Notoceras bicorne (Aiton) Amo, Fl. Iber. 6: 536. 1873. Erysimum bicome Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 2: 394. 1789. Notoceras canariense R. Br. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4: 117, 1812; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 140. 1872. N. hispanicum DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 204. 1821.

Herbs, 15 - 30 cm long; branches procumbent,ascending, spreading from base. Leaves lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, entire, 1 - 5 x 0.5 - 1 cm. Racemes 15 - 25-flowered, short, dense, leaf-opposed. Flowers ca 2 mm across; pedicels up to 2 mm long in fruit, stout thickened. Sepals ca 2 mm long. Petals ca 2 mm long. Stamens ca 2 mm long. Fruts tetragonous, 5 - 8 mm long, ca 1.5 mm thick; valves torulose, 1-nerved, hairy. Seeds 2 - 5 in each locule, compressed.

Fl. & Fr. April - May.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab.

Pakistan, S.W. Asia and Mediterranean regions of Europe.

Notes. Jafri (in Fl. W. Pakistan 55: 193. 1973) has quoted a collection (Falconer s.n. in K) from Kashmir without any precise locality. Except for a single specimen from Punjab (Herb. Sulp. Kurz., CAL Acc. No. 22253) there is no collection from India.