Xepidium.] GBTJCIFBBM. 47 



is usually sown along with other crops, such as gram and barley, and 

 sometimes in cotton fields. The oil from the seeds is used chiefly for 

 burning. 



8. CAPSELLA, Moench. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 159. 



Small branching annuals or perennials. Radical leaves entire or 

 pinnatifid. Flowers in racemes, small, white. iSepals spreading, 

 equal at the base. Pods obcordate-cuneate, ovate or oblong, laterally 

 compressed; valves bo it-shaped, septum verj narrow. Style short. 

 Seeds many, in 2 rows; cotyledons incumbent. Natives chiefly of 

 N. and S. Temp, regions. 



C. Bursa-pastoris, Medic. Pflanzeng. 85 ; W. & A. Prod. 20- F. B I 

 i. 159 ; Watt E. D. (Shepherd's Purse.) 

 Glabrous or hairy, hairs branched. Root long, tapering. Stems 6-16 in. 



Radical leaves rosulate, pinnatifid, upper lobe triangular; cauline 



auricled. Flowers ^g in. in diam. Pods 5-I in. long, triangular or 



obcordate ; valves smooth. /Seeds oblong, punctate. 

 A common weed of cultivation during the cold season. Distrib. : 



Abundant on the Himalaya up to 10,000 ft. ; widely diffused in arctic 



and temp, regions of the world. 



9. SENEBIERA, DC. 



Annual or biennial branching prostrate herbs. Leaves entire or 

 cut. Flotoers minute, white, in short leaf-opposed racemes. Sepals 

 «hort, spreading. Stamens often only 2 or 4. Pods small, indehis- 

 cent, didymous, laterally compressed ; valves subglobose, rugose or 

 crested; stigma nearly sessile. Seeds 1 in each cell; cotyledons 

 incumbent or induplicate. 



S. pinnatifida, DC. in Mem. 80c. Hist. Nat. Par. 144, t. 9. S. didyma, 

 Pers. (Lesser Wart-cress). 



Annual, slightly hispid. Leaves finely cut, 1-2 pinnatifid ; lobes small, 

 obovate, spreading. Floivers usually apetalous and 2-androns. Pod ^l 

 in. broad, separating into 2 indehiscent transversely reticulate lobes; 

 pedicels spreading. Seeds reniform, punctate-striate. 



An established weed of cultivation during the cold season. Distrib.: 

 Bengal and Punjab. Introduced within recent times. Not mentioned by 

 Roxburgh nor included in the F. B. I. Believed'to be a native of Trop. 

 America. 



10. LEPIDIUM, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 159. 



Erect or diffuse herbs or shrubs with entire or divided leaves. 

 Flowers small, white, ebracteate. Sepals short, eqaal at the base. 



