40 CRUCIFEB^. [Nastubtium. 



usually toothed ; upper leaves lyrate, frequently with small auricles. 



Racemes long, many-flovsrered. Flowers small, yellow. Petals equalling 



the sepals. Pods ^-^ in., narrow, cylindrical. Seec^s many, small, 



brown, rugose. 

 Common in damp places. Distrib.: Throughout India and in 



Ceylon, extending to thesMalay Archipel., the Philippines, China, and 



Japan. 



3. N. montanum. Wall. Gat. 4778 (.in part) ; F. B. I. i. 134. Smapis 

 pusilla, Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 125. 

 An erect branching annual, 1-1| ft. high. Stem slightly villous. 



Radical Zea^'es sinuate-pinnatifid, lobes entire. FZoiuers minute, yellow, 



bracteate. Petals equalling the sepals in length. Pods 1-1| in., narrow, 



cylindrical. Seeds oblong, compressed. 

 Denra Dun (Herb. Eoyle) ; N". W. Prov. (A. O. Hume). Distrib. : 



Subtrop. Himalaya from the Punjab to Sikkim, the Khasia Hills, and 



Burma ; also in Java, China, and Japan. This resembles 2V. indicum, 



but is less robust, and has larger smoother less divided leaves. 



2. CABDAMINE, Linn,; Fl Brit. Ind. i. 137. 



Annual or perennial often flaccid herbs, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Leaves lobed or pinnate, rarely entire, with or without auricles. 

 Flowers usually white or lilac. Sepals equal at the base. Petals 

 clawed. Pods narrow-linear, compressed, tapering at both ends; 

 valves with a distinct midrib, opening elastically. Seeds in a single 

 row, flattened, not bordered ; cotyledons accumbent. 



Petioles without auricles . . . 1. C. hirsuta. 



Petioles with sagittate auricles . . 2. C. impatiens. 



1. C. Mrsuta, Linn. Sp. PI. 655, Vae. sylvatica, F. B. I. i. 138; Watt 

 E. D., C. sylvatica, Link. (Bitter-cress.) 



A glabrous annual. Stein suberect or decumbent, 3-12 in. long. Petioles 

 not auricled. Leaflets stalked ; those of the lower leaves orbicular- 

 ovate, toothed ; of the upper narrower and nearly sessile. Flowers 

 small, white. Petals narrow, erect, twice as long as the very small 

 sepals. Stamens 6. Pods i in. long, erect, obtuse. 



Dehra Dun, and probably in other localities near the hills, flowering 

 during the cold season. Disteib. : Bengal ; also throughout the tem- 

 perate parts of the world. 



2. C. impatiens, Linn. Sp. PI. 655 ; F. B. I. i. 138. 



An erect annual, 6-12 in. high, nearly glabrous. Stems 4-angular. 

 Petioles of cauline leaves with sagittate auricles. Leaflets shortly 

 stalked, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, more or less lobed, minutely ciliate 

 on the margins. Flowers small, white. Petals linear, erect, often 

 wanting. Pods 1 in., erect, slender, acute ; style subulate. 



