Farseiia.] X. crucipeh^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 141 



Linn. Soc. v. 147 ; Grif. Itin. Notes, 366, n. 11. F. ovalis, Boiss. Diag. viii. 

 32. F. Edgeworthii, Tl.f. do T. Journ. Linn. Sop. v. 147. 



Punjab, in the Salt range, Edgeworth, &o. — Distkib. Affghanistan, Arabia, N. Africa. 



A rigid, hoary undershrnb, with forksd virgate branches. Leaves linear. Flowers 



■ spioate, distant. Calyx cylindrical. Sepals i-^ in., hoary. Petals linear, obtuse, 



twice as long as the sepals. JPods |-| by -I— J in., erect, broad, elliptic-oblong ; valves 



flat, midrib indistinct or sometimes prominent; style very short. /Seeds usually 2- 



seriate. 



12. AIiYSSUnX, Linn. 



Small brancHng herbs or undersirubs, often rigid, pube.scent, hoary, stel- 

 late or scaly. Leaves linear, entire. Flowers small, yellow or white, in ebrac- 

 teate racemes. Sepals short, erect or spreading, equal at the base. Petals 

 with short claws, entire or 2-fld. Filaments often winged or with tooth-like 

 appendages. Pods short, flattened parallel to the septum or turgid, orbi- 

 cular elliptic ovate obovate or oblong ; valves flat or concave or convex in 

 the centre and flat at the margin ; septum membranous, entire or perfo- 

 rated ; style varying in length. Seeds 2-10, flattened ; cotyledons aocum- 

 bent.— DiSTEiB. Species about 90, natives of S. Eurppe, Central Asia, and 

 Southern Siberia. 



Alyssum {Kceniga) maritimwm is cultivated in gardens in N.-W. India. 



1. A; minimum, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 464; leaves linear-oblong or 

 obovate, filaments winged, valve of pod tumid in the centre. Boiss. Fl. 

 Oriemt. L 28 1 ; E. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 148. 



Kashmir, alt. 4-6000 ft., T. T.— Distkib. Affghanistan, W. Asia, S. Europe. 



A hoary herb, with numerous stiff stems or branches, 6-8 in. long, spreading from 

 the base, ascending, everywhere except the petals and pods covered with stellate hairs 

 or scales. Racemes many-flowered, lengthening during flowering. Petals minute, 

 linear, white or faintly yellow. Filaments with entire or toothed wings. Pods as long 

 as their pedicels, orbicular, slightly notched, glabrous ; style very short, acute. 



2 A. cauescens, DC. Prod/r.'i. 164; leaves narrow-linear, filaments 

 not wmged, valve of pod flat. H. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc 149. A. 

 tenuifolium, DC. Syst. ii. 322. Pilotrichum canescens and elongatum, 

 C. A. Mey. in Led. FL Alt. iii. 66; Lc. PL Boss. t. 273. 



Western Himalaya in Kdmaon, and Western Tibet, alt. 14-17,000 ft.; T. T., &c.— 

 DiSTEiB. S. Siberia. , ^ ^ ri j r 



A small, very hoary .tomentose plant; woody stems short tutted. Leaves 1 in 

 densely tufted, obtuse, erect. Macemes corymbose, elongating in the fruit. Petals 

 orbicular-obovate, twice as long as the sepals, white. Pods J,in., erect, on short filiiorm 

 pedicels, ovate, tomentose ; style slender, half the length of the pod; stigma capitate. 

 Seeds 2, not margined. 



13. DRABA, Linn. 



SmaU tufted herbs with stellate pubescence. Leaves entire, radical rosu- 

 late. Flowers^white or yellow, rarely purple, in short ebracteate racemes, 

 or corymbs. Sepals short, equ&l at the base. Petofe entire or emargmate, 

 claws short. Filaments simple. Pods compressed or turgid, elliptic oblong 

 or ovoid/rarely linear ; valves flat, rarely convex ; septum membranous ; style 

 short or lorn. Seeds 2-seriate, ovoid, compressed, not margined ; cotyledons 

 accumbent, rarely incumbent.-DiSTEiB. Species about 80, natives of N. 

 ■temp., arctic, and alpine regions, and of the Andes ot S. America. 



