N. 0. CRUCIFER^. 91 



spicate, distant, large ; buds cylindric, sepals obtuse |-|- in., 

 hoary. Petals linear, obtuse, twice as long as the sepals. Pod 

 elliptic-oblong J-f by \-\ in., erect, broad ; valves flat, mid-rib 

 indistinct, or sometimes prominent ; style very short. Seeds 

 usually 2-seriate. 



76. F. Aegyptiaca Turr. h.f.b.l, i. 140. 



Vern. : — Mulei, farid buti, lathia, farid muli (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Punjab, in the Salt Range. 



An erect rigid perennial, covered with dense and fine, 

 closeW-adpressed pubescence ; branches long, erect, virgate. 

 Leaves linear, very narrow. Flowers small, in long spicate 

 racemes. Buds small, subglobose ; sepals, obtuse, strigose, 

 margins scarious. Petals obovate, a little longer than the sepals, 

 pink. Pods |-1 by % a in., linear ; valves almost nerveless ; septum 

 transparent ; style slender. Seeds 1-seriate. 



Medicinal Properties and Uses: — All the above three 

 species are considered specific for rheumatism in the Punjab. 

 They are pounded and taken as a cooling medicine (Stewart). 



77. Sisysmbrium Sophia, Linn, h.f.b.l, I. 150. 



Habitat : — Punjab, in the Salt Range and near Peshawar ; 

 Temperate Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir, Simla, Western 

 Tibet. 



An annual, erect, glabrous or finely pubescent herb. 

 Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves numerous 1J-2 in., sessile, twice or 

 thrice pinnatisect ; segments short, thread-like. Flowers pale 

 yellow ; pedicels slender, ebracteate. Pods glabrous, slender, 

 1 in., slightly flattened, curved, erect, or spreading, cylindric ; 

 mid-rib prominent ; stigma subsessile. 



Use : — The Seeds are used medicinally as a substitute or 

 adulterant for those of S. Trio. (Stewart). 



78. 8. Irio, Linn, h.f.b.l, i. 150. 



Vern.: — (Seeds) Khub kalan (Hind).; Naktrasa, Jangli 

 sarson, Khub Kalan, Khaksi, (Pb.) Parjan ; (Merwara) ; Jangli- 



