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 spicate, distant, large ; buds cylindric, sepals obtuse |-|- in., hoary. Petals linear, obtuse, twice as long as the sepals. Pod elliptic-oblong J-f by - in., erect, broad ; valves flat, mid-rib indistinct, or sometimes prominent ; style very short. Seeds usually 2-seriate.

76. F. Aegyptiaca Turr. 140.

Vern.:—Mulei, farid buti, lathia, farid muli (Pb.).

Habitat:—Punjab, in the Salt Range.

An erect rigid perennial, covered with dense and fine, closely-adpressed pubescence; branches long, erect, virgate. 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 % 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. 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 1J-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, cylindric; mid-rib prominent; stigma subsessile.

Use: The Seeds are used medicinally as a substitute or adulterant for those of S. Trio. (Stewart).

78. S. Irio, Linn. 150.

Vern.:—(Seeds) Khub kalan (Hind).; Naktrasa, Jangli sarson, Khub Kalan, Khaksi, (Pb.) Parjan; (Merwara); Jangli-