Descr. Stem one to two feet high, branched, suffruticose 
below. Leaves large, glaucous green; lower ones the largest, 
broadly obovate, petiolate, cauline ones gradually smaller and 
sessile, while the upper ones are small and cordato-amplexicaul ; 
all with a rather acute apex or point. acemes terminal on the 
branches, many-flowered ; pedicels slender. Calyx with the se- 
pals erect ; two opposite ones deeply bisaccate ; the other two op- 
posite ones longer, and tapering into a subulate mucronate point. 
Stamens six, tetradynamous. Ovary elongated, linear. Style 
short. Stigma capitate, decurrent on two opposite sides. “ Si- 
fique three to four inches long. Seeds uniserial, compressed, 
with a narrow margin, and emarginate at the apex.” 
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Fig. 1. Flower, from which the petals are removed. 2. Stamens and pistil. 
3. Very young —— :—magnified. 
