88 CRUCIFERiE. (mustard FAMILY.) 



long, reticulate pods ; style half as long as ;pod — Spring — Fields ; 

 Beirut. 



2. C. liispida, Boiss. Patulous-hispid. Leaves dentate or 

 repand. Fruiting racemes .15 to .25, loose. Pedicels spreading, once 

 and a half to twice as long as glabrous, margined, .003 long pods ; style 

 as long as 'pod^ or longer — SjDring — Fields ; Ba'albek to Palmyra, 

 and northward, and eastward. 



Var. la§iocarpa, Post. Pods hispid. Style longer than pod — 

 Qaldun to Aintab, and eastward. {C. lasiocarpa, Boiss. et Bed.) 



* Pods linear. Seeds in 1 row. 



3. C. aiiomala, Boiss. et Haussk. © Scabrous below with 

 patulous stellate haii's. Stem much branched. Leaves nearly entire. 

 Fruiting racemes long. Pedicels one-third as long as linear-cylindrical 

 .01 to .015 long, .0015 broad pod ; style thrice as long as hreadth of pod 

 — Spring — Fields near Hharran, northern Syria. 



36 (a). CHRYSOCHAMELA, Boiss. 



Calyx equal at base. Petals entire. Filaments free toothless. 

 Silicle elliptical to ovate, turgid, valves somewhat keeled, 1 -nerved — 

 Dwarf yellow-flowered annuals, with sagittate-auriculate leaves, and 

 zigzag fruiting racemes. 



C. Telutina, DC. .08 to .15, canescent with branching hairs. 

 Root-leavas oblong-lanceolate, dentate to pinnatipartite. Silicle .003 

 to .004 long ; pedicel capillary, twice or thrice as long as pod ; style 

 short — Sprmg — Hills about Aleppo. 



Calyx equal at base. Petals obovate, entire. Filaments toothless. 

 Silicles triangular-bbcordate or ovate ; valves boat-shaped, wingless ; 

 cells many-seeded — Annual herbs with rosetted 

 root-leaves, and white flowers. 



1. C. bursa-pastori§, L. Shepherd's 

 Purse. .3 to .4, glabrous, or hispid with forked or 

 simple hairs. Root-leaves entire, repand, or runci- 

 nate-pinnatifid ; stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 auricled. Silicles triangular-dbcordate — February 

 to August — Roadsides everywhere. 



2, C. procumbens, L. Dwarf. Leaves ^ v a {c s ii 

 pinnatij^artite into elliptical or lanceolate lobes, or bursa-pastorismagni- 

 undivided. Silicles ovate^ obtuse or siMruncate — fied two diameters. 

 May - Valley of Hasr^n, Lebanon. Philistine on^eVS': "move'd S 



coast. Jericho. show seeds, 



38. LiEPIDIUlI, L. Pepperwort. Pepper-grass. 



Calyx equal at base. Petals entire. Stamens 4 or 3, toothless, 

 free. Silicles flattened, orbicular, ovate, or elliptical, 2-celled, dehis- 

 cent ; valves wingless or winged ; cells 1-3-ovuled — Herbs or shrubs 

 with minute white or yellowish flowers. 



