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CRtrCIPERiB. (mustard FAMILY.) 



M. perfoliatum, L. .3. Leaves 

 entire or repand, the lower oblong, taper- 

 ing into a petiole ; the upper oblong to 

 lanceolate, auricled. Pedicel thick club- 

 shaped, shorter than the pod — Spring 

 — Fields ; Coelesyria to Hauran, Damas- 

 cus, Aleppo, and northward and eastward. 



Fig. 44 



Pods of Myagrum perfoliatum. 



5§. EUCLiIDIUM, R. Br. Euclidium. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals oblong-spathulate. Fila- 

 ments free, toothless. Silicles small ovate, 2-celled, 

 the sutures of the indehiscent valves manifest ; style (in Fig. 45 

 ours) permanent, awl-shaped; stigma bilobed ; seeds 1 

 in each cell, pendulous. — Annual, rigid, dichotomous 

 herbs, with small, sessile, white flowers. 



E. Syriacum, L. .1, hirsute with branching 

 hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire or repand. Sili- 

 cles scabrous — Spring — Fields and roadsides ; Hauran 

 to Hums, Aleppo, and northward, and eastward. 



Pod3 of 

 Euclidium 

 Syriacum 



59. OCHTHODIIIM, DC. Ochthodium. 



Calyx spreading, equal at base. Petals clawed, oblong-spathulate. 

 Filaments dilated, toothless. Silicles leathery, indehiscent, globular- 

 cubical, with tubercled-echinate angles, 2-celled ; style short, pyra- 

 midal ; 'Seeds 1 in each cell, pendulous — Annual, branching herbs, 

 with yellow flowers. 



O. iEgyptiaciini, L. .3 to 1, very sparingly hirsute. Leaves 

 not auricled, the lower pinnatipartite or lyrate ; the uppermost lanceo- 

 late, entire. Fruiting racemes often .3 to .4 long, loose ; pedicels 

 stiff, longer than pods — Spring — Fields; common. 



Fig. 46 



Racem« of Ochthodium iEgyptiacum, showing a leaf, immature fruits, and flowers. 



60. BIJIVIAS, R. Br. Bunias. 



Calyx erect or spreading, equal at base. Petals clawed, oblong- 

 spathulate. Filaments free, toothless. Silicles nut-like, 4-angled, 

 winged, ovate, 4 to 2-celled ; style pyramidal ; seeds 1 in each cell, 

 pendulous, spoon-shaped — Yellow flowered herbs. 



