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spicate, distant, large ; buds eylindric, sepals obtuse £-§• in., 
hoary. Petals linear, obtuse, twice as long as the sepals. Pod 
elliptic-oblong 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.i., I. 140. 
Vern. Mulei, farid buti, latliia, farid muli (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Punjab, in the Salt Range. 
An erect rigid perennial, covered with dense and fine, 
closely-adpressed pubescence ; branches long, erect, virgato. 
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 y 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.i., 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 1^-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, eylindric ; 
mid-rib prominent ; stigma subsessile. 
Use : — The Seeds are used medicinally as a substitute or 
adulterant for those of S. Irio. (Stewart). 
78. 8. Irio, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 150. 
Verii. : — (Seeds) Khub kalan (Hind). ; Naktrasa, Jangli 
sarson, Khub Kalan, Kkaksi, (Pb.) Parjan ; (Merwara) ; Jangli- 
