JBbassic A.] CR UCIFERM . 45 



yellow, ia short corymbs, elongating into racemes 8 in. in length; 

 pedicels slightly spreading. Sepals spreading. Corolla a little over ^ 

 in. across ; claw pale green. Pods ■'i-2| in. long, ^ in. thick, torulose 

 heaTc narrowly conical, nearly | in. long. /Seeds many, globose, brown, 

 finely rugose. 

 Largely grown dnring the cold- weather months throughout the area, some- 

 times as a subordinate crop in fields of wheat, barley and peas, more 

 often restricted to the borders of such fields. This plant varies to some 

 extent as to height, and in the presence or absence of hairs on the 

 under surface of the leaves. The oil yielded by the seeds is chiefly 

 used as an article of food. 



5. B. campestris, Linn., var. Sarson, Prain in Bull. No. 4, (1898) 

 Department of Land Records and Agriculture. Bengal, 24. B. cam- 

 pestris, suhsjp. Napus, Hlc.f. ^ T. ; F B. I. %., 156 [in part). B. campestris, 

 suhsp. Napus, vars. glauca trilocularis and gaudrivalvis, Duthie and 

 Fuller Field Sf Gard. Crops ii, 28 and 29, t.t, xxxvii. to xsexix. 

 B. trilocularis and guadrivalvis, Hk. f. Sf T. ; F. B. I. I.e. B. campestris, 

 var glauca, Watt E. D. Sinapis glauca, Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 118. 

 S. trilocularis, Roxb. I c. 121. Vern. iSarson, hanga sarson (Meerut and 

 Dehra Dxiu),pila sarson (Oudh and Eohilkhand). (Indian Colza.) 



A tall annual, 4-5 ft. high. Stems simple or branching. Leaves large; 

 the lower lyrately pinnatipartite, 6-8 in. long ; upper smaller, oblong 

 and from lyrate-sinuate to lanceolate, all except the lowest auricled, 

 glaucous and more or less hairy beneath at first. Flower's in oblong 

 corymbs, elongating into racemes. Sepals auberect, the inner pair 

 longer than the outer, glaucous, turning yellow before falling. Corolla 

 nearly 1 in. across ; petals and their claws bright yellow. Pods various, 



, 2-3| in. long including beak, normally 2-valved and 2-celled, or spuri- 

 ously 3-4i-valved, erect or pendent, beak conical, stout, often 1 in, long. 

 Seeds 30-80 in a pod, subglobose, dingy-white yellow or brown, nearly 

 smooth. 



Very largely grown during the cold season, especially in the Doab 

 districts. Usually sown in parallel lines with wheat and barley. The oil 

 (karwatel) yielded by the seeds forms an important ingredient in 

 Indian cookery, and is also much used for lighting purposes. 



6. B. Napus, Linn. 8p. PI. 666, vab. dichotoma, Prain I.e. 36. B. 

 campestris, suhs'p. Napus, Hh, f. ^ T. ; F. B. I. i, 156 {in part). B. 

 campestris. subsp. Napus, vars. dichotoma and Toria,, Duthie and Fuller 

 Field Sf Gard. Crops, ii, 29, t.t. xl and wla,. B. campestris, suhsp. 

 campestris, var. dichotoma^ Watt E.D. Simapis dichotoma, Boxh.; Fl, 

 Ind. Hi, 117. Vern. Tori, Tcdli sarson. (Indian Eape). 



An annual 1-4 ft. high. Branches many, slender, spreading. Leaves 

 small, the lower not exceeding 4 in. long and 2 in. wide, lyrate, pale 

 green or glaucescent, almost glabrous, those above the basal ones 

 auricled ; supper 1-2 in. long, triangular-lanceolate, subobtuse, with large 

 stem-clasping auricles at the base, margins entire. Flowers in short 

 corymbs elongating into racemes. Sepals spreading, green, and turning 

 yellow before falling. Corolla exceeding ^ in. in diam., bright 

 yellow ; petals with a pale green narrow claw. Pods ascending, 2-valYed, 



