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VII. CRUCIFERS 
Flowers white. Pods very slender, |-1 in., glabrous, erect, curved, 
nearly terete. Cotyledons placed obliquely so that the radicle is 
not quite incumbent. 
Simla ; March-July. — Plains of the Punjab, ascending to 6000 ft. — Tem- 
perate Asia, Europe (Britain, Ardbis Thaliana of -Bentham and some other 
authors). 
2. Sisymbrium strictum, Hook. /. As Thoms. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 149. 
Whole plant rough with stellate pubescence. Stem 1-2 ft., urn 
branched, stiff. Leaves undivided : radical few, soon disappear- 
ing ; stem-leaves sessile, narrowly oblong, sinuate or obscurely 
toothed, acute, lower ones 1-1 \ in., upper gradually diminishing 
in size. Flowers pale pink. Pods very slender, 1-2 in., glabrous, 
terete, curved, nearly erect. (Fig. 11.) 
Narkunda ; June, July.— W. Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. — Tibet. 
