104 CRUCIFEKiE. (mustard FAMILY.) 



lower joint 1-2-seeded — Spring — Wadies about Dead Sea. Borders 

 of Et-Tih, and southward to Egypt and Sinai. 



67. HUSSONIA, Boiss. Hussonia. 



Calyx bisaccate at base. Petals clawed, linear-oblong. Filaments 

 toothless. Loments slender, elongated ; lower joint short, terete, 

 1-2-celled, seeds 1-2 in each cell, pendulous ; upper joint oo -celled, 

 each cell withl cylindrical-linear seed; beak long — Annual desert 

 herbs with aspect of Erucaria, but well distinguished by the long, 

 slender, and contorted pods. 



M, imcata, Boiss. .2 to .3, scabrous below, glabrous above, 

 flexuous, twining among shrubs. Leaves pinnatisect, lobes linear to 

 oblong, entire or dentate to pinnatifid. Loments short pedicelled, 

 .03 to .04 long, curved or contorted; beak hooked — Spring — Et- 

 Tih and southward. 



6§. ERUCARIA, Gsertn. Erucaria. 



Calyx erect, equal at base. Petals obovate, clawed. Filaments 

 toothless. Loments 2-jointed, slender ; lower joint terete, dehiscent, 

 longer than upper, 2-celled, 2-valved ; seeds 2-6 in each cell, pendu- 

 lous ; upper joint indehiscent, ovate or ensiform, beaked, cells 1-3, 

 1-seeded — Annual, branching herbs, with pinnatisect leaves, and 

 lilac flowers. 



1. E. Aleppica, Gaertn. .3 to .6, nearly glabrous. Lobes 

 of lower leaves linear or oblong, pinnatifid, those of upper narrow, 

 elongated, entire. Loments stiff, .015 long, generally appressed ; 

 lower joint cylindrical^ many-seeded, upper ensiform, somewhat keeled, 

 1-seeded, nearly as long as lower ^ and as long as aicl-shajped style ■ — Feb- 

 ruary to June — Roadsides ; common throughout, especially in the 

 Ghor, and east of the Jordan. 



Var. puberula, Boiss. The whole plant puberulent. Between 

 Jerusalem and Jericho. 



Yar. latifolia, Boiss. Lobes of lower leaves broader. 



Yar. horizoiitali§5 Post. Ripe pods horizontal. Lobes of leaves 

 short, at right angles to axis. — Nedjha, south of Damascus. A plant 

 with the spreading pods of E. crassifolia. 



2. E. liiiearilo1>a, Boiss. Glabrous, tall. Lohes of leaves 

 linear awl-sJiajyed. Loments appressed ; upper joint slender, 1-2-seeded, 

 torulose, longer than JiMform style — Spring — Eastern highlands 

 (Tristram). 



3. E. microcarpa, Boiss. .1 to .3 papillose-scabrous. 



Lobes of lower leaves at riglit angles to axis, -flesJiy, sliort, pinnatifid ; 

 of upper linear, entire. Loments .006 long, ascending, glabrous or 

 scabrous ; lower joint torulose, flattened, many-seeded ; upper ovate, 

 half as long as lower, sliarter than style — February to April — Aroiand 

 Dead Sea, and in Et-Tih, and southward to Egypt. 



