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or pale yellow, in racemes. Sepals short, erect, lateral ones 
slightly saccate. Petals clawed. Stigma nearly sessile. Pods 
linear, long, flat. Seeds in one row or in two ; radicle accumbent. 
Basal lobes of stem-leaves pointed. Seeds in two rows . 1. A. glabra. 
Basal lobes of stem-leaves obtuse. Seeds in one row. 
Leaves stellately hairy, lower surface green . . 2. A. alpina. 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so, lower surface white . 3. A. amplexicaulis *. 
1. Arabis glabra, Bernh . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 135. Glabrous except 
the radical leaves, glaucous. Stem stiff, 2-4 ft. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate : radical stellately hairy, 3-4 in., sinuate-toothed, soon 
disappearing; stem-leaves glabrous, entire, basal lobes pointed, 
lower leaves 3-6 in., upper gradually smaller. Flowers small, 
white or pale yellow. Pods erect, 2-3 J in. Seeds in two rows. 
Narkunda; May-July. — W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. — Australia, N. tem- 
perate regions ; closely allied to the British A. perfoliata. Tower Mustard. 
2. Arabis alpina, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 135. More or less 
covered with forked or stellate hairs. Stems 6-18 in. Leaves ^ 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, toothed rarely entire : radical 1-4 in., 
crowded, spreading; stem-leaves smaller, basal lobes obtuse. 
Flowers white, J in. diam. Pods 1J-2 in., erect, ultimately 
spreading. Seeds in one row. (Fig. 10.) 
Simla ; March, April. — W. Himalaya, 5000-12,000 ft.— N. arctic regions 
and high mountains. 
