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thiosulphate into phenyletbylthiocarbamide and sodium sulphate. When 
an attempt was made to prepare an additive compound of the silver salt with 
ammonia, it was found that some of the silver was replaced at the same time 
by ammonium. It is noteworthy that the seeds do not contain an appreciable 
quantity of any enzyme capable of hydrolysing the glucoside. J. Ch. 8. 1600. 
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73 Cardamine pratensis, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 138. 
Habitat : — Hassora in western Tibet. 
A perennial glabrous herb. Stem 1 ft. Rootstock some- 
times bearing small fleshy tubers. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 
of the radical leaves orbicular or ovate, terminal longer; those 
of the cauline leaves linear-oblong entire, in equi-distant pairs, 
angled, shortly petioled. Flowers large white or lilac, corym- 
bose when young. Petals spreading three times as long as 
sepals. Pods 1 in., linear, erect. Style short. 
Use : — Used as a salad for the same purpose as Nasturtium 
officinale. 
74. Farsetia J acquemontii , E.f. and T. 
H.F.B.I., I. 140. 
Vern : — Mulei, farid buti, lathia, farid muli (Pb.) 
Habitat : — Sandy places in the Punjab and Sindh. 
An erect, rather rigid, hoary perennial herb, covered 
with closely adpressed hairs attached at their middle. Stems 
12-18 in., branches virgate. Leaves 1-1 in., linear-oblong 
or linear. Flowers large ; buds elliptic ; Sepals acute, strigose ; 
Petals half as long as the sepals. Stigma short, 6uberect. 
Pods narrow linear or linear-oblong, 11-2 by 1-1 in., com- 
pressed ; valves flat, nerveless or faintly one-nerved ; seeds 
2-seriate. 
75. F. Hamiltonii, Royle. h.f.b.i., i. 140. 
Habitat : — Upper Gangetic plain and the Punjab, from 
Agra westwards. 
A rigid, hoary undershrub, with forked virgate branches 
in the Salt Range of the Punjab. Leaves linear. Flowers 
