Ha 
Warns aah nvier, and in the Nieuweveld, Drege. Caledon-river, Burke and Zeyher (17.) Nov.— 
8 
A 
linn Zeyher, *, Fish Tiver*at Trom i 
, d., T.C.D., Hook.) 
jatum, L. Mey. ; 
di AB. In waterpools. Zwartkops and Boschman’s Rivers, Z. & Z. / Grahams- 
es : 
Nasturtium. ] CRUCIFER (Sond.) 21 
subtorulose, downy, and rough with stalked glands. DC. Prod. 1. p. 
133. Cheiranthus torulosus, Thunb. Prod. p. 108. Fl. Cap. p. 493. 
_ Var. 8. tricornis; leaves twice as broad, subspathulate, sinuate, 
the cauline ones pinnatifid or entire ; pods tricuspidate, the points 
por, longer than the stigma. JM. stelligera, Sond. in Linn. 23. p. 1. 
* Hap. Sandy and grassy places. At the Gauritz and Gariep, Burchell ; Zeekoe- 
y. (Herb. Thunb., Sond., T.C.D.) 
foot high, canescent. Radical leaves crowded, subsinuate, tapering at base, 
1}-2 inches long, 2 lines wide. Racemes 3-5 inches long. Pedicels very short and 
thick. Calyx 3 lines long. Petals purplish, the claw as long as the calyx, the 
noe oblong-oval. Pod widely spreading, 2-2} inches long ; stigmata thickened 
a - - “4 
Il. NASTURTIUM R. Br. 
_ Sepals spreading, equal at base. Siligua nearly cylindrical, some- 
times short, the valves rounded at back. Stigma somewhat bilobed. 
Seeds not margined, irregularly in two rows. DC. Prod. 1. p. 137. 
_ Water or marsh plants, dispersed over the world, glabrous or rough, with simple, 
rigid hairs. Leaves pinnatipartite or pinnatifid. Flowers small, white or yellow. 
The common Water-cress is a well known example of this genus. The name is 
traced to Nasus-tortus, a wrinkled nose ; and is supposed to allude to the pungent 
qualities of these plants. a 
* Flowers white. ‘ 
1. N. officinale (R. Br. Hort. Kew. 2. vol. 4. p. 100) ; leaves pinnati- = AQ 
partite, the upper in 3-7 pairs ; the lower ternate ; leaflets repand, ee Qoy 
the side ones elliptical, the terminal ovate-subcordate ; pods linear, abs Apes 
curved, about as long as the pedicels. DC. 1. c. p. 137. Sisymbrium Nas- ~ a 
turtium, Lin. Sp.916, E. Bot. t.885. Schkuhr Handb. t. 187. 
Gan net and ditches, near Capetown, and at Krakakamma, Uitenhage. 
erp. md. ; oe 
“ Water-cress.” t perennial, creeping ; stem ascending. Petals white, stamens 
and pistil purple. - owt dias a ees 
** Flowers yellow. 
2. N. fluviatile (E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege) ; leaves pinnatifid, the 
upper smaller ; lacinie oblong, toothed or sub-pinnatifid, the terminal 
one larger, obtuse ; pods oblong, longer than the pedicel ; style 
elongatec: oe seen ee 
‘Van. 8. caledonicum ; stem elongate, lower leaves elongato-lanceolate, 
pinnatifido-dentate, upper linear entire. WV. Caledonicum, Sond. in Linn.. 
Vol. 23. p. 2. 
Var. y. brevistylum ; style very short, stigma thickened. J. elon- 
, Drege! B, Caledon River, Burke & 
Figh River, River and 
