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3. Brasstca. Pods elongate. Stigma truncate or 2-lobed, Seeds in a single row. 



* * Pods short, dehiscing along their whole length, not articulate, the 



valves flat, at right angles to the septum. 



4. Lepiditjm. Pods oblong, notched, 2- rarely 4-seeded. Flowers white. 



* # * Pods elongate, indehiscent, not jointed but contracted and pithy with- 



in between the seeds. Cotyledons incumbent. 



5. Raphanfs. Flowers pale lilac or white with coloured veins. 



ISTasturtium, L. 



Conspectus of species^ 

 Pods rather thick, 2 to 5 times longer than the pedicels, more or less curved, N. Indicum. 

 Pods very slender, straight or nearly so, 1 to li in. long, ... ...N. montanum. 



1. N. Indicum, L. Mant. 93 ; Hf. and Th. in Linn. Proc. V. 138. 

 (]^. Ifadacas^ariense, WA. Prod. I. 19 ; Wight 111. I. t. 18 ; Sinapis diva- 

 ricata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 123). 



Var. /5. Benghalense (iV. Benglialense DC. Syst. IL 198 ; Hf. and 

 Th. in Linn. Proc. V. 139). 



Yar. y. glabetjm, quite glabrous, the flowers thrice as large ; pods 

 larger and on longer pedicels ; racemes bracted. Habit of Sinapis. 



Hab. Var. /3. very common on muddy banks of rivers, in rubbishy 

 places round villages, all over Pegu and Martaban ; also Chittagong and 

 Tenasserim ; var. y. in the dried up bed of streamlets in the swamp-forests 

 of the Irrawaddi alluvium. Fl. January to June ; Fr. Febr. July. 



Var. y. is a very distinct form and will probably have to be separated, 

 but unfortunately there are no ripe pods. 



2. N. DiEFUSUM, DC. Prod. I. 139 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1/2. 94 and 

 111. Fl. Arch. Ind. 1870, 14. (JV. Montanum, Wall, in Linn. Proc. V. 139; 

 Bth. Fl. Hongk. 16. ; Sinapis pusilla, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 125 ?). 



Hab. Ava (Wall.). 



Cardamine, L. 



1. C. HiESUTA, L. sp. pi. 915 ; Engl. Bot. t. 492, Hf. and Th. in 

 Linn. Journ. V. 146. 



Var. /?. STLYATiCA, Hf. and T. And. Ind. Fl. I. 138. 



Hab. Ava, Bhamo (J. Anderson) ; Martaban, Toukyeghat, in shady 

 muddy places (only one specimen !). Fl. Febr. March. 



Erassica, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Stem -leaves at base stem-clasping with their auricles, ... ...£. cmnpestris. 



Stem -leaves often petioled, not stem-clasping, 



Stem -leaves narrowed at base or petioled ; flowers yellow, ... .. S.jimcea, 



Stem-leaves broad at base and sessile but not stem-clasping; petals white or yellowish 

 white with violet veins, ... ... ... . , , ,,,B. oleracea. 



