73 CRDCIFER<E. (MUSTARD FAMILY.) 



7. S. Paiiiionicuiii, Jacq. .3 to .5, more or less loosely hirsute 

 below. Lower leaves runcinate-pinnatipartite, lobes oblong -linear^ 

 dentate, with an ascending auricle at base ; upper leaves pinnate^ with 

 linear leaflets. Flowers nearly .01 long; calyx spreading ; pods .09' 

 long, .0015 broad, spreading, glabrous — May and June — Tripoli, 

 Buqa', and Damascus, to Aleppo, and northward, and eastward. 



Var. rig^iduluni, Boiss. Salih. .15 to .3. Lobes of upper leaves 

 short — Sinai, and perhaps et-Tih. 



8. S. erysimoides, Desf . Thmowdt. .15 to. 3, nearly glabro^. 

 Leaves runcinate-pinnatifid, lobes oblong^ dentate, not auricled at base. 

 Flowers .002 long; calyx somewhat spreading ; pods .02 to .035 long, 

 .001 broad, horizontal, glabrous — Spring — Jericho to Ghor-es-Safieh, 

 and southward to Sinai. 



t + Fruiting pedicels somewhat lengthened, slender. Septum thin. 



9. S, Irio, L. (D .6, glabrous. Leaves runcinate-pinnatisect; 

 lobes oblong-lanceolate, toothed, not auricled. Flowers .003 long; 

 pods .05 long, .001 broad, erect-spreading, four to five times as long 

 as pedicels — March to June — Roadsides and waste places; every- 

 where. 



10. S. I>ainascenuiii, Boiss. ct Gaill. (D .4 to .G, hirsute, 

 with spreading and retrose hairs. Lower leaves lyrate-runcinate ; lobes 

 somewhat dentate, the lower minutely auricled at loioer edge. Flowers 

 .005 long; pods .05 to .06 long, erect-spreading, six to eight times as 

 long as pedicel — May and June — Subalpine Lebanon; Wadi-el-Qarn 

 (Antilebanon) ; Damascus. 



11. S. gfrandiflorum, Post (Plant. Postian, I, 3). .4 to .6, 



sparingly hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves not auricled at base, 

 runcinate, the lower lanceolate, acutely dentate or incised; lobes of 

 upper leaves linear, entire or dentate ; flowers lemon-yelloio to cream- 

 colored, .014 long, showy ; calyx erect, purplish, less than half as long 

 as petals; lamina of petal rounded; pods .05 long, .001 broad, spread- 

 ing, short-pedicelled, glabrous or sparingly hairy, short-beaked ; stigma 

 bilobed — April — Syrian Desert to Aintab, and eastward. 



***** Flowers .003 long, yellow. Pods awl-shaped. Septum thin. 



12. S. officinale, L. .4, retrosely hairy, or glabrescent. 

 Leaves runcinate; lobes 2-6 pairs, those of lower leaves ovate-oblong, 

 the terminal truncate, those of upper leaves linear-lanceolate ; pods .015 

 long, .0015 broad at base, appressed to stem — Spring — Waste places; 

 everywhere. 



****** Flowers .002 longy cream-colored, bracteate. Pods terete. 

 Septum spongy. 



13. S. runcinatuin, Lag. .3, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 acutely runcinate-dentate. Flowers solitary ; pods hardly .02 long, 

 .0014 broad, somewhat incurved — K-^xW to June ~ Et-Tih to Hauran, 

 Damascus, Aleppo, and northward. 



Var. Tillosum, Boiss. Pubescent throughout— Jebel QaisOn, 

 (Damascus). 



