130 X. CRUCIFEH^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 



** Stigmas connate, forming an erect cone. 



Pods long.— A glaucous large herb or uudershrub 27. Moeicandia. 



Series B. 



Pods sliort, dehiscing througliout their length, compressed laterally (at 

 right angles to the septum). (Pod indehiscent in 31, Megacarpcea.) 



Teebe VT. Xepidineae. • Cotyledons incumbent, straight curved or lon- 

 gitudinally folded. 



Pods many-seeded ; valves not winged 28. Capsella. 



Pods few-seeded; valves winged or not 29. LEPiDinM, 



Pods 2-seeded ; valves with 2 dorsal crests 30. Dilophia. 



Tribe VII. Thlaspide«e. Cotyledons accumbent, straight. 

 Pods indehiscent, 2-seeded.— Tall herbs of umbelliferous habit . 31. Megacaep.«a. 

 Pods compressed notched ; valves winged or keeled .... 32. Thlaspi. 

 Pods elliptic or oblong, acute ; valves keeled 33. Ibeeidella. 



Series C. 



Pods short, indehiscent, not jointed, usually hard, either 1-celled and 

 1-seeded, or with 2-4 1-seeded cellules in parallel series. 



Tkibe VIII. Isatideee. Characters of the series. 

 Pods l-celled, oblong or linear, wing thick. — Glaucous herbs . 34. Isatis. 

 Pods 1-celled, cymbiform, wing incurved. — Glaucous herbs . . 35. Tausohekia. 

 Pods 1-celled, small oblong, with a thin wing. — A glandular 



twiggy underslirub . . 36. DiPTEEYeiuM. 



Pods 1-celled, wingless, globose with a subulate style. — A hairy 



herb 37. Neslia. 



Pods 2-celled, obliquely beaked 38. Euclididm. 



Series D. ' 



Pods long or short, transversely jointed ; joints indehiscent, or the lower 

 2-valved or reduced to a pedicel for the upper. 



Tribe IX. Cakilineee. Characters of the series. 



Lower joint of pods a seedless pedicel, upper globose 1-seeded . 39. Ceambe. 

 Lower joint of pods a seedless pedicel, upper 2-celled, 2-seeded 40. Physoehtkchtjs. 



Series E. 



Pods long, not jointed, indehiscent, either 1-celled and many-seeded, or 

 breaking up into many 1-celled 1-seeded indehiscent fragments. 



Tribe X. Raplianeae. • Characters of the series. 



Pods long, terete, hollow or septate ; seeds globose, 2-3-celled , 41. Eaphands. 

 Pods short, curved, 4-angled, 2-3-celled, monililbrm .... 42. Goldbachia. 

 Pods short, curved, many-celled 43. Chobispoka. 



1. laATTKIOXiA, Br. 



Annuals, or small undershrubs with hoary and sometimes stellate pubes- 

 cence. Leaves entire or sinuate. Flowers rather large, purple ; bracts 0. 

 Sepals erect, lateral saccate at the base. Petals spreading, claws long. Pud 



