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Plants of the Punjab, 



Herbs, Unbranohed, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Cardamine 

 macrophylla, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. L i. 139. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-12,000 ft. 

 Sangri near 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Murree, Kashmir. 



Arabis glabra, 



Arabis 

 taraxicifolia, 



Sisymbrium 

 Wallichii, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. I. i. 149. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7 000 'ft. 

 Kashmir, 

 Salt Eaiige. 



Sisymbrium Irio, 

 London Rocket, 



Naktru a,jangli 

 t arson. 

 Crucifer^. 

 F. B. I. i. 150. 

 The Plains. 



medium size, perennial, rootstock creeping, stems 

 12-18 in., stout, smooth, streaked, leaves 6 in., radical 

 few, soon falling off, lobes 9, l|-3 in., irregularly, sharply, 

 deeply toothed, ending in a long nearly entire, tail-like 

 point, sometimes all pinnate, lobes of stem leaves smaller, 

 more numerous, flowers white, | in. long, crowded, pods 

 |-1 in., first erect, afterwards spreading, with very thick 

 margins ; for other characters see the last species. 



see Herbs, Unbranohed, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 

 see Herbs, Unbranohed, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



small to medium size, perennial, rough, hairy with 

 forked and star-shaped hairs, stem 6-18 in., slender, erect ; 

 leaves radical 1-3 in., lobed, side-lobes pointing back, 

 end lobe large, stem leaves |-1| in., few, linear-lanceolate, 

 alternate, pinnately divided or almost entire ; flowers small, 

 white, changing to pink, sepals 4, petals 4, with long stalks, 

 stamens 6, 2 outer shorter, 4 inner longer, in opposite pairs, 

 stylo short, tapering, stigma 2-lobed ; pod 2-3| in. long, 

 very slender, spreading, curved, smooth. 



like the last species, but much taller, smooth, leaves 

 pinnately divided but lobes not pointing back, end-lobe 

 large but often arrow-headed, flowers yellow, pods shorter, 

 erect. The seeds, khuhkalan, are used as stimulant and 

 expectorant in Muhammadan medicine. 



Raphanus sativus, 

 Radish, 



Muli. 



CRUCIFERiE. 



F.B.Li. 166. 

 The Plains to 

 16,000 ft. 



medium size, annual or biennial, rough or smooth, 

 root fleshy, spindle-shaped or round, sometimes 12 in. 

 long ; leaves pinnately divided, end-lobes largest, rough 

 with loose scattered hairs ; flowers large, white or lilac 

 with purple veins, in long bractless racemes, sepals 4, 

 lateral ones pouched at the base, petals 4, stamens 6, 2 

 outcu- short, 4 inner longer in opposite pairs, style long ; 

 pod 1 to 12 in., c,yhndric, thick, continuous with a long 

 tapfu-ing beak filled with pith separating the seeds, seeds 

 round, hanging. This plant is widely cultivated. 



Chorispora sabulosa, 



see Herbs, Unbranohed, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



