Barbara.] x. CRUCIFEIUE. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 135 



2. B. elata, //. /. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 140 ; biennial, simple, pods 

 faintly 1-nerved. 



Inner ranges of SIKKIM, alt. 11-13,000 ft., always near villages, H.f. 



Glabrous or sparsely hairy. Stem 2-3 ft., stout, generally simple, striated. Radical 

 leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, terminal lobe oblong obtuse sinuate ; cauline leaves auricled, 

 obovate, entire sinuate-lobed or coarsely toothed. Racemes very long, few-flowered. 

 Petals bright yellow. Pedicels erect, thick, shorter than the pod. Pods ^- in., thick, 

 turgid ; style short, distinct ; valves convex, midrib indistinct. 



7. ARABXS, Linn. 



Glabrous or pubescent annuals or perennials, sometimes with stellate 

 pubescence. Radical leaves spathulate, often rosulate ; cauline sessile, 

 entire or toothed. Flowe^-s racemed, ebracteate, white rarely purple or 

 rose-coloured. Sepals short, erect, lateral saccate. Petals entire, usually 

 clawed. Pod long, slender, linear, compressed ; valves smooth, flat, keeled 

 or ribbed ; septum linear, membranous ; stigma subsessile. Seeds ovoid or 

 orbicular, compressed, margined or wingless, 1- or sub-2-seriate ; cotyledons 

 accumbent. DISTRIB. Species about 130, abundant in N. Asia, Europe, and 

 N. America, rare in the S. hemisphere. 



* Cauline leaves many, auricle at the base. Flowers racemose. Pods 

 glabrous. Seeds 2-seriate. 



1. A. glabra, Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 36; stem 1-3 ft., radical leaves 

 obovate-oblung hispid with stellate hairs, flowers small, pods erect crowded 

 glabrous. H.f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc.v. 140. A. perfoliata, Lam.; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, i. 167. Turritis glabra, DC. Prodr. i. 142. Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 t. 44, f. 4346. T. rigida, Wall. Cat. 4783. 



Western Himalaya, from KUMAON to KASHMIR, alt. 6-10,000 ft. DISTRIB. Temp. 

 Europe, Asia, N. America ; Alps of Australia. 



A stiff, erect, glaucous annual or biennial. Stem generally simple, striated, gla- 

 brous or slightly hairy at the base. Radical leaves spreading, soon withering, entire or 

 sinuate-toothed or pinnately lobed, rough on both surfaces ; cauline oblong-lanceolate, 

 entire, auricled, glabrous. Flowers straw-coloured or white. Fruiting racemes much 

 elongated. Pods 2-34 i n -> pedicelled, narrow, linear ; valves flat, 1-nerved ; septum 

 crumpled. Seeds 2-seriate. 



** Cauline leaves many^ auricled at the base. Flowers racemose. Pods 

 usually hairy. Seeds 1-seriate. 



2. A. auriculata, Lam. Diet. i. 219 ; annual, stellately hairy, leaves 

 sinuate-toothed, cauline with obtuse or apiculate basal lobes, flowers small, 

 stigma sessile. Rich. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 39, f. 4334; H.f. & T. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. v. 141. A. Montbretiana and A. Aucheri, Boiss. I.e. 169, 170. 



In KASHMIR, alt. 5-6000 ft., T. T. DISTRIB. Affghanistan, W. Asia, Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Stem 3-12 in., erect, simple or somewhat branched. Radical leaves spreading, 

 petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse ; cauline ovate-oblong, obtuse, toothed. Racemes elon- 

 gate, lax. Flowers white. JFWs 1-14 in., hairy ?, narrow, straight, slender; stigma 

 small ; pedicel { in., stout, erect or spreading. Seeds 1-seriate, very small. 



3. A. alpina, Linn. ; annual, hoary with forked or stellate hairs, leaves 

 coarsely toothed, cauline with obtuse basal lobes, flowers large, pods erect 

 or ascending. DC. Prodr. i. 142 ; H.f.& T. in Jouru. Linn. >S'oc. v. 141. 



