FLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



Hekbs, erect with Alteknate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



579 



Arabis auriculata, 



Arabis aipina, 



Arabis amplexicaulis, 



Arabis tibetica, 

 Arabis nuda, 



Draba muralis, 



Malcolmia afrlcana, 



Pathra, chinaka. 



CKfCIFBB^. 



F. B. I. i. 146. 



The Plains to 13,000 



ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Mianwali, District. 

 Baluchistan (Griffith). 



Malcoimia toruiosa, 



Crucifer^. 



F. B. I. i. 146. 



N. W. F. Province. 



Peshawar (Stewart). 



Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Malcolmia strigosa, 



Sisymbrium mollissimum, 

 Sisymbrium himalaicum, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. L i. 147. 

 Himalaya 10-12,000 ft. 



Sisymbrium foliosum, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. 1. i. 148. 

 Kashmir, 5-7,000 ft. 

 (Thomson) . 



20 



Petals Ununited, 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Ex- 

 stipulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exsti- 

 pulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exsti- 

 pulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstiptilte, Lobed.^ 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranch.d, Alternate, Exsti- 

 pulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exsti- 

 pulate, Simple. 



small to medium size, annual, stout, leafy rough 

 with stiff forked and simple hairs, branches many, 

 long, somewhat spreading ; leaves 1-6 in., oblong 

 or lanceolate, toothed stalked ; flowers many, small, 

 purple in loose racemes near the end of branches, 

 sepals 4, free erect, equal at the base, persistent, 

 petals 4, placed crosswise, oblong-ovate with broad 

 tip, twice the length of the sepals, stamens 6, the 4 

 inner longer and sometimes united in pairs, stigma 

 conical, short, tapering into a sharp point ; capsule 

 2-3 in. long, narrow straight, rough. This plant 

 supplies good fodder, and in the spring forms 

 bright patches of purple. 



like the last species, but less stout, leaves 1-3 in., 

 sometimes pinnatitid ; flowers white, capsule f-1 in. 

 usually curved or twisted with contractions. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small, biennial or perennial, stifi', much branched, 

 hairs simple or star-shaped ; leaves 1-2 in., lanceo- 

 late-ovate with a broad tip, waved and toothed, 

 radical leaves stalked, stem leaves clasping the 

 stem with a forked base ; flowers small, purple or 

 white on slender erect stalks in bracteate racemes, 

 sepals 4, short, equal at the- base, petals 44, 

 crosswise, stalks long, blade broad, stamens 6, all 

 free, style short, slender ; capsule 1-1^ in. long 

 cylindrical, straight, spreading, smooth or velvety, 

 stalk short, with a leaf-like bract at the base, seeds 

 many in one series, not margined. 



like the last species, but less hairy, radical leaves 

 broadly toothed, shortly stalked, narrowed into the 

 stalk, stem leaves larger ; flowers without bracts ; 

 pods slender, curved, smooth, much flattened. 



