Draba.] X. crucifeh^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 143 



5. D. Incana, Linn.; DO. Prodr. i. 170 ; stem leafy, rarely branched, 

 leaves usually toothed, pods elliptic-lenceolate acute hoary longer than 

 their pedicel. Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 14 ; H.f.& T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 

 151. D. himalayensis, Klotzsch in Bot. Eds. Pr. Wold. 127, t. 34 B (bad). 

 (D. confuaa, Ehr. ; gracilis. Led) 



Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Western Tibet, alt. 10-17,000 ft.— Disteib 

 Alpine and arctic N. Europe, Asia and America, Fuegia. 



Hoary. Stems 1-10 in., erect. Radical leaves J-^ in., loosely tufted or spreading, 

 elliptic or oblong-lanceolate or narrow-spathulate ; oauline distant, seaaile, ovate- or 

 oblong-lanoeolate, toothed or rarely entire. Flowers small, white. Petals twice the 

 length of the sepals, obovate, notched. Pods raoeraed, compressed, sometimes twisted, 

 tomentose ; pedicels J-^ in., erect, pubescent ; stigma subsessile. 



The Tibetan and Himalayan specimens possess the characters of P. confusa, Ehr., 

 usually having toothed cauliue leaves, and stellately pubescent pods. 



6. D. lasiophylla, Royle III. p. 71 ; stem sparsely leafy, radical leaves 

 crowded soft white, pods elliptic-lanceolate much twisted shorter and 

 broader than in D. incana. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 301 : H. f. & T. Journ. 

 JAnn. Soc. v. 151. D. glomerata, Royle III. 71. 



Alpine Himalaya and Western Tibet, from Sikkim to Kuka-wde and Ladak, alt. 

 12-18,000 ft.— Disteib. Turkistan. 



Very like the preceding, but more hairy, and with shorter less leafy stems, and leaves 

 in closer tufts. Eadical leaves ^J in., oval-oblong or obloBg-lanceolate. Stems simple, 

 erect, with 1-3 sessile lanceolate leaves. Flowers small, white, subcapitate. Fruiting 

 racemes elongate or snbciipitate ; pe'licels very short. Pods once to three times 

 twisted.— Very closely allied to D. stellatx, Jaeq., of the European Alps (D. siliguosa, 

 M. A. B., is probably identical), scarcely differing except in the twisted pod. 



7. D. fladnitzensis, Wulf. in Jacq. Misc. i. 147 and 17, f. 1 ; small 

 glabrous or pilose, leaves densely rosulate lanceolate, scape slender leafless 

 or 1-leaved^ pods elliptic-oblong or lanceolate straight glabrous. BO- Prodr. 

 i. 169 ; Reich. Ic. Fl. Oerm. xiii. f. 4237. D. Wahlenbergii, Hartm. Scand. 

 ed. i. 249 ; H. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 151 (D. helvetica, Schleich; lap- 

 ponica, Wahl. ; androsacea, WUld.). 



Western Himalaya in Kumaok and Kchawuk, and in Western Tibet, alt. 13- 

 18,000 ft. — Disteib. Alpine and arctic Europe, Asia and America. 



Leaves J-^ in., margins oiliate. Scapes 1-4 in., erect. Flowers few, capitate. Petals 

 short, scarcely clawed, white. Pods scarcely racemed ; style very short. — " We have 

 adopted the first name given to this species, which is that of the Carpathian plant, 

 with which the Indian quite agrees," T. Anderson. 



Vak. 1. homotricha; leaves stifdy ciliate glabrous or with simple hairs. D. Wah- 

 lenbergii, var. homotricha. Led. Fl. Boss. i. 150; S.f. & T. I.e. 151 (D. lactea, Kar. 

 & Kir.; D. altaioa, Bunge). — S. Piti and Nubra. 



Var. 2. heterotricAa ; leaves with mixed simple and stellate hairs. P. Wahlen- 

 lergii, var. heterotricha, Led. Fl. Boss. i. 150. P. pygmea, Turo. 



8. D. tlbetica, II. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 152 ; loosely tufted, 

 woolly or hoary, leaves spathulate-lanceolate entire, scapes slender usually 

 Ifea'fless, pods hoary shorter than their slender pedicels. 



Inner ranges of the Sikkim Himalaya, and Western Tibet; alt. 18-15,000 ft. 



Leaves \-l in., nearly all radical, entire. Scapes 3-8 in., 'numerous, erect, flexuons, 

 rarely with 1 or 2 sessile lanceolate leaves. Fhwers subcajiitate, rather large, white ;. 

 nedicels ^-1 in,., , slender, erect. Pods \-\ in. long, racemed, elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 

 flat'iir twisted; style very variable in length. — Both the following varieties (especially 

 "the fii?st)'are too closely allied to P. lasiophylla and P. incana. 



