158 X. CRUCiFEH^. (Hook. f. & T. Anderson.) [Hmea, 



26. ERTTCA, Tourn. 



Erect branching herbs. Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid. Flowers lilac or yellow, 

 veined with violet. Sepals erect, lateral saccate at the base. Petals veined. 

 Fods closely adpressed to the axis, ovoid-oblong, turgid, terete, with a large 

 ensiform seedless beak; valves concave, 3-nerved : stigma simple. Seeds 

 numerous, 2-seriate, globose ; cotyledons condupUcate. — DiSTEiB. Three 

 species, inhabiting the Mediterranean region and W. Asia. 



1. E. sativa, Lamh. ; Brassica Eruca, Linn. ; H.f. & T. in Jowm.Linn. 

 Soc. V. 171. B. erucoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 1 17. 



Cultivated places in Northeks and Cehtbal India, the Westerh Himalaya, 

 ascending to 10,000 ft., and Upper Gahgetio valley. — Distbib. Westward to the 

 Canaries. 



Glaucous, glabrous, or subhispid. Stem 6-18 in. Leaves variously toothed, rarejy 

 obovate and subentire. Flotoers large, pale yellow or white and veined. Sepals often 

 tipped with hairs. Pods 1 in., erect and appressed to the stem ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx ; valves twice as long as the broad flattened peak. 



27. nXORICANDXA, DC. 



Smooth glancous branched herbs, often woody at the base. Leaves entire, 

 amplexicaul or pinnatisect. Flowers rather large, violet, purple or rose 

 coloured. Sepals erect, lateral saccate at the base. Fetah clawed. Pods 

 linear, elongate, subtetragpnal, with or without a flattened 1-seeded beak : 

 valves flat or bluntly keeled, 1- rarely many-nerved ; stigmatic lobes united 

 into a short cone. Seeds numerous, 1-2-seriate, compressed, sometimes 

 winged ; cotyledons incumbent, conduplicate. — Distkib. Species about 5, 

 natives of the Mediterranean region, Arabia, and W. Asia. 



1. m, arveusis, DC. Syst. Veg. iL 626 ; glaucous, glabrous, leaves ob- 

 ovate obtuse, cauline amplexicaul, pods tetragonal compressed, beak broad, 

 seeds small sub-2-seriate. E.f.&T.inJourn.Linn.Soc.v.V12. Brassica 

 arvensis, Linn. 



Stewart. — DisTRiE. Westwnrd to Persia, Arabia, and the Mediterranean region. 



Biennial, or a perennial of short duration. Leaves 2-i in., shortly petioled ; cauline 

 ovate or oblong with large clasping auricles.' Flowers few, large, shortly pedicelled, in 

 a loose long raceme. Petals rose-coloured, much larger than the sepals. Pods 2-3 in., 

 very narrow, erect ; valves neived ; style usually broad, thickened, acute, sometimes 

 long and slender. 



2. IB. tortuosa, E. f. & T. in Jcmrn. Linn. Soc. v. 172 ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, caulme-sessile, pods long subcylindric, beak cylindric acute, seeds 

 1-seriate. Douepia tortuosa, Cambess'. in Jacq. foy. Bot. 18, t. 18. 



Salt plains of the Pdnjab, West of the Indus, Jacguemont; Salt Eanqe Fleming 

 An erect, glaucous, glabrous, branched perennial, 1-2 ft. high. Stem below thick, 

 woody, sometimes tortuose. Leaves thick, mucronate, entire or crenate-sinuate • lower 

 3-5 in., narrowed into a broad petiole. Flowers few, large, erect, scattered along a 

 lengthened raceme. Petals pale rose coloured, nearly twice the length of the sepals. 

 Pcds erect, or ascending, linear; beak ^ in.; style short, conical, pointed; valves 

 convex, stnated, margins prominent. Seeds subglobose. 



