^s»*Mm.J X. CRuciFEHJE. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 153 



* Diffusely branched ; ripe pods horizontal, subsesdle; pedicel short, stout. 



1. E. repandum, Linn. ; annual, hoary with close appressed hairs, 

 leaves lanceolate repand-toothed or entire, flowers \-^ in. diam., pods 

 rigid or flexuous obtusely 4-angled glabrous narrowed up to the truncate 

 stigma^ pedicel Jj in. as thick as the pod. H. f. & T.in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. V. 164 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 189. 



Kashmir, alt. 5-7000 ft., Winterbottom. — Disthib. Persia, and westward to E. Europe 

 and N. Africa. 



Very variable in stature and robustness ; hairs 2-partite with a few trifid ones inter- 

 mixed. Boissier separates from it the Affghan plant {E. Qriffihii, Boiss.) which was 

 united with it in the Linnean Journal, on account of its entire leaves subcompressed 

 pod and bracteate flowers. 



** Dwarf species ; rootdoch much divided giving off short crowded hrahclies. 

 Pods 1-2 in. long. 



2. E. deflexum, H.f. & T. in Jorwm. Linn. Soc. v. 165; hoary, hairs all 

 appressed, leaves linear-spathulate slightly toothed, flowering branches, 

 ^hort, fruiting deflexed with ascending tips, pedicels equalling the sepals, 

 pods very narrow linear erect tetragonal acute, style distinct. 



Alpine Sikkim-Himalaya, at Kongra Lama, alt. 13-15,000 ft., S.f.. 



Easily distinguished by its small size and curious ramification, the stems that spring 

 fremthe many-crowned rootstock are 3-5 in. long, and bent down to the earth when 

 fruiting, their pod-bearing tips alone ascending. Leaves {-j in. Flowers ^ in. diam., 

 oohreous-jellow. I'ods 1^-2 by xTTrV i°- broad, narrowed into a style tIj- in. long; 

 replum with slender flat sides, septum rather spongy. Seeds with very short funioles. 



3. E. funiculosum, H. /. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 165 ; hairs 

 appressed, leaves linear-lanceolate, fruiting branches erect, pods fascicled 

 erect linear-lanceolate compressed, valves obscurely keeled, style sl^ort 

 conic, funicle very slender. 



Alfine Sikkim Himalaya; at Kongra Lama, alt. 14^16,000 ft., S.f. 



Boot stout ; stock dividing into a tuft of short branches and very short flowering, 

 shoots. Hairs chiefly fixed by the middle, a few are 3-furoate. Flowers as in F. de- 

 jlexum. Pods |. in. long, broader and flatter and less keeled than in any other Indian 

 species, sparsely appressed hairy. Seeds with capillary strict funicles as long as them- 

 selves; valves membranous, acute above, narrowed to a tapering base. 



*** Stem stout, erect, leafy ; pods J-S in. long. 



4. E. hieraciifolium, Linn. ; stout or slender, green, hairs chiefly 

 2-forked appressed, leaves oblong sinuate-toothed upper ssesile, flowers 

 J-j in. diam., pedicels equalling the sepals, pods strict erect narrow tetra- 

 gonal scaberulous, pedicel stout upcurved, midrib strong, style short 

 stout or slender. E. strictum, Gcertn. ; H. f. <fc T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 

 166. E. robustum, Dm Prodr. 202 ; Wall. Cat. 4789. E. patens and E. gra- 

 oile, Oay Monog. Erys. 9. 



Central and Western Himalaya, from Nipal, WaUvih, to Maeei, Fleming, alt. 

 6-13,000 ft. — DisTKiB. Siberia, Caucasus, N. Europe. 



Very variable, easily recognised amongst its Indian congeners by slender strict quite 

 erect narrow linear pods, with upcurved stout pedicels, aud distinct rather slender style. 



6. E. pachycarpum, H.f. ds T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 167 ; stem 

 very robust tall angled branched, hairs scattered chiefly appressed 3-forked, 

 leaves petioled lanceolate sinuate-toothed, pedicels much shorter than the 

 sepals, flowers ^ in, diam., pods spreading very stout 4-angled on very thick 



