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CRUCIFER.E. Juss 



SeCTIO I. SlLICULOSiE. 



CARILE. Turnef. G^RTN. 



Calyx tetrapbyllus, clausus. Petala quatuor, hypogyna, unguiculata. 

 Stamina sex, tetradynama, bypogyna. Ovaiuum breviter stipitatum, sub- 

 eylindraceum. Stigma subsessile, obtusum. Glandul^e du# inter ovarium 



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et stamina breviora. Silicula oblonga, acuminata^, basi hastata, compresso- 

 quadrangularis, subanccps, subcroso-lignosa, bilocularis, intcr loculos 

 articulala, indehiscens; loculis monospermis; inferiore constanter minore, 

 saepe vacuo. 



Hcrba>maritimse ? diflusa}. Foliaalterna, integra aut pinnatifida, carnosa, 

 glabra. Flores terminalcs, spicati , violacei aut albi. 



i . CAKILE cubensis. "(* 



C. foliis lanccolatis, acutiuscnlis, integerrimis aut obsolete ct rcmote dcntatis. 

 Crescit in litore australi Jnsula- Cubtv, prope Cayo Donito et Cayo Flarningo. (Jardines 

 del Rey.) © Floret Martio. 



Hkrba pedalis, diffusa (?). Callis ramosus, teretiusculus ; ramis alternis, striatis, glabris. Folia altcrna, 

 petiolata, lanceolata, acutiuscula, basi in petioluin angustata, marginc intcgcrrima aut obsolete et remote 

 dcntata, sicca reticulato-vcnosa, carnosa, glabra, sesqui-aut bipollicaria, 3-4 Hneas lata. Petioli 3-5 lineas 

 longi, glabri. Spice terminalcs, 3-4-pollicares, erecta;. Flores pcdicellati, uiagnitudinc floris Cakjlis mari- 

 ttmav, pediccllis lineam longis, glabris. Calyx tetrapbyllus, glaber, clausus; foliolis lanceolato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, .-equalibus. Petala quatuor, longe unguiculata, glabra ; unguis longitudine calycis; lamina subor- 

 biculata, alba, basi in unguem decurrens. Stamina sex, quorum duo parum breviora, bypogyna, parum 

 cxserta. Filamenta filiformia, glabra. AntiieR;E oblonga;, oblusa^, basi bifida;, dorso affixa;, biioculares, 

 glabra>, longitudinaliter interne debiscentes. Ovarilm cylindraceum, breviter stipitatum, glabrum. Stigma 

 sessile (?), obtusum. Glandllje duu: inter stamina breviora (?) et ovarium. SiLicuLA(in spccimine nostro 

 immatura) ovata, acuminata, articulata, bilocularis, loculis monospermis (exBonpl. ), basi nuda, nec 

 hastata (?). 



Cakili maritiiru-n var. x Dcsf. similiima. 



An satis diversa a C. domingcnsi Dcc. ? (ex Dccand. ) 



