CRUCIFERiE. 



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IjTato-pinnatifid; ultimate Lt. somewhat lobccl. 

 a. 5, 6. Corn and uncuU. 



2. hispida. Pod strigose. Beak longer 

 tliaii pod. Stalks erect. L. lyrate ; ultimate Lt. 

 subrotundo-cordate, undivided, toothed, a. 5. 

 Nice. 



3. dissecta. Pod nearly erect. L. pinna- 

 tipartite. Lobes pinnatifid. Segments linear- 

 oblong, sinuato-dentate, or incise, a. 3, 4. 

 Among flax. Sic. 



4. apula. " Pods smooth, spreading. Style 

 oblong, compressed. L. runcinato-pinnate, 

 hairless. Seginents lanceolate, dentate, acute. 

 a. Fields. Apulia." — DC. Not noticed hy 

 Bert. 



B. Beak conical or cylindrical, somewhat 

 compressed, and sometimes swelled out 

 hy a seed. 



5. arvensis. Pod angular, much longer 

 than beak, about f and f of an inch. Beak 

 usually one-seeded. Valves 3-nerved. L. ovate, 

 lowermost somewhat lyrate. a. 5. Fields. 



6. orientalis. "Pod somewhat 4-edged, 

 torulose, beset with deflexed hairs, shorter than 

 the slender beak. a. m. Eur." — DC. 



7. pubescens. "Woody, softly villous. 

 Lower L. lyrato-piunatifid ; upper oblong ; both 

 vjcquaUy toothed. Pods 8-10 lities long, 



erete, hirsute. Beali compressed, conical 

 (hardly 3 lines long, Guss.), with hairs directed 

 upwards, w. Almost all the year. Garg. 

 Sic."— Bert. 



8. panormitana. "Pods hairless, ad- 

 pressed, torulose, longer than beak. Stem 

 rough at the base, somewhat bi-anched. L. 

 stalked, undivided, lanceolate, denticulate, 

 rough, b. 5. Barren. Mte. Peregrino." — 

 Guss. /row? Brest. 



9. incana. Pods adpressed, somewhat toru- 

 lose, |- inch long. Valves 1-nerved. Beak ^^ 

 inch long, with one or two seeds. Seeds slightly 

 oval, shagreened. Stem branched, rough towards 

 base. L. lyrate, rough, terminal. Lts. rounded. 



■ Upper L. Hnear-lanceolate. b. 4-6. Fields 

 and uncult. s. Eur. 



J3. heterophylla. Terminal division of L. ob- 

 longo-lanceolate. 



10. ni^a. Pod 4-edged, adpressed, h to 

 ■| inch long. Beak cyKndrical, seedless, ^ long. 

 Seeds round, shagreened. Lower L. lyrate; 

 upper lanceolate, entire, haiiiess. a. 6, 7- Clayey 

 banks. 



11. amplexicaulis. Pod nearly terete. 



small, spreading, \ to ^ inch. Beak linear, 

 hardly -j-'^ inch. Root ]j. lyrato-pinnatifid, or 

 sinuato-dentate. Stem L. amplexicaul ; upper 

 cordate, a. b. 9, 10. Clayey fields. Sic. 



12. virgata. " Pods small, terete, spread- 

 ing, \ to \ inch long. Beak slender, somewhat 

 compressed, 2 ^o 5 lines, seedless. L. some- 

 what fleshy, glaucescent ; lower lyrate. Lateral 

 divisions oblong; upper few, hnear-oblong. 

 Stem shrubby at base, with rodlike branches, p. 



5, 6. Sandy or rocky hills on coast. Sic. Cal." 

 — Guss. 



74. BRASSICA. 



A. Sepals at last spreading. Shorter Anthers 

 ascending. Root L. lyrate ; terminal di- 

 visions very large. 



1. Napus. L. glaucous, quite smooth. Stem 

 L. pinnatifid, crenate ; upper cordato-lanceolate, 

 amplexicaul. Pods divaricato-patent. Beak 

 taper, b. 5. Uncult. 



2. prsecox. L. glaucous, smooth ; upper 

 cordato-lanceolate, crenate. Pods erect, a. 

 Cult, in Alsace. Bscaping. 



3. campestris. L. somewhat glaucous, 

 somewhat fleshy. Root L. bristly on the back 

 of the midiib, dentate. Stem L. cordato-am- 

 plesicaul, acuminate, somewhat pinnatifid. R. 

 taper. Pods ascending. Beak taper, a. b. 



6, 7. Moist fields and banlcs. Eng. Fr. Fran- 

 conia. 



4. Rapa. Root L. not glaucous, bristly on 

 the back. Stem L. cut ; upper smooth, entire. 

 R. subglobose. Pod veiny. Beak taper, b. 4. 

 Fields. Escapes. 



B. Sepals and Anthers erect. 

 * Boot L. lyrate {except, perhaps, in balearica 

 and Richerii) ; terminal lobe very large, 

 forming the greater part of the L. 



5. oleracea. L. quite smooth, fleshy, waved, 

 lobed. Pod sessile vrithin the calyx. Beak 

 very short, seedless, b. 5, 6. Chalk and lime - 

 stone cliffs, s. Eng. 



6. insularis. " Woody. Stem erect. L. 

 somewhat fleshy, glaucous ; lower undivided or 

 lyi-ate ; upper oblongo-lingulate, serrate. Co- 

 rolla large. Pet. obversely oblong, white, 

 with bloody veitis. Pod long, thick, with two 

 acute and two obtuse edges. Beak conico-subu- 

 late, seedless, ■w. 4, 5. Stony. Sard." — Bert. 



7. balearica. (robertiana ?) Hairless. 

 Lower L. stalked, sinuate, somewhat pandmi- 

 foi'm, fleshy. Stem shrubby at base. Beak 

 short, seedless, b. 5. Bau Rousse, near Nice. 

 Mt. Condom, near Toulon ? 



