38 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Cardamine. 



clawed. Pods narrow-linear, compressed, tapering at both ends ; 

 valves elastic, with a distinct midrib ; stigma entire or 2-lobed. 

 Seeds flattened, 1-seriate ; cotyledons accumbent. 



Lower leaves trif oliolate ; pods 1-5 in. long 1. africana. 



Lower leaves 5- or more- f oliolate ; pods '5-1 in. long : 



Petals ; leaflets sinuate 2. trichocarpa. 



Petals 4; leaflets entire 3. hirsuta. 



1. CARDAMINE AFRICANA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 137 ; W. & A. 20 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 941. 



W. Ghats from the Nilgiris to the Travancore Hills at 

 4,000 to 7,500 ft. ; Sivagiri Hills in Tinnevelly ; in woods. 



2. CARDAMINE TRICHOCARPA, Hochst. C. subumbellata, Hook. ; 

 F. B. I. i. 138. C. borbonica, Pers. ; W. & A. 20. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris and Pulneys, above 6,000 ft. ; 

 hills of Mysore ; in woods. 



3. CARDAMINE HIRSUTA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 138 ; W. & A. 20. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris and Pulneys, a weed, probably 

 introduced. 



3. Capsella, Moench. 



Small branched herbs. Radical leaves in a rosette, entire or 

 pinnatifid. Sepals spreading, not pouched at the base. Pods 

 obcordate ovate-oblong or cuneate, laterally compressed ; valves 

 boat-shaped ; septum very narrow ; style short. Seeds many, in 

 2 rows, narrowly margined ; cotyledons incumbent. 

 CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS, Moench ; F. B. I. i. 159. 

 A small herb with pinnatifid root leaves and auricled stem 

 ones ; pods obcordate. 



A weed of cultivation, especially at higher elevations. The 

 Shepherd's Purse. 



The following species occur as escapes from cultivation, as 

 casual weeds, or in cultivation only : 



BARBAREA PRAECOX, E. Br. " Winter Cress." Nilgiris. 



BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS, Linn. Cultivated in various forms as 

 the "Turnip," "Rape," " Kohl-Rabi," etc. 



BRASSICA JUNCEA, Hook. f. & Thorns. Cultivated and found run 

 wild, occasionally, as by Gough in the Kunbahs of the Nilgiris, in 

 a locality to which it would hardly be considered introduced. The 

 " Indian Mustard." Vern. Hind. Rai. 



