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sessile, oblong, 1-4 in., sinuate-toothed or nearly entire. Flowers 
orange-yellow, J-J in. diam., racemed, crowded. Sepals erect, 
lateral slightly saccate. Petals long-clawed. Style distinct, 
stigma 2-lobed. Pods linear, 1 J-2 in., nearly square, erect. Seeds 
in one row ; radicle incumbent. 
Matiana, Narkunda ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. — N. Asia, 
N. Europe. 
8. ERUCA. The classical name of Brassica Eruca . — - 
Mediterranean region. W. Asia. 
Eruca sativa, Mill ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 158. An annual or 
biennial herb, glabrous or slightly hairy, glaucous. Stem 6-18 
in., erect, branching. Leaves sessile, 1-4 in., pinnatifid ; segments 
coarsely toothed, terminal one broad ; upper leaves smaller, some- 
times nearly entire. Flowers pale yellow or white, f-1 in. across, 
in racemes ; veins dark. Sepals erect, lateral slightly saccate. 
Petals clawed. Stigma capitate. Pods erect, pressed against the 
stem, oblong-ovoid, J— 1 in., nearly terete, prolonged in a flat, 
pointed, seedless beak half the length of the valves. Seeds in two 
rows ; cotyledons folded longitudinally over the radicle. 
Mushobra ; August. — N. India, ascending to 10,000 ft. — N. Africa, S. 
Europe. 
Cultivated as a field crop in the N.W.P. for the oil expressed from the 
seeds. An escape. Native name Duan. 
9. CAPSELLA. Diminutive of the Latin capsa, a box, 
referring to the pod. — N. and S. temperate regions. 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Medic. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 159. An 
annual herb, more or less covered with forked hairs ; root long, 
tapering. Stems erect, 6-18 in., branched. Radical leaves vari- 
able, usually pinnatifid, sometimes lanceolate, terminal lobe 
broadly triangular, segments nearly entire ; upper leaves pinna- 
tifid, lobed at the bass, stem-clasping ; uppermost lanceolate. 
Flowers small, white, racemed. Sepals spreading, equal at the 
base. Pods nearly flat, triangular, about J in. broad. Seeds 
many, in two rows ; radicle incumbent. 
Simla ; April-October. — A cosmopolitan weed. Shepherd’s Purse of Britain. 
10. LEPIDIUM. The classical name for the Garden Cress, 
Lepidium sativum. — Chiefly Europe and Asia. 
Lepidium sativum, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 159. An annual, 
glabrous herb. Stems erect, 6-18 in., branched. Radical leaves 
twice pinnatisect ; stem-leaves sessile, pinnatifid or lanceolate. 
Flowers small, white, in long racemes. Sepals erect, equal at the 
