CRUCIFER^. (MUSTARD FAMILY.) 105 



Var. major, Post. Plant larger, reaching .5. Pods with style 

 .008 long. Style as long as loth joints — El-wadi-el-Abiadh in Et-Tlh. 



4. E, cras8ifolia,Forsk. Krum'b-es-Salira'h. .3 to .4, glabrous. 

 Lobes of leaves oblong-linear to linear, entire, or sparingly dentate. 

 Young loments cUftexed, at maturity nearly Jwrisontal, .016 long, lower 

 joint half as long as U2?]jer, cylindrical, many-seeded, upper eusiform, 

 somewhat keeled, thicker than lower ; leak shorty awl-shaped — Spring 

 — South end of Dead Sea. 



69. RAPHAI^^US, L. Radish. Fiji. 



Calyx erect, bisaccate at base. Petals long-clawed, obtuse or 

 retuse. Filaments free, toothless. Loments terete ; lower joint nar- 

 row, top-shaped, sterile, rery short, sometimes ; upper elongated, 

 continuous, or necklace-like, with cells in 1 row breaking up into 

 segments ; seeds globular, pendulous — Annual or perennial herbs, 

 with lyrate lower leaves, and lilac or yellow, more or less purple- 

 veined flowers. 



* U2?per joint of loment continuous^ with 3 l&ngitudin/il celU, 



1. R. §ati¥U8, L. Common Radish. Fiji. .5 to 2, sparing- 

 ly papillose-hairy or glabrescent. Upper joint of loment .08 to .05 

 long, .01 thick, ohlong-conical, inflated, glabrous, longer than leak — 

 SjDring — Escaped from cultivation ; everywhere. 



2. R, pii^ioiiiforinis, Boiss. .3 to .5, papillose-scabrous. 

 Upper joint of loment with beak .1 to .13 long, papillose-scabrous, 

 seed bearing portion .005 thick, conical-cylindrical, one third as long 

 as beak — April to June — Moist grassy places ; Antilebanon to Banias, 

 and Galilee. 



* * Upper joint of loment 1-cdled, hut constricted between seeds. 



a. R. Raphaiiistrum, L. Wild Radish. Fig. 58> 



Jointed Charlock. Fijjaileh. .3 to 1, sparingly 

 scabrous. UjDper joint of loment glabrous, .05 to 

 .08 long, ,004 thick, necMace-form, with two to 

 eight nodes^ ribbed ; bealc 3-5 times as long as up>peT 

 node — Spring — Fields ; common. 



* * * Upper joint- of loment with l-i^oio of 1-seeded, 

 cells, separating with difficulty. 



4. R. Auclieri, Boiss. .5, iscabrous 

 with retrorse hairs. Flowers yellow, not veined. 

 Pedicel short, recurded in fruit ; upper joint of 

 loment .06 to .1 long, .003 thick, strigose with re- 

 trorse hairs, somewhat tapering at"^ basQ • beah 

 short, indistinct — Spring — Syrian coast. Around 

 base of Hermon, Around Dead Sea. 



Pod of R. Rapbanistrum, 

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