156 x. CRUCIFER^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) [Brassica. 



SECT. I. Melanosinapis. Sepals spreading. Pods terete or sub-tetra- 

 gonal ; valves 1-nerved ; beak slender, seedless. 



1. B. nigra, Koch.; leaves all petioled, lower lyrate, upper entire, 

 racemes naked, pods slender appressed to the stem. //./. <( T. in Jnnrn. 

 Linn. tioc. v. 170. Sinapis nigra, Linn.; Wall. Cat. 4790. S. erysimoides, 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 123. 



Cultivated in various parts of India and Tibet. 



Annual, 2-3 ft. high, riuid, branched, more or less hispid. Leaves 4-8 in. Flowers 

 J~4 in. diam., bright yellow. Pod |~4 i Q -> subulate; valves keeled, torulose ; culls 

 3-5-seeded. Seeds oblong. 



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SECT. II. Eubrassica. Sepk erect. Pad sessile, cylindric, beak or 

 conical, seedless; valves l-nerved. (The Cabbage, />'. <//< />/<<(/, with its cul- 

 tivated forms, the Kale, .Sprouts, Cole-rabi, Cauliflower and Broccoli, belong 

 to this section.) 



2. B. campestris, Linn.; erect, lower leaves lyrato, upper an 

 flowers corymbose, beak of pod flat seedless. //. /'. <( T. in ,L>nrn.. Linn. 

 &M\ v. Hi'). Sinapis brassieata, Linn. fc>. dieliotoma and >S. glauca, 



Fl. Ind. iii. 117, 118. 



Cultivated throughout India. 



An erect, stout, simple or branched, glabrous or slightly hispid annual, 1-3 ft. hi'j;h. 

 Lfaves lai-^c, petroled, inure or less pinnatiiid, upper oblong or lanceolate. / 

 large, bright \cl:o\v . j edicels '\ in., ascending or spreading. ]\><Jt 1 .J.-3 in., glalu-ous, 



Fnlf rect ; valves with midrib and ilexuous veins. >'t<r/.s Mnall, siu-ioth, jiale or dark. 



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1. ( \MrK>n;is jn-dpor; root tuberous, leaves glaucous, radical hispid, upper 

 glabrous, petals persistent till tin: coryml. Imglliens. v ^imf I'M/I THI'II'HI.) 



Si I;MV _'. NAITS, L<mi. v sp.); root l'u-ilo!iii, leaves all glabn>us and glaucous, petals 

 deciduous before the corymb lengthens. (L'ape, Cole seed; yields C'uha and 

 oil*. ) 



Si nsr. :!. JJ \i-.v, Linn, (sp.) ; root tuberous, lower leaves hispid not glaucous, upper 

 glaucous and glabrous, petals deciduous. Common Turnip. 



3. B. trilocularis, //./. <( T. in Jonm. Linn. Soc.v. 170 ; lower leaves 

 lyrate, cauline ainplexicaul aurklud, pods pendulous long-beaked 3-4- 

 valved. iSinapis trilocularis, Jfn.rb. /'/. ///</. iii. liil. 



Subtropical Central and Kastt-ru Iliinalaya, NII-AI., SIKKIM, and ASSAM, in fields. 



Habit of Subspecies AV/yn/x, but easily dilltingaisbea by the remarkable pendulous 3-4- 

 celled and valved pods, which are % 2.|,-3 in. long; beak l| in., terete, taperiig; valves 

 with midrib and tlexuous lateral nerves. Seeds large, globose, smooth, pale or dark. 



4. B. quadrivalvis, //./. <r T. in J<i,-n. Linn. &>c. v. 1G9; liabit and 

 foliage of JJ. triloru/arix, but pods smaller, on erect short pedicels, 4-celled 

 and valved, beak flattened. 



Cultivated fields of B. campestris in the UPPER GANGETIC valley ; banks of the 

 Soane, H. f. 



SECT. III. Brassicoides. Sejxils erect. Pods sessile, beak seed-bearing ; 

 valves 1 -ribbed. 



5. B. Tournefortii, Gouan ; Boiss. FL Orient, i. 393 ; radical leaves 

 hispid runcinate-lyrate, cauline linear-lanceolate, flowers small pale yellow, 

 pods short compressed. B. Stocksii, //./. & T. in Journ. Linn. ISoc. v. 171. 



UPPER GANOETIC valley ; between Ajiuir and Delhi, Jac'juemont ; WESTERN TIBET 

 (cultivated), JSdgeworth, DISTRIB. Westward to Spain and Italy. 



