CRUCIFEE,.E. (mustard FAMILY.) 105 



Var. major, Post. Plant larger, reaching .5. Pods with style 

 .008 long. Style as long as both joints — El-wadi-el-Abiadh in Et-Tih. 



4. E. crassifolia,Forsk. Kruml-es-Salirah. .3 to .4, glabrous. 

 Lobes of leaves oblong-linear to linear, entire, or sparingly dentate. 

 Young loments (Uflexed, at maturity nearly Iwrizontal, .016 long, lower 

 joint half as long as ujJi^er, cylindrical, many-seeded, upper ensiform, 

 somewhat keeled, thicker than lower ; lealc shorty awl-shaped — Spring 

 ■— South end of Dead Sea. 



69. RAPHANUS, L. Radish. F^l. 



Calyx erect, bisaccate at base. Petals long-clawed, obtuse or 

 retuse. Filaments free, toothless. Loments terete ; lower joint nar- 

 row, top-shaped, sterile, very short, sometimes ; upper elongated, 

 continuous, or necklace-like, with cells in 1 row breaking up into 

 segments ; seeds globular, pendulous — Annual or perennial herbs, 

 with lyrate lower leaves, and lilac or yellow, more or less purple- 

 veined flowers. 



* Upper joint of loment continuous^ tcitJi 2 longitudinal cells. 



1. R. §ativu§, L. © Common Radish. Fiji. .5 to 3, sparing- 

 ly papillose-hairy or glabrescent. Upper joint of loment .08 to .05 

 long, .01 thick, oblong-conical, inflected, glabrous, longer than beak — 

 Spring — Escaped from cultivation ; everywhere. 



2. R pug-ioiiiformis, Boiss. © .3 to .5, papillose-scabrous. 

 Upper joint of loment with beak .1 to .13 long, 2)apillose-scabrous, 

 seed bearing portion .005 thick, conical-cylindrical, 07ie third as lon^ 

 as beak — April to June — Moist grassy places ; Antilebanon to Banias, 

 and Galilee. 



* * Upper joint of loment 1-celled, but constricted between seeds. 



3. R. Rapliai&i§trum, L. Wild Radish. Fig. 53. 

 Jointed Charlock. Fijjaileh. .3 to 1, sparingly 

 scabrous. Upper joint of loment glabrous, .05 to 

 .08 long, ,004 thick, necldaceform, with two to 

 eight nodes, ribbed ; bealc 3-5 times as long as upper 

 node — ■ Spring — Fields ; common. 



* * * Upper joint of loment with 1-row of l-seeded 

 cells, separating with dijficulty. 



4. R. Auclieri, Boiss. © .5, scabrous 

 with retrorse hairs. Flowers yellow, not veined. 

 Pedicel short, recurved in fruit ; upper joint of 

 loment .06 to .1 long, .003 thick, strigose with re- 

 trorse hairs, somewhat tapering at base ; beah 

 short, indistinct — Spring — Syrian coast. Around 

 base of Hermon, Around Dead Sea. 



Pod of R. Raphanistrum, 



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