CRUCIFER^. (mustard FAMILY.) 29 



# Pod terete, or eUglitly flattened ; the valves nerveless. 



1. NASTURTIUM. Pod linear, oblong, or even globulwr, turgid. Seeds irregularly in two 



rows in each cell, small. 



2. lODANTHUS. Pod linear] elongated. Seeds in a single row in each cell. 



* Pod flat ; the valves nerveless. Seeds in one row in each cell. 

 8. LEAVENWORTHIA. Pod oblong. Seeds winged. Embryo straight ! Leaves all radicaL 



4. BENTARIA. Pod lanceolate. Seeds wingless, on broad Beed-stalks. Stem few-leaved. 



5. CABDAMINE. Pod linear or linear-kmceolate. Seeds wingless, on slender seed-stalks. 



Stems leafy below. 

 * * * Pod flattened or 4-angled, linear ; the valves one-nerved in the middle, or veiny. 



6. ARABIS. Pods flat or flattish. Seeds in one row in each cell. Flowers white or purple. 



7. TUERITIS. Pods and flowers as in Arabia, but the seeds occupying two rows in each ceH. 



8. BARBAREA. Pod somewhat 4-sided. Seeds in one row in each cell. Flowers yellow. 



Tbibe n. SISYKIBRIEl^. Pod elongated. Seeds thickish. Cotyledons incumbent, 

 narro^r, plane. 



9. ERYSIMUM. Pod sharply 4-angled, linear. Flowers yellow. 



10- SISYMBRIUM. Pods terete, or obtusely 4 - 6-angled, or flattish. Flowers white or yellow. 



Tblbb m. BRASSICE^. Pod elongated. Seeds globular. Cotyledons incumbent 

 and condupHcate, folded round the radicle. 



11. BINAPIS. Pod terete; the valves 3- 5-nerved. Calyx spreading, 



II. SILICULOS-^. Pod short, a silicle or pouch, opening by valves. 



Tribe IV. ALYSSIBiTE!^, Pod oval or oblong, flattened parallel to the broad parti- 

 tion, if at aU. Cotyledons accumbent, plane. 



12. DRABA. Pod flat,^any-seeded : valves 1 - 3-uerved, 



13. TESICARIA. Pod globular, inflated, 4 - several-seeded ; valves nerveless. 

 1. NASTURTIUM. Pod turgid, many-seeded : valves nerveless. 



Teibe V. CAMEIillVE^, Pod ovoid or oblong, flattened parallel to the broad parti- 

 tion. Cotyledons incumbent, plane. 



14. CAMELINA. Pod obovoid, turgid : valves l-nerred. Style slender. 



Tkibe YI. IiEPIDINE!.^. Pod short, the boat-shaped valves flattened contrary to 

 the narrow partition. Cotyledons incumbent (accumbent in one instance), plane. 



15. LEPIDIUM. Pod two-seeded. 



16. CAPSELLA. Pod many-seeded, inversely heart-shaped-triangular. 



Tbibe TII. STJ'BVIjA'RIEJE, Pod oval, turgid, somewhat flattened contrary to the 

 broad partition. Cotyledons long and narrow, transversely folded on themselves and 

 incumbent. 



17. SUBULARIA. Pod several-seeded : the valves convex-boat-shaped. 



Tbibe VnL SENEiBIEiRE^. Pod compressed contrary to the very narrow parti- 

 tion ; the cells separating from the partition at maturity as two closed one-seeded nut- 

 lets. Cotyledons as in Tribe 7. 

 IR, SENEBIERA. Nutlets or closed cells roundish, reticulated. 



m. LOMENTACEiE. Pod articulated, i. e. separating across into two 

 or more closed joints. 

 Tbese IX. CAKIItlXE^. Cotyledons plane and accumbent, as in Tribe I. 



19. CAKXLE. Pod short, 2-jointed : the joints l-cel2ed and 1-seeded. 



Tbibe X. RAPHANK.^. Cotyledons condupUcate and incumbent, as in Tribe 3. 



20. RAPHANUS. Pod elongated several-seeded, transversely intercepted. 



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