•'!Bif'&phila.] X. chucifer^, (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 145 



obovate, 2-fid. FilamenUiree, without appendages. Pod oblong, elliptic or 

 linear, compressed; valves membranous, flat or convex; septum mem- 

 branous ; style very short. Seeds numerous, small, 2-seriate; funicles fili- 

 form.— Dbtrib. Species 5, European and W. Asiatic. 



1. E. vulgaris, DC. Draba vema, Linn. ; H. f. & T. in Jowm. Linn. 

 Soe. V. 149"; (?r^". Itin. Notm 239, No. 312: 243, No. 364 : 365, No. 7 ; 

 Jc. iv. t. 611. 



■ Kashmir ; alt. 5-6000 ft.— -Distiteb. Affghanistan, W. Asia, Europe. 



Leaven all radical, spreading on the ground, ovate or oblong, entire or toothed, 

 slightly hairy. Scapes 2-8 in., erect, glabrous. Pods \ in., elliptio-oblong, at leagt 

 twice as long as broad ; pedicels long, slender. 



15. COCKZiEAXtlA, Linn. 



Glabrous, often fleshy annual or perennial herbs. Leaves entire or pinnati- 

 partite. Flowers white, 'rarely yellow or violet, corymbose or in short 

 racemes, rarely solitary on scapes. Sepals spreading, equal at the base. 

 Petals entire, shortly clawed. Filaments without appendages or teeth. 

 Pods globose ovoid or oblong; valves convex, turgid. Seeds 2-seriate, 

 rarely 1-seriate, compressed^ without wings ; cotyledons accumbent. — Dis- 

 TEIB. Species about 25, natives of N. temp, and Asiatic regions. 



1. C. flava) Earn. Sort. Bengh. 48 ; annual, diifusely branched, 

 leaves pinnatifid, pods globose. Hooh. Ic. PL t. 805 ; S.f. & T. Jovjm. 

 Linn. Soe. v. 154. C. alyssoides, BG. Prod/r. i. 172. CfamelLna Caisir, 

 Wall. Cat. 4802. Alyssum coohlearioides. Roth. 



Upper and lower Gangetic valleys, from the Soane westwards to KuRNAnL. 



Erect, rarely depressed, glabrous, 1 ft. high. Boot long, fusiform. Leaves 4-5 in., 

 lanceolate, lobes sinuate-toothed, lower petioled, upper smaller shorter petioled, auricled. 

 Bacemes numerous, long. Flowers small, yellow ; pedicels Jj- in. Pods smooth, about 

 J in. diam. ; valves membranous, hemispheric, nerveless ; style short, thick. Seeds small, 

 numerous, rugose, funicles filiform. 



2. C. himalalca, H. f. & T. Journ. Linn. Soe. v. 154; small, pro- 

 : Btrate, leaves long-petioled oblong-ovate, flowers racemed, pod elliptic. 



Inner ranges of the Sikkim-Himalaya, alt. 14-16,000 ft., S.f. 



A dwarf, prostrate, smooth, leafy, fleshy annual ?, with long fusiform slender root. 

 Leaves coarsely toothed. Flowers small, in short bracteate racemes. Sepals persistent, 

 slightly hairy. Pods slightly compressed, bent, pubescent, 3-5-seeded ; valves thin, 

 membranous; septum disappearing in the ripe iruit. — Oochlearia altaica (Taphro- 

 spermum altaicvm, C. A. M.) very closely resembles this, but differs in the shape of the 

 leaves, pods and seeds. 



3. C. scapiflora, H. f. & T. in Jou/rn. Linn. Soe. v. 154 ; stemless, 

 rootstock very stout, leaves linear-lanceolate or spathulate, scapes 1-flowered, 

 pods obliquely elliptic-oblong. 



By melting snow-rills in the Sikkim-Himalava, H. /., and in Western Tibet, alt. 

 15-18,000 ft., Straeh. & Winterb. 



Small, stemless, fleshy, glabrous. Leaves tapering at the base into a long &at petiole, 

 ' entire or with a few broad sharp teeth. Scapes 1^ in., flaccid. Flowers large, pale 

 lilac. Sepals glabrous, persistent. Pods J-i in. long ; septum evanescent. 



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