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scale. The summit of the peduncle has the annular swelling 
large and papillated with the scars of the stamens. The 
capsule measures about six lines in length, and three in 
breadth : it is cylindraceo-turbinated, nearly glabrous, trans- 
versely torulose, and divided longitudinally into eight or nine 
ribs, which are themselves striated lengthways on the back. 
IV. CRUCIFERÆ, Juss. 
7. Nasturtium officinale, R. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4. p. 110. 
Sisymbrium Nasturtium, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 916.—Ic. Engl. 
Bot. t. 855. 
Han. In ins. S. Jacobi (Chr. Smith herb. ! fid. J. D. Hooker 
in litt.) In montibus ins. S. Vincentii, ad alt. 1500 ped. 
(Th. Vogel, n. 83. Junio 1841: specimina macilenta.) 
8. Sinapis nigra, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 938. Engl. Bot. t. 969. 
Has. In ins. S. Jacobi (Chr. Smith! in herb. Mus. Brit. fid. 
J. D. Hooker in litt.) In eadem ins. ad apicem montis 
cujusdam vallis S. Dominici (J. Dalton Hooker, n. 189. 
November 1839. spec. florida.) In eadem ins. (C. Darwin, 
spec. sine flore et fructu.) 
9. Sinapidendron (Podocarpica, Webb,) gracile, Webb ; ramis 
elongatis lignosis gracilibus albidis, foliis ovato- vel spathu- 
lato-lanceolatis tenuibus glabris margine sparse vel obso- 
lete grosse dentatis denticulis muticis vel spinuloso-api- 
culatis, spicis ad apicem ramorum elongatis gracillimis, 
Pedicellis filiformibus, calycis foliolis apice pilosis, petalis 
longe unguiculatis, ovario gynophoro setaceo-filiformi duplo 
longiore, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato subdiscoideo, siliqua 
lineari, valvis tenuibus glabris subtrinerviis podocarpio 
gracili insidentibus, seminibus 1-seriatis pendulis testa 
(immersa) mucilaginosa, cotyledonibus incumbentibus con- 
duplicatis.—Ic. (Tan. I.) Hook. Ie. PI. t. 751. f 
Has. In vallibus ins, S. Nicolai (Forbes, n. 30, die 29 Martii, 
1822, spec. florida et fructifera) et in herb. ins. Cap. Vir. 
(Mus. reg. Par, 1) z 
Ta». I. Fig. 1. flower; f. 2. petal ; f. 3. ovariam; f 4. siliqua; 
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