CRUCIFER^. (mustard FAMILY.) 99 



54. TEXIERA, Jaub. et Sp. Texieba. 



Calyx loose, equal at base. Petals oblong, clawed. Filaments 

 free, toothless. Silicles globose, glabrous, indehiscent, with mem- 

 branous epicarp, thick spongy mesocarp, and crustaceous, unequally 

 crested endocarp. Seed 1, pendulous — Glabrous, ^iq 41 



glaucous herbs, with small, pale yellow 

 flowers. 



T. gla§tifolia, DC. .15 to .3, branching 

 from base or above. Lower leaves oblong, sin- 

 uate-dentate or pinnatifid ; upper oblong-lanceo- 

 late, sagittate, entire. Pedicels longer than 

 pods, defleied — Spring — Fields: Zahleh to „ . ^t, . 



Damascus, Aleppo, and northward. giastifoiia. 



55. CAL.EPI1VA, Adans. Calepina. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals obovate. Filaments free, 

 toothless. Silicles ovate spherical, inde- yiq 42 



hiscent, beaked with a short, angular 

 style, obsoletely 4-ribbed, reticulated, 

 l-c#lled; seed pendulous —Annual, white 

 flowered herbs. 



C. Corvini, All. Ped. .3 to .6 „„_„ r r^ ^ ■ n ■ ■ 



, 1 -n, , ^ ij. J T J. Raceme of Calepina Corvini 



glabrous. Root-leaves resetted, lyrate ; 



stem-leaves oblong, auricled, dentate. Pedicels spreading, filiform, 



twice or thrice as long as pods — Spring — Fields ; common. 



56. SCHIMPERA, Hochst. et Steud. Schimpera. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals equal, entire. Filaments 

 free, toothless. Silicles indehiscent ; cell ovate, crustaceous, tubercled, 

 ending in a linear, compressed beak. Seed 1, pendulous — Desert 

 annuals, with minute yellow flowers. 



S. Arabica, Hochst. et St. Es-Sufeird FT(5^. 43 



.1 to .25, sparingly papillose-puberulent. Root- 

 leaves rosetted oblong, runcinate-dentate or pin- 

 natifid; stem-leaves linear, entire, auricled. Cell 

 of silicle ovate ; beak oblique, thrice its length 

 — March and April — Et-Tih and southward. 



Pods of Schimpera 

 Arabica 



57. MYAORUM, L. Myagrum. 



Calyx somewhat bisaccate at base, nearly erect. Petals oblong. 

 Longer filaments connate at base. Silicle indehiscent, leathery-corky 

 obcordate, swelling into two rounded knobs at apex ; style short, 

 4-angled ; seed 1 , pendulous — Annual glaucous herbs, with minute, 

 pale yellow flowers. 



