006 to .015 long, 

 ohovate-cuneate, truncate, often retuse ; upper a few 

 ■p3iiTS,ol)long-ellipticcd, .01 long, nearly sessile. Fruiting 

 vacemes forming hopliJce sjnkes, .01 to .03 long, .015 

 broad ; silicles orbicular, .01 long, slightly 

 notched at base and deeply at apex ; icings twice 

 as broad as cell, pale pinkish green, crenate-margined, 

 flat or wavy ; style several times shm^ter than sinus 

 — April to June — Rocky places above 1,000 ; El- 

 Jebel-el-Ahhmar, opposite Antioch, and the adjacent 

 mountains of Amanus. 



Spike of ripe fruits 

 ofiE. spicatum 



6. iE. styloium, DC. 5 .05 to .15 ; stems simple or branched, 

 leafy. Leaves .01 long, ovate-lanceolate, acutish, the lower tapering to 

 a short petiole. Flowers capitate, .007 long. Fruiting raceme elon- 

 gated ; ovary ovate, scarcely retuse ; wings denticulate ; style long -- 

 Summer — Alpine summits of Lebanon. 



7. iE, Gileadense, Post. (Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1888, 



a. Ripe pod of 



M. longistylum. 



b. the septum and 



style, with a seed, 



both natural size. 



