100 



CRUCIFER^. (mustard FAMILY.) 



Fig. 44 



Pods of Myagrum perfoliatum. 



M. perfoliatum, L. .3. Leaves 

 entire or repand, the lower oblong, taper- 

 ing into a petiole ; the upper oblong to 

 lanceolate, auricled. Pedicel thick club- 

 shaped, shorter than the pod — Spring 

 Fields ; Coelesyria to Hauran, Damas- 

 cus Aleppo, and northward and eastward. 



58. EUCL.IDIUM, R. Br. Euclidium. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals oblong-spathulate. Fila- 

 ments free, toothless. Silicles small ovate, 2-celled, 

 the sutures of the indehiscent valves manifest ; style (in Fig. 45 

 ours) permanent, awl-shaped; stigma bilobed ; seeds 1 

 in each cell, pendulous.-— Annual, rigid, dichotomous 

 herbs, with small, sessile, white flowers. 



E. Syriaciim, L. .1, hirsute with branching 

 hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire or repand. Sili- 

 cles scabrous — Spring — Fields and roadsides ; Hauran po^s of 



in Hums Aleppo, and northward, and eastward. Euclidium 



w xxiAiiL , i:-ir Syriacum 



59. OCHTHODIUM, DC. Ochthodium. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals clawed, oblong-spathulate. 

 Filaments dilated, toothless. Silicles leathery, indehiscent, globular- 

 cubical, with tubercled-echinate angles, 2-celled ; style short, pyra- 

 midal ;' -seeds 1 in each cell, pendulous — Annual, branching herbs, 

 with yellow flowers. 



O. iEgyptiacum, L. .3 to 1, very sparingly hirsute. Leaves 

 not auricled, the lower pinnatipartite or lyrate ; the uppermost lanceo- 

 late entire. Fruiting racemes often .3 to .4 long, loose ; pedicels 

 stiff', longer than pods -— Spring — Fields ; common. 



Fig. 46 



Rae«m« of Ochthodium iEgyptiacum, showing a leaf, immature fruits, and flowers. 

 60. BUIVIAS, R. Br. Bunias. 



Calyx erect or spreading, equal at base. Petals clawed, oblong- 

 spathulate. Filaments free, toothless. Silicles nut-like, 4-angled, 

 winged, ovate, 4 to 3-celled ; style pyramidal ; seeds 1 m each cell, 

 pendulous, spoon-shaped ~ Yellow flowered herbs. 



