93 CRtJCiPER^. (mustard family.) 



p. 425) 5 -2 or more ; stem somewhat branched. Lower-leaves 

 on sterile branches obovate, petioled, limb .005 long, waxy-margined ; 

 upper linear acute. Flowers .... Fruiting racemes . 1 long, loose ; 

 silicles ol)omte-orl>kular, .004 long, retuse at base, scarcely so at 

 apex ; wings as broad as cells, radiate-plicate, involute, upper almost urn- 

 shaped crenate, at length fimbriate ; stigma sessile — Spring — Woods 

 near Es-Salt. 



1 1 Silicles ^-celled ; cells 2-ovuled, winged. 



§. i^E. cordatum, DC. 5 -15 to .2, with few, rigid, leafy 

 stems. Leaves crowded, cordate or deltoid-cordate, clasping, .008 to .01 

 long, the ujiper acute. Flowering raceme cajjitate to oblong ; flowers 

 .006 long, sulplmi'-colored. Fruiting raceme elongated ; silicles omfe, 

 truncate-retuse at apex ; wings somewhat dilated above, a little broader 

 than cell, repand ; st^jle about as long as pod — May and June — Sub- 

 alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



* * * Annuals. Silicles '^-celled ; cells 2-d-ovuled with mpj'e or less 

 Jicittened icings, or 1-celled, 1-seeded, urn-shaped, oicing to convolution of 

 wing. Plants .1 to .25 high, with lower-leaves ovate, more or less petioled, 

 ujyper oblong -lanceolate, sessile, cordate at base. 



t Fruiting racemes .05 to .1 long, compact but not sp)iTcecl. 



9. JE. cri§tat«iii, D.C. © Silicles usually of both kinds, the 

 two-celled orbicular, .008 in diameter, with coarsely -toothed iDings 

 broader than cells, and style much shorter than open sinus — Spring 



— Fields ; Hebron to Jerusalem, Aintab, and Aleppo. 



10. iE, Iieterocarpuiii, J. Gay Silicles of both kinds, 

 the two-celled orbicular, .008 in diameter, with entire wings broader 

 than cells, and style shorter than closed sinus — Spring — Fields ; 

 Judea and Gilead to Coele-Syria, Antilebanon, Aleppo, and north- 

 ward. 



11, JE, campy lopter Hill, Boiss. Silicles of both kinds, 

 the two-celled orbicular, .006 long, with entire icavy wings, broader 

 than cells and style longer tlian ovary, and much longer than open sinus, 

 much less in number tlian the small, globidar, urn-shaped, one-celled pods — 

 Spring — Fields ; Aleppo to Aintab. 



ft Fruiting racemes .01 to .04 long, forming hop-UTce spiilces. 



12, iE. Biixlbaiiiiiii; Fisch. Silicles all two-celled, or- 

 bicular, .01 long, w^ith entire, flattened icings ticice as h^oad as cells, and 

 a short style at bottom of deep, slit-like^ closed sinus — Spring — Fields ; 

 Northern Syria and northward. 



41. BISCIJTEL.L.A, L. Buckler-Mustard. 



Sepals equal or saccate at base. Petals obovate, entire, clawed. 

 Stamens free, toothless. Silicles indehiscent, twin, much flattened ; 

 valves orbicular, separable from axis, 1-seeded — Annual or perennial 

 herbs, often hirsute, with small yellow flowers. 



B. Columnae, Ten .2 to .4. Leaves obovate-cuneate, to 

 oblong-lanceolate and linear, dentate or entire. Stem nearly naked 



— Spring — Fields; common throughout. (Fig. 35.) 



