220 CRUCIFERE. — RAPHANUS. 



Sect. I. Raphanis DC. — Siliqua injlata suberoso-cellulosa comprcssibilis ; 

 articulo inferiore saepe indistincto; articulo superiore oblongo-conico 

 interdum ad médium paululum contracto, in lomenta non secedente, bi- 

 loculari, septo membranaceo, replo in siliqua matura exsiccata ab 

 epicarpio remoto eique processible fibrosis transversis aliquot tantum 

 adhserente. 



t R. sativus L. Sp. 935; Gaertn. Fruct. II, 3oo, t. 1 63 ; Lmk Illustr. t. 566; DC. 

 Syst. II, 663, et Prodr. I, 228; Rchb. le. II, t. 3, f. A175 ; Moris Sard. I, 99; 

 Koch Syn. 84 ; Webb Can. I, t. 8 a, f. i5-2Û; FI. Par. 121 ; Gren. et Godr. Fr. I, 

 71 ; Boiss. Or. I, 600. — Exs. Hohen. off. 5g5; Bourg. Hisp. [i85i]. 



Radiée crassa carnosa, rarius in planta subspontanea gracili fusiformi; 

 caule plus minus fistuloso, erecto, ramoso, inferne pilis deflexis plus 

 minus hispido vel glabrescente; foliis radicalibus inferioribusque petio- 

 latis, lyrato-pinnatipartitis lobis lateralibus utrinque 1-6 oppositis al- 

 ternisve oblongis vel triangularibus sinualo-crenatis vel dentatis, lobo 

 terminali ampliore suborbiculato vel ovato, foliis superioribus ovatis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis dentatis; petalis violaceo-purpurascentibus, venis inten- 

 sioribus pictis; siliquis longe pedicellatis, ascendentibus , pedicello saepius 

 subduplo longioribus, oblongo-conicis, inflatis compressibilibus, interdum 

 ad médium paululum contractis, tenuiter multistriatis , pericarpio cel- 

 luloso-suberoso, 6-10-spermis, in rostrum conico-subulatum siliqua bre- 

 vius sensim attenuatis; seminibus magnis. ® vel ©. Apr.-Jul. 



In hortis cultus et liinc inde in ruderatis subspontaneus. 



In Ghina, Japonia et Asia occidentali (sec. DC). Subspontanea in /Egypto, 

 Nubia inferiore , Abyssmia , Europa , in Armenia Rossica , Asia minore et Palaestina 

 (sec. Boiss.). 



Sect. II. Raphanistrum DG. — Siliqua suberoso-coriacea haud compressibilis ; 

 articulo inferiore minuto sed distincto; articulo superiore lineari vel 

 oblougo-lineari, e locellis monospermis superpositis istbmis brevissimis vel 

 longiusculis separatis secedentibus vel non secedentibus composito , interdum 

 ad locellum unicum redacto, isthmis septo membranaceo bilocularibus, 

 locellis ex endocarpio crustaceo efformatis. 



1. R. Raphanistrum L. Sp. 935. 



Radice gracili fusiformi annua, vel incrassato-indurata perennante; 

 caule erecto, sœpe a basi ramoso, plus minus hispido pilis deflexis; 

 foliis radicalibus inferioribusque petiolatis, lyrato-pinnatipartitis, lobis 

 lateralibus utrinque 2-/1 vel pluribus oppositis alternisve integris vel si- 

 nuato-dentatis oblongis vel triangularibus , lobis minoribus interdum inter- 

 posais, lobo terminali ampliore ovato-oblongo vel suborbiculato, foliis 

 superioribus oblongis lanceolatisve dentatis; petalis luteis, albidis vel 



