Farsctia.} x. CRUCIFEIUE. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 141 



Linn. Soc. v. 147 ; Griff. Itin. Notes, 366, n. 11. F. ovalis, Boiss. Diarj. viii. 

 32. F. Edgeworthii, H.f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 147. 



PUNJAB, in the Salt range, Edgeworth, &c. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Arabia, N. Africa. 



A rigid, hoary undershrnb, with forked virgate branches. Leaves linear. Flowers 

 spicate, distant. Calyx cylindrical. Sepals |-^ in., hoary. Petals linear, obtuse, 

 twice as long as the sepals. Pods -f by in., erect, broad, elliptic-oblong; valves 

 flat, midrib indistinct or sometimes prominent; style very short. Seeds usually 2- 

 seriate. 



12. AXiYSSUIK, Linn. 



Small branching herbs or undershrubs, often rigid, pubescent, hoary, stel- 

 late or scaly. Leaves linear, entire. Flowers small, yellow or white, in ebrac- 

 teate racemes. Sepals short, erect or spreading, equal at the base. Petals 

 with short claws, entire or 2-fid. Filaments often winged or with tooth-like 

 appendages. Pods short, flattened parallel to the septum or turgid, orbi- 

 cular elliptic ovate obovate or oblong ; valves flat or concave or convex in 

 the centre and flat at the margin ; septum membranous, entire or perfo- 

 rated ; style varying in length. Seeds 2-10, flattened ; cotyledons accum- 

 bent. DISTRIB. Species about 90, natives of S. Europe, Central Asia, and 

 Southern Siberia. 



Alyssum (Kceniga] maritimum is cultivated in gardens in N.-W. India. 



1. A. minimum, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 464; leaves linear-oblong or 

 obovate, filaments winged, valve of pod tumid in the centre. Boiss. FL 

 Orient, i. 28L ; H. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 148. 



KASHMIR, alt. 4-6000 ft., T. T. DISTRIB. Affghanistan, W. Asia, S. Europe. 



A hoary herb, with numerous stiff stems or branches, 68 in. long, spreading from 

 the base, ascending, everywhere except the petals and pods covered with stellate hairs 

 or scales. Racemes many-flowered, lengthening during flowering. Petals minute, 

 linear, white or faintly yellow. Filaments with entire or toothed wings. Pods as long 

 as their pedicels, orbicular, slightly notched, glabrous ; style very short, acute. 



2. A. canescens, DC. Prodr.i. 164; leaves narrow-linear, filaments 

 not winged, valve of pod flat. H. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. 149. A. 

 tenuifolium, DC. Syst. ii. 322. Pilotrichum canescens and elongatum, 

 C. A. Hey. in Led. FL Alt. iii. 66; Ic. PL Ross. t. 273. 



Western Himalaya in KUMAON, and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 14-17,000 ft.; T. T., &c. 

 DISTRIB. S. Siberia. 



A small, very hoary ,tomentose plant; woody stems short tufted. Leaves 1 in., 

 densely tufted, obtuse, erect. Racemes corymbose, elongating in the fruit. Petals 

 orbicular-obovate, twice as long as the sepals, white. Pods in., erect, on short filiform 

 pedicels, ovate, tomentose ; style slender, half the length of the pod ; stigma capitate. 

 Seeds 2, not margined. 



13. DRABA, Linn. 



Small tufted herbs with stellate pubescence. Leaves entire, radical rosu- 

 late. Flowers white or yellow, rarely purple, in short ebracteate racemes, 

 or corymbs. Sepals short, equal at the base. Petals entire or emarginate, 

 claws short. Filaments simple. Pods compressed or turgid, elliptic oblong 

 or ovoid, rarely linear ; valves flat, rarely convex ; septum membranous ; style 

 short or long. Seeds 2-seriate, ovoid, compressed, not margined ; cotyledons 

 accumbent, rarely incumbent. DISTRIB. Species about 80, natives of N. 

 temp., arctic, and alpine regions, and of the Andes of S. America. 



