Bartarea.] x. crucifeb^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 135 



2. B. elata, ff. f. & T. J own. Linn. Soc. v. 140 ; biennial, simple, pods 

 faintly l-uerved. 



Inner ranges of Sikkim, alt. 11-13,000 ft., always near villages, S.f. 



Glabrous or sparsely hairy. Stem 2-3 ft., stout, generally simple, striated. Badkal 

 hmes lyrate-pmnatifid, terminal lobe oblong obtuse sinuate ; oauliiie leaves aurioled, 

 obovate, entire sinuate-lobed or coarsely toothed. Sacemes very long, few-flowered. 

 Pfids bright yellow. Pedicels erect, thick, shorter than the pod., Fods J-§ in., thick, 

 turgid ; style short, distinct ; valves convex, midrib indistinct. 



7. ARABIS, Linn. 



Glabrous or pubescent annuals or perennials, sometimes witt stellate 

 pubescence. Hadical leaves spathulate, often rosulate; cauline sessile, 

 entire or toothed. Flowers racemed, ebracteate, white rarely purple or 

 rose-coloured. Sepals short, erect, lateral saccate. Petals entire, usually 

 clawed. Pod long, slender, linear, compressed ; valves smooth, flat, keeled 

 or ribbed ; septum linear, membranous ; stigma subsessile. Seeds ovoid or 

 orbicular, compressed, margined or wingless, 1- or sub-2-seriate ; cotyledons 

 accumbent.— DiSTEiB. Species about 130, abundant in N. Asia, Europe, and 

 N. America, rare in the S. hemisphere. ' 



* Cauline leaves many, auricle at the base. Flowers racemose. Pods 

 glabrous. Seeds 2-seriate. 



1. A. glabra, Crantz. Stwp. Amtr. 36; stem 1-3 fti, radical leaves 

 obovate-oblung hispid with stellate hairs, flowers small, pods erect crowded 

 glabrous. H.f. <Ss T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 140. A. perfoliata. Lam. ; JSoiss. 

 Fl. Orient, i. 167. Turritis glabra, DC. Prodr. i. 142. Reich. Ic. Ft, Germ. 

 t. 44, f. 4346. T. rigida, Wall. Cat. 4783. 



Western Himalaya, from Kumaon to K.4.shmik, alt. 6-10,000 ft. — Disteib. Temp. 

 Europe, Asia, N. America ; Alps of Australia. 



A stiff, erect, glaucous annual or biennial. Stem generally simple, striated, gla- 

 brous or slightly hairy at the base. Madical leaves spreading, soon withering, entire or 

 sinuate-toothed or pinnately lobed, rough on both surfaces ; cauline oblong-lanceolate, 

 entire, auricled, glabrous. Flowers straw-coloured or white. Fruiting racemes much 

 elongated. Pods 2-3^ in., pedioelled, narrow, linear ; valves fiat, 1-nerved ; septum 

 crumpled. Seeds 2-seriate. 



** Cauline leaves many, auricled at the base. Flowers racemose. Pods 

 usually hairy. Seeds 1-seriate. 



2. A. auriculata, Lam. Diet. i. 219 ; annual, stellately hairy, leaves 

 sinuate-touthed, cauline with obtuse or apiculate basal lobes, flowers small, 

 stigma sessile. Rich. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 39, f. 4334 ; H..f.& T. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. V. 141. A. Montbretiana and A. Aucheri, £oiss. I.e. 169, 170. 



In Kashmib, alt. 5-6000 ft, T. T. — Distbib. Affghanistan, W. Asia, Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Stem 3-12 in., erect, simple or somewhat branched. Radical leaves spreading, 

 petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse ; cauline ovate-oblong, obtuse, toothed. Racemes elon- 

 gate, lax. Flowers white. -PoA 1-14 in., hairy ?, tarrow, straight, slender; stigma, 

 small ; pedicel i in., stout, erect or spreading. Seeds 1-seriate, very small. 



3. A. alpina, Linn. ; annual, hoary with forked or stellate hairs, leaves 

 coarsely toothed, cauline with obtuse basal lobes, flowers large, pods erect 

 or ascending. DC. Prodr. i. 142 ; H.f, & T. in Journ. Lmn. Soc. v., 141. 



