CRUCIFER^. (MUSTARD FAMILY.) 



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F. clypeata, L. If .4 to .8. 



Root and lower stem-leaves oblong 

 spathulate, upper oblong, or oblong- 

 linear, all entire or repand, Silicles 

 elliptical, ovate-elliptical, to obo- 

 vate-elliptical ; style apiciilate ; 

 seeds 3-8, usually broader than 

 wing — Spring — Rocky places in 

 mountains, throughout. 



Var. rostrata, Post. Style 

 half or one-third a^ long as breadth 

 of pod. iF. rostrata^ Sclienlc.) 



Var. macroptera, Post. 

 Wing as broad as or broader than 

 seed. (i^. maoro2ytera, Ey.) 



Fig. 28. 



Fig. 29. 



Pod of F. clypeata, 



Pod of F, clypeata with 

 valves removed to show seeds. 



Var. obovata, Post. Pods obovate. (F. obovata, Boiss.) 



Var. eriocarpa, Post. Pods densely woolly. {F. eriocarjm, D C.) 



29. AUBRIETIA, Adanson. 



Calyx erect, bisaccate Petals clawj&d, limb entire or retuse. Sili- 

 cic ovate-oblong ; style apiculate ; valves convex ; septum with 1-2 

 longitudinal folds, and numerous, transverse, minute areolae ; seeds in 

 2-rows, numerous, minute — Tufted, perennial herbs, with short 

 branching wool, and pink or white flowers, 



A. Liibaiiotica, Boiss. If .1 to .15, S23reading, cauescent. 

 Leaves oblong-deltoid, entire or with a tooth at each angle. Fruiting 

 racemes flexuous. Valves nerveless — Summer — Alpine and sub- 

 alpine regions of Lebanon ; Coelesyria. 



30. COI.UTEOCARPUS, Boiss. 



Calyx erect, equal at base. Petals clawed, with entire limb. Sili- 

 cic papyraceous, inflated, ovate, dehiscent only at apex ; style apicu- 

 late ; valves reticulate, 1 -nerved ; septum marginal, incomplete ; seeds 

 wingless — Perennial, glabrous, tufted herbs, with white flowers and 

 habit of Thlaspi. 



C. reticulatus, Lam. If Leaves rigid ; the radical rosetted, 

 tapering at base, linear-oblong, sharply 3-4-dentate on both sides ; 

 stem-leaves entire, ovate or oblong, acute. Raceme before flowering 

 capitate, afterwards somewhat elongated — Summer — Alpine and 

 subalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Jebel Qaisun, near Damascus. 



31. KCEXIOA, Adanson. 



Calyx erect, equal. Petals entire, white. Silicle flattened, nearly 

 orbicular ; septum reticulate ; seeds margined — Annual or perennial 

 herbs, canescent with bipartite hairs. 



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