RAPHANUS LYRATUS, Forsk.
RAPHANUS, Linn. — R aphanus , Raphanistrum (Gærtn.) et Enarthrocarpus, auctorum.
E narthrocarpus a Raphanistro essentialiter non differt nisi siliqua sæpius ( nec tarnen constanter) pJeior
sperma.
RAPHANUS LYRATUS, Forsk., Fl. Ægypt.-Arab., p. 119.
Raphanistrum ægyptiacum , flore luteo, siliqua incurva, Lippi. (Fide Herb. Vaillant.)
Raphanus recurvus, Pers., Syn., vol. 2, p. 209. — Delile, Fl. Ægypt., p. io 5 (exclus, syn. Enarthrçcarpi arcuati, Labill.};
tab. 36, fig. i.
Enarthrocarpus LYRATUS, D. C., (in'Herl). Mus. Par. !), Syst.-, vol. 2, p. 661; Prodr., vol. 1, p. 228__Vis.,FY. Æmypt. et
Nub., p. 24.
Enarthrocarpus strangulatus, Boiss., Diagn., VIII, pi 44.
Planta annua, plerumque pluricaulis, modo glabella, modo setulis plus minusve copiosis patentibus v. retrorsis conspersa
et interdum subcanescens. Caules 1 — 1 1/2-pedales, ascendentes v. diffusi, angulati, striati, ramosi, flexuosi, virgati,
.foliosi ; rami axillares, simulac caulis ipse ramulique in racemunr foliatum desinentes. Folia potymorpba ; radicalia et caulina
ramealiaque inferiora petiolata, lyrata v. runcinata v. profunde sinuato-pinnatifida ; segidentis dëntâtis v. inciso-dentatis.
Folia superiora sessilia v. breve petiolata, gradatim minora, lanceolata, v. lanceoIato-obïôÀgâ;, v. irregulariter rbomboi-
-deâ:, v. obovato-aut oblongo-spathulata, dentata, v. inciso-dentata, v. subpinnatifida. Flores axillares ; solitarii, erecti, pedicellate,
præfloratiouc conferti. Pedicelli sub anthesi filiformes , calyce subbreviores ; friictiferi incrassati, modo strict!,.
modo plus-minusve arcuati. Sepala nariculari-oblonga, subæqualia, plerumque hispida. PETALA'unguiculata, calyce subduplo
-lougiora;:. lamina obovata, exserta, patens, lutea, venis violadeis reticulata. Stàminum filamenta filiformia : majora recta,
minora ascehdentia. Antheræ sagittato-oblongæ, æquales, apiculatæ. Ovarium ifniloculare, tetragonö-anceps, es tipi ta tum.
Stylus brevis i. conicus-, 'tctragonus'. Stigma péltatum, .disciforme. Siliqua mire variabilis , 1 - 1 1/2 pollicëm longa, modo
erecta efcsiibrecta v. plus minusve incurva, modo recurvo-arcuata, glabra v. adpresso-setulosa, striata (utrinque 3-5-fiervia),
es tipi ta ta, teres v. obsolete tetragona v. tetragono-anCeps v. compressa, moniliformis v. modice torulosa v. fere continua
(imo perfectissima muturitate), rostro 1-2 Eneas longo conico v. conico-subulato v. ensiformi plerumque aspermo termi-
nata, paulo supra basin v. medio propius (interdum juxta medium) articulata. Articulus inferior obconicus v. cylindraceus
v. turbinatus v. linearis (articulo superiore modo æquilatus, modo angustior), 2-4-spermus, v. abortu aspermus aut mono-
spermus (1). Articulus superior 5- i5-spermus. [Exam, s.sp,)
Grescit Ægypto [Lippi, in Herb. Vaill.É||— Olivier et Bruguière ! — Delile! — Aucher É lo y !— Schim-
p e r et Wiest ! Boyd!— Pinard! — K r a liil ) et Arabia petræa ( Boissier).
(1) In Raphano [Enarthrocarpo Labill.)' arcuato et Raphanâpterocarpo, Vers., siliq uæ a rtic u lu s in fe rio r, æ q u e ac in Ra-
p h a n o R a p h a n is tro , c o n s ta n te r b re v is o b co n icu s a sp e rm u s viel m o n o sp e rm u s o b se rv a tu r.