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MACROPODIUM NIVALE. SiperrtAN MAcro- 
PODIUM. 
KEKE K EKER EREEREEEEEK 
Class and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Crucirerz. ) . 
Generic Character. 
Calyx laxus, basi equalis. Petala indivisa. Glandule 
hypogyne valvarie 4. Filamenta libera, edentula. Stigma 
punctiforme. Siliqgua supra torum longissime pedicellata, 
sublinearis, plana, bilocularis, polysperma, dehiscens ; val- 
vulis planis, nervosis; placentis dorso obtusis. Semina 
pendula, uniserialia, submarginata, plana, levia. Funiculi 
umbilicales subulati, liberi. Ledebour. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Macropopium* nivale ; foliis radicalibus ovali-lanceolatis 
obscure serratis longissime petiolatis, caulinis lanceo- 
latis sessilibus integerrimis, floribus sessilibus, petalis 
lineari-spathulatis. Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 340. 
Macropopium nivale. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 108. 
De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p:149. Ledeb. Fl. Alt. v. 3. p. 
32. Hook. l. c. t. 67. 
Seer nivalis. Pall. It. I. p. 568. et App. p. TAO. n. 
we fair 
Aranis nivalis. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. p. 893. 
This rare Cruciferous plant is more interesting to the 
Botanist than to the mere Florist. It was raised in the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, from seeds sent by Professor 
LepeEgour, 
Tennent 
a 
. So named by Mr. Brown, from jaxpos, long, and ses, wodos, a foot ; from 
the long pedicel te stalk to the fruit, at once so characteristic of the Genus. 
