92 CRUCIFERiB. (mustard FAMILY.) 



p. 425) 5 '2 or more; stem somewhat branched. Lower-leaves 

 on sterile branches obocate, petioled, limb .005 long, loaDy-margined ; 

 upper linear acute. Flowers .... Fruiting racemes . 1 long, loose ; 

 silicles obovate-orhicidar^ .004 long, retuse at base, scarcely so at 

 apex ; wings as broad as cells, radiate-iMcate^ involute, upper almost urn- 

 shaped crenate, at length fimbriate ; stigma sessile — Spring — AVoods 

 near Es-Salt. 



1 1 Silicles 2-celled ; cells 2-ovided, winged. 



8. iE. cordatum, DC. 5 -15 to .2, with few, rigid, leafy 

 stems. Leaves crowded, cordate or deltoid-cordate, clasping, .008 to .01 

 long, the upper acute. Flowering raceme capitate to oblong ; flowers 

 .006 long, sidpliur-colored. Fruiting raceme elongated ; silicles ovate, 

 truncate-retuse at apex ; wings somewhat dilated above, a little broader 

 than cell, repand ; style about as long as jjod — May and June -— Sub- 

 alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



* * * Annuals. Silicles ^-celled ; cells 2-d-ovided toith more or less 

 Jiattened wings, or 1-celled, 1-seeded, urn-sliaped, owing to convolution of 

 wing. Plants .1 to .25 high, tcitJi lower-leaves ovate, more or less petioled, 

 upper oblong -lonceolcde, sessile, cordate at base. 



t Fruiting racemes .05 to .1 long, comjoact but not spilced. 



9. M, cri§tatuiii, D.C. © Silicles usually of both kinds, the 

 two-celled orbicular, .008 in diameter, with coarsely-toothed toings 

 broader than cells, and style much shorter than oj)en sinus — Spring 



— Fields ; Hebron to Jerusalem, Aintab, and Aleppo. 



10. JE, Iieterocarpwni, J. Gay Silicles of both kinds, 

 the two-celled orbicular, .008 in diameter, with entire wings broader 

 than cells, and style shorter than closed sinus — Spring — Fields ; 

 Judea and Gilead to Ccele-Syria, Antilebanon, Aleppo, and north- 

 ward. 



11. JE, campylopteniin, Boiss. Silicles of both kinds, 

 the two-celled orbicular, .006 long, with entire icavy wings, broader 

 than cells and style longer than ovary, and much longer tlian open sinus, 

 much less in number than the smcdl, globular, urn-shaped, one-celled pods — 

 Spring — Fields ; Aleppo to Aintab. 



tt Fruiting racemes .01 to .04 long, forming hop-lihe spiTces. 



12. iE. Buxbaiimii, Fisch. Silicles all two-celled, or- 

 bicular, .01 long, with entire, flattened wings twice as broad as cells, and 

 a short style at bottom of deep, slit-like^ closed sinus — Spring — Fields ; 

 Korthern Syria and northward. 



41. Bl!$€UT£L.L.A, L. Buckler-Mustard. 



Sepals equal or saccate at base. Petals obovate, entire, clawed. 

 Stamens free, toothless. Silicles indehiscent, twin, much flattened ; 

 valves orbicular, separable from axis, 1-seeded — Annual or perennial 

 herbs, often hirsute, with small yellow flowers. 



B. Columnac, Ten .2 to .4. Leaves obovate-cuneate, to 

 oblong-lanceolate and linear, dentate or entire. Stem nearly naked 



— Spring — Fields; common throughout. (Fig. 35.) 



