Heliophila.| - CRUCIFER& (Sond.) 39 
Stem 2 feet high, terete, branched beyond the middle. Lower leaves often 
crowded, glabrous or velvetty with very short hairs, 3-4 inches long, with a long 
shee ; the lobes 3-1 inch long. Upper leaves trifid, glabrous ; rameal undivided. 
es elongate. Petals obovate, bright blue. Pods compressed, 2 inches long, 
{ line wide. Style 1 line long. Seeds compressed, immarginate. 
4. H. Eckloniana (Sond. 4. c. p. 206. t. 20) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; 
pods submoniliform, refered, tipped with a long, filiform style ; leaves 
linear, entire or partite ; stamens toothless. Lept. acuminatus, LH. & Z. 57. 
HAs, Stony and rocky places. Mountains near Klapmutz 3d alt, Stell., Z. & Z. 
Between Eikenboom and Riebeckskasteel, below 1ooof. Drege 7553! Paarlberg ? 
Drege 7782 (fi.) Oct. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
A foot high or more. Lower leaves 2 inches and longer, undivided or 3-5 fid at 
the apex, lobes linear, unequal. Upper leaves entire, or rarely 2-3 lobed. Flowers 
white, small. Pods linear, uncial ; with 1 nerved valves. Style 2 lines long. Seeds 
not margined. Bs : 
5. H. longifolia (DC. Syst. 2.681); herbaceous, glabrous 3 pods very 
slender, compressed, submoniliform, patent, tipped with a punctiform 
stigma ; leaves linear, entire or tripartite ; petals broadly obovate ; 
lat. stamens toothed. Sond.l.c.p.207. t. 19. H. filiformis, Lam. Dict.3.p.91. 
Iilustr. t. 563. f. 3. H. liniflora, BE. & Z. 75. 
Has. On hills. Brackfontein, alt. 2, Clanw., Z. & Z. near Hellrivier, Drege 3171. 
Jul. Aug. (Herb. Vahl, Lamk. (Roper, ) Sond.) : 
Known from H. dissecta by its more slender habit, broader irregularly divided 
leaves, lenge flowers and stigma. Stem 1-2 feet high, branched about the mid- 
dle ; branches virgate. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 1 line wide, the lobes unequal, 
middle one generally longer ; upper leaves undivided. Racemes slender, the 
fruiting ones 3-4 inches long. Flowers large, blue, with a yellowish centre. Pods 
14-2 inches long, with compressed three-nerved valves. Seeds (immature) com- 
pressed, not margined. ‘ : 
6. H. affinis(Sond. 1. c.p. 208); herbaceous, glabrous ; pods very slen- 
der, pendulous, tipped with a short obtuse style ; leaves linear, entire ; 
stamens toothless. H. longifolia E. Mey. Herb. Drege,non DO. 
Has. Mountains. Between Uitkomst and Geelbeks— Kraal; Haasenkraals 
ae 2-3000f., and Camiesberg, Kl. Namaqualand, Drege/ Aug. (Herb. Hook. 
nd. T.C.D. ee 
A span ‘oi branched from the base. Lower leaves 2-3 inches long, 4 line 
wide. Racemes distantly flowered. Pedicels erect, deflexed after flov : 
Flowers small, yellowish. Pods compressed, 1-1} inches long, 4 line wide. 
7. H. pubescens (Burch. Tray. 1. p. 259) ; herbaceous, hairy ; pods 
patent, compressed, submoniliform, Bpped- with a short style ; leaves 
pinnati-partite, lobes in 4-5 pairs, linear; stamens toothless. Sond. 
lc. p. 208. H. hirsuta, B. Mey. Hb. Drege. ; 
Has. Rocky places. Rhinoster river, Burchell. South side of Zuurplas Mt.’ 
Sneeuwberg, Ff een Drege, Aug. (Herb. Burch., Sond., T.C.D.) 
A span long, branched from the base. Leaves pectino-pinnate, clothed with white 
hairs ; rachis a line wide in the lower leaves, 2 inches long ; in the upper half that 
length ; lobes 3-5 at each side, acute, 4-6 lines long, a line wide, generall oppo- 
site. Fi. very small, pale rosy or white. Racemes at length elongate. — 
icels 1 line long. Sepals 1 line long ; petals a little longer. Pods 6 lines long, 
line wide : with three-nerved valves. Seeds suborbicular, not margined. 
8. H. fistulosa (Sond. 1. c. p. 209) ; herbaceous, hairy at base 4 ee 
