858 



Plants of the Tunjah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Brassica alba. 

 White mustard, 



Sujed rai. 



CRUCIFERiE. 



F. B.I. i. 157. 

 The Plains. 

 Ferozepore. 



medium size, annual, hairy, leaves stalked, hairy, 

 pinnately divided, segments ovate, toothed, capsules 1 in., 

 stalked, cylindrical, spreading, beaded, beak ^ in., flat- 

 tened, 1-2-seeded ; for other characters see Brassica nigra. 

 This plant is rarely cultivated as a field crop, usually 

 found in EngHsh gardens and eaten young with cress. 



Diplotaxis Griffithii, 



Burani muli, 

 sizgai. 

 Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 157. 

 The Plains west of 

 the Indus, 

 Kalabagh, 

 Salt Kange. 



medium size to large, annual, stout, hairy, leaves, 

 lower shortly stalked, oblong, entire or toothed, or pin- 

 nately divided, upper lanceolate, less divided, flowers 

 large, purplish or white, sepa.ls 4, spreading, equal at the 

 base, capsules 1|-2| in., linear, flattened, seeds many, 

 flattened, in 2 series, oblong ; for other characters see 

 Brassica. This plant is eaten as a pot herb. 



Eruca sativa, 



Taramira, duan. 



CRUCIFBRiE. 



F.B.Li. 158. 

 The Plains to 

 10,000 ft. 



Mashobra (Collett). 

 Lahore. 



medium size, annual, smooth or slightly hairy, bluish- 

 green waxy gloss ; leaves 1-4 in., pinnately divided, sessile, 

 segments coarsely toothed, terminal one largest, upper 

 leaves smaller, nearly entire ; flowers |-1 in. diam., pale 

 yellow or white, in racemes, darkly veined sepals 4, erect, 

 lateral pouched, petals 4, stalked, stamens 6, 2 short 

 stigma round ; capsule |-1 in., pressed against the stem,, 

 erect, oblong-ovoid, prolonged in a flat, pointed seed- 

 less beak, seeds in 2 rows, many, round. This plant is 

 cultivated as a field crop in winter, oil extracted from the 

 seeds is chiefly used for burning, too acrid for food. 



Capsella 

 Bursa- pastoris, 

 Shepherd's purse, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B.I. i. 159. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Eawalpindi. 

 Lahore. 



small, annual, root long, tapering, stem more or less 

 covered with forked hairs ; leaves radical, usually pinnate- 

 ly divided, sometimes lanceolate, terminal lobe broadly 

 triangular, segments nearly entire, upper pinnately divided, 

 lobed at the base, stem clasping, uppermost lanceolate ; 

 flowers -^Q in. diam., white, in racemes, sepals 4, spread- 

 ing, equal at the base, petals 4, short, stamens 6, 2 

 shorter ; capsules I in. diam., flat, triangular, seeds many, 

 in 2 rows. A common weed. 



