154 £ CRUCiFER,ffi). (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) 



pedicels i in. long minutely hairy, .style thick ^ in.', valves obtuse at both 

 ends. 



Temperate Sikkim-Himalata, in Lacken valley and Tungu, alt. 10 13,000 ft., H.f. 

 ■ A remarkably stout, tall, erect plant, 1^-2 ft. high. Stem many-angled; branches,, 

 long. .fZozt-ers bright orange yellow. PrfoZs obovate-epathnlate. Porfs 2-24 by , in. ; 

 valves obtueely keeled, obtuse at both ends ; stigma large, capitate. Seedg small. 



6. E. odoratum, Ehr. 2 ; H.f. i: T. in Journ. Linn. Soc.r. 166 : erect, 

 robust, stem angular above, leaves obloiig or lanceolate sinuate-toothed or 

 entire scaberulous, flowers i-i in. diam., pedicels half as long as the sepals. 



Kashmir, alt. 5-7000 ft., and Westeeh Tibet, alt. 9000 ft. 



Hairs on the npper leaf-surface appressed, fixed by the middle, with a few 3-furcate_ 

 ones, on the lower both are mixed. 



7. E. altaicum, C. A. Meyer?; H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 167; 

 hoary with appressed hairs, stem short erect rather slender angled, leaves 

 petioled linear-lauceolate entire or sinuate-toothed, radical sometimes run- 

 cinate, fliowers large f-g in. diam., pedicels shorter than the sepals. 



Westekn Himalaya and Western Tibet, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Jacquemont, &o.— Dis- 

 TBiB. Caucasus ; Altai Mts. 



**** iStem svh-dmple, stout, erect, leafy ; pods 3-5 in. long. 



8. E. Thomson!, H.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 165; taU, hoary with 

 3-furcate hairs, leaves small linear-lanceolate obscurely toothed, pods 3-4 in. 

 long very narrow j^j in. broad, pedicel stout ^-5 in., valves acute hoary 

 acutely keeled, style Jj in. 



Western Himalaya; Kcnawur, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Thomson. 



Best distinguished by its hoary branched habit, small narrow acute leaves, very long' 

 pods with acutely keeled valves and rather long style. — There is a smaller plant cot' 

 lected by Winterbotlom in Kashmir on the Baramula pass, but it is not in fruit. 



9. E. long'isiliquum, H.f. <fe T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 166 ; annual?, 

 tall, erect, robust, glabrous, stem acutely angled, leaves lanceolate obscurely, 

 toothed, pedicels shorter than the sepals, pods ^reading very slender 

 linear, valves with a prominent keel, style -jVl in- stout, pedicels ^ in. 



Temperate Sikkim-Himalaya; at Tungu, alt. 10-13,000 ft., H.f. 

 The tall robust habit, acutely angled stem, size of flower, and very long spreading 

 pods (4r-5 by -^ in.) best distinguish this, 



22. CKX&ISTOX.EA, Camb. 



A glabrous or pubescent perennial. Leaves fleshy, entire or coarsely 

 toothed. Flowers in a loose ebracteate raceme. Sepah short, suberect,. 

 lateral slightly saccate at the base. Pods linear-lanceolate, flattened ; valves 

 smooth 1-nerved ; stigma minute, conical subentire. Seeds few, sub-2- 

 seriate, flattened, not margined ; cotyledons linear, incumbent. 



, 1. C. crassifoIia,'CaTO6«ss. in Jacq. Voy.Bot. 17, 1. 17; leaves cuneate- 

 obovate acute or obtuse, deeply toothed towards the tip. H.f. & T. in, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 167. 



Western Tibet; alt. 12-15,000 ft., abundant. 



A much branched, fragile herb; hairs simple; branches decumbent, stout. Flowers 

 \ in. diam. ; pedicels ^ in., hairy, erect. Petals \ in., yellow with a purple base. Pods 

 subsecund, I-I4 in., erect, flat, acute at both ends, nearly glabrous. 



