" Plants of the Punjah. 



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Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Arabis glabra, 

 Rock cress. 



Crucifee^. 

 F.B.Li. 135. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 



Arabis aurieulata, 



Crucifer.e. 

 F.B.Li. 135. 



The Plains west of 

 the Jhelum, 

 Margalla Pass, 

 Pindigheb (Douie). 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 



Arabis alpina, 



Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 135. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Muiree. 



large, annual or biennial, smooth except the leaves, 

 stem 1-3 ft.; leaves oblong-lanceolate, radical ones 3-4 in., 

 toothed, soon withering ; stem-leaves alternate, smooth, 

 entire, many, base lobed, lobes pointed ; flowers small, 

 white or pale yellow, inbractjess terminal racemes, sepals 4, 

 short, erect, lateral ones pouched, petals 4, stalked, stamens 

 6, 2 outer opposite lateral sepals, 4 inner longer in opposite 

 pairs, stigma nearly sessile ; pods 2-3| in., slender, erect, 

 crowded, smooth, linear, stalked, flat, seeds in 2 rows, 

 margined. 



small, annual, covered with star-shaped hairs, stem 

 3-12 in., sometimes branched, leaves ovate-oblong, radical 

 ones toothed, blunt-pointed, stem-leaves with blunt basal 

 lobes, flowers small, white, pods 1-1| in., hairy, narrow, 

 straight, slender, stigma small, sessile, seeds in one row, 

 very small, margined ; for other characters see the last 

 species. 



small, annual, covered with forked and star-shaped 

 hairs, sometimes slightly branched, leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, coarsely toothed, radical ones stalked, stem ones 

 sessile with blunt basal lobes, flowers ^ in. diam., white, 

 sepals smooth, petals spoon-shaped with long stalks, pods 

 1|-2| in., erect, hairj^, slender, seeds margined in one row ; 

 for other characters see the last species. 



Arabis 

 amplaxicaulis, 



Crucifbr^. 

 F. B. Li. 13G. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



Arabis nuda, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. I. i. 137. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 



like the last species but perennial, larger, pods hori- 

 zontal or drooping, seeds not margined, larger. 



small, annual, slightly hairy, leaves all radical, oblong- 

 ovate with a broad tip, entire or toothed, flow(>rs small, 

 yellow, on several erect, stiff, leafless, many-flowered stalks, 

 1-5 in. long, sepals equal, blunt, green, smooth, petals twice 

 as long as the sepals, pods 1-1 1 in., straight or curved, 

 linear, much flattened, erect, seeds not margined ; for 

 other characters see the last species described. 



