136 x. CRUCIFERJE. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) [Anibis. 



A. albida, Stev. ; DC. I.e. 142. A. pterosperma, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. 

 tioc. xx. 33. 



Western Himalaya, from KUMAON to MARRI, alt. 5-12,000 ft. DISTRIB. Alpine and 

 arctic Europe, Asia, N. America, Abyssinia. 



Stems simple, or slightly branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, seldom entire, 

 radical spreading, petioled ; cauline sessile. Flowers \ in. diam , white. ^ /^/As- 

 glabrous. Petals spathulate, with long claws. Pods 1^-24 in., narrow-linear, erect 

 when young, often spreading when ripe ; pedicels slender, glabrous or hairy. The 

 Indian specimens differ from the more western in the glabrous sepals. 



4. A. amplexicaulis, Edyew. in Tr<t,,.<. Linn. Soc. xx. 31; hispidly 

 pilose, leaves coarsely toothed, cauline with obtuse basal auricles, pot Is 

 horizontal or drooping, flowers large. //./. < T. m Jnnm. Linn. $ (t c. v. 142. 



Western Himalaya, from KIM \>\ to KASHMIK, alt. 4500-9000 ft. 



A perennial resembling A. aljnna, but larger, more robust, leaves broader, and hori- 

 zontal on almost drooping pods. Stem 6-24 in., suberect, simple or slightly branched, 

 hirsute, especially below. Radical leaves J-4 in. long. ohovate-oblong ; t-ani, 

 llacemes long, lax, many-flowered. Floir,-rs wh : .inear. acute ; .style slender 



elongated. /Seeds larger than those of A. alpina, wingless. 



*** Cauline leaves many (few in A. <"/<// ',, /''"//'/), not auricled at the 

 base. Flowers racemed. Pods glabrous. Seeds 1-seriate. 



5. A. tibetica, //./<& T. J<>>'/-/i. Lnm. Soc. v. 1 !:; : perennial, stellately 



hairy, leaves lobed or toothed, flowers small, pods suberect falcate. A. 

 Thomson!, II. f. I.e. 



In K ASHMII; and WKMT.K.N TIIH.T. alt. 9-16,000 ft., T. T., &c. 



Stems 4-8 in., numerous, subrivrt, brandn-d. Icaty. /,'tn/ii-nl I, are* rosulatc, petioled, 

 obovate or spatnolftte, more or less hairy; upper niuHnc scssilf, lanceolate or narrowly 

 spathulate, coarsely toothed or entire. /'/.,//* /-.s- nuniep.us, \\hite or pale pink. X//'//.s- 

 acute, sparsely stellately hairy. /'</<>/.-, twice as loiiu' a- the sepals, spathulate claw 

 short. Pods l in., narrow linear, tal. ate, ^lal-rous ; valves vt-iiu d ; mi'lrib distinct. 

 >''<< /x small, not mar^im-d --The fruitin-: sjieciniens relerred in Journ. Linn. Soc. to 

 A. Thomsoni belong probably to a 



6. A. glandulosa, A'<i,\ ii- t\ir. L'/<. PL !<<><>,,<i. in Hull. ,SVw. Im/>. 

 . xv. 147; annual, glandular, Iruvrs [pinnatitid, flowers small, pods 

 suberect obtuse. II. f. & T. /// Jour,/. Linn. Sc. v. 143. 



Tibetan region of SIKKIM, alt. 14-16,000 ft., JLj.; WKSTKKX TIIIKT near Ladak, 

 Stcn-ai-t.l 



Stem short, spreading, prostrate, leafy. IttH/.'rrtl I, ares ^-1 in., petioled ; ranline 

 ^-4 "'-I M>ss il ( ', linear or entire. Pctab & in., spathulate, claw short, pale re- 

 white. Pod* 1 in. linear; style short tapering; pedicel short, thick, erect; valves 

 concave, veined, with a faint midrib. /Seeds small, oblong, slightly flattened, not 

 margined. 



7. A. taraxacifolia, Anders. ; annual, hairy, stems spreading, radical 

 leaves many long-petioled lyrate-pinnatitid or lobed, flowers few distant, 

 pedicels slender, pods very narrow, style long acute. 



PUNJAB ; in sandy places near Peshawur, Stewart. 



Stems 6-9 in., numerous, almost leafless, weak, glabrous above, subhispid near the 

 base. Itadical leaves rough, hairy ; terminal lobe large, rounded, entire, rarely toothed ; 

 lateral short, narrow, entire obtuse; petiole 2-3 in. ; cauline leaves few, se.-silc, oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire or sinuate-toothed. Sepals pubescent or glabrous. Petals i in., 

 narrow-oblong, pale rose or white ; pedicels slender, spreading or suberect, glabrous. 

 Pods 14~2 in., suberect horizontal or decurved, linear, flattened, glabrous; pedicel 

 -1 in. ; valves thin, veinless. Closely allied to A. arenotsa, L., but differs in the form 

 of the leaves and length of the pod. 



