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3. Sisymbrium Walliehii, Hook. f. 6c Thoms. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 
149. Rough with simple, forked and stellate hairs. Stems 
slender, 6-18 in., erect. Leaves pinnately lobed : radical 1-3 in., 
lobes broad, obtuse, usually pointing downwards, terminal lobe 
largest ; stem-leaves few, sessile, smaller, sometimes nearly entire. 
Flowers white, changing to pale pink. Pods very slender, 2-3 J in., 
glabrous, spreading, curved. 
Kumaon to Kashmir, 5000-7000 ft. ; April, May. 
4. Sisymbrium Sophia, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 150. Finely 
pubescent. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves numerous, l|-2 in., sessile, 
twice or thrice pinnatisect ; segments short, thread-like. Flowers 
pale yellow. Pods glabrous,, slender, 1 in., slightly flattened, 
curved, erect or spreading. 
Simla ; April-July. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-7000 ft. — N. Africa, 
America, Europe (Britain, Flixweed). 
5. Sisymbrium Alliaria, Scop. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 151. Glabrous 
or nearly so, dull green. Stem 1-3 ft., usually unbranched. 
Lower leaves long-stalked, ovate or orbicular, 1J-3 in. across, 
cordate, sinuate or crenate ; upper on shorter stalks, ovate or 
triangular, 1-2 in. across, cordate, coarsely toothed. Flowers 
white, | in. diam. Pods glabrous, \\-2 in., nearly terete, erect. 
Simla, Matiana ; April-June. — W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. — W. Asia, 
Europe (Britain, Hedge Garlic). 
The crushed leaves smell strongly of garlic. 
6. EUTREMA. From the Greek eu, completely, decidedly, and 
trema, a hole ; the partition dividing the cells of the pod is in some 
species incomplete near the middle. — Himalaya. Arctic Siberia. 
Eutrema primulsefolium. Hook. f. & Thoms. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 
152. A glabrous, perennial herb ; root thick, cylindric ; stem none. 
Scapes several, slender, erect, 2-3 in., leafless but bearing a few 
small sessile bracts. Flowers small, white, in short corymbs. 
Sepals erect, base equal. Petals clawed. Stigma sessile, 2-lobed. 
Pods |-1 in., nearly terete, curved. Seeds in two irregular rows ; 
radicle incumbent. 
Huttoo, on rocks ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 6000-11,000 ft. 
7. ERYSIMUM. A classical plant-name ; probably of E. 
officinale, the Hedge Mustard. — N. temperate and cold regions. 
Erysimum hieracifolium, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 153. A 
perennial herb, covered with short, adpressed, forked, stellate and 
simple hairs. Stems erect, robust, 6-24 in., angled. Stem-leaves 
