40 CRUCIFERE (Sond.) [ Heliophila. 
linear, elongate, erecto-patent, submoniliform, compressed, tipped with 
a filiform style ; leaves narrow-linear, the lower ones mostly trifid. at 
the points ; stem Aollow ; lateral stamens toothed. Lept. tripartetus 
E. & Z. 61. He. spheerostigma, Kunze, Ind. Sem. Hort. Lips. 1849. 
Has. Sandy places. Heerelogement, Clanw. Z. & Z. Haasenkraals River, 
Drege 75730. Oct. (Herb. Sond.) 
2 feet high, glabrous from the middle to the top, striate, below generally some- 
what inflated ; branches slender. Lower leaves hairy or glabrous, on long petioles. 
trifid, rarely undivided ; lobes shorter than the 2-inch-long petioles. Racemes elon- 
gate. FI, blue, rather large, Pods 3 inches long, 1 line wide. Style a line long, 
Seeds suborbiculate, ga 
Sect. 2. Ormiscus (DC.) Pods sessile, much compressed, moniliform, 
that is, the margins between the seeds sinuately-contracted ; the beadings 
generally one-seeded, orbicular. Seed orbicular, much compressed, An- 
nuals. (Sp. 9-18.) 
9. H. amplexicaulis (Linn. f. Suppl. 296); herbaceous, glabrous 
or somewhat hairy ; pods moniliform, spreading ; lowest leaves oppo- 
site, obtuse, upper alternate cordato-amplecicaul, oblong or lanceolate, 
acute, very entire. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 494. Jacq. fragm.4g. t. 64.t. 2+ De. 
Syst. 2. p. 682. Sond.l.c. p.210. Trentepohlia integrifolia Roth. Cat. 
Bot. 2. 76. Orm. amplex. E. & Z. No. 65. 
Var, 8. grandiflora; flowers twice as large, white. 
Var. y. spathulata ; stem weak, 3~4 inches long, leaves sessile spa- 
thulate ; fl. smaller. H. spathulata, H. Mey. Herb. Drege. 5 
Has. On hills, in sandy soil. Saldanha Bay ; Zwartland and elsewhere, Thun- 
berg. Brackfontein, Clan, Z. & Z. Oliphant’s R.; between Zwartdoorn R. and 
Groen river; in Langvallei, and at Leliefontein at the foot of Mt. Ezelskop, 
1-5000f., Drege 7550. 8. Wupperthal, Drege 7351. y. Camiesberg, &c. 3-4000ft. 
Drege. Jul.-Nov. (Herb. Sond. T.0.D. 
1-2 feet high, glaucous. Stem terete, fistular. Lower branches opposite ; upper 
alternate. Leaves 5-nerved on the under side, the lower opposite, subcordate at 
base, sessile, uncial, 2-3 lines wide; upper 1-2 inches long, 3-4 lines wide. 
Racemes elongating : pedicels filiform, 8-12 lines, or 4-6 lines long. Flowers 
purple, yellowish or white. Pods uncial, tapering to base and apex ; style filiform. 
10. H. pusilla (Lin. f. Suppl. 295); herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
moniliform, patent ; leaves linear-setaceous, entire. Zhunb. Cap. 493- 
DC. Syst. 2.684. Sond. l.c.210. Un. It. No. 390 and 404. H. tenut- 
siliqua DO. lc. 680. Deless, Ic. 2. t. 96. Orm. pusillus and tenuisiliqua, 
“EB. § Zt 66, 67. Drege 7554, 7555. 
11. H. rivalis (Burch. Cat. No. 5496.) ; herbaceous, glabrous, green ; 
pods moniliform, suberect, tipped with a moderate style thrice as short as 
the pedicel ; leaves pinnati-partite, lobes rather remote, 3-5 pall, 
linear, acute ; petals obovate ; stamens toothless. DC. Syst. 2. 682. 
Sond, Leh. 215.5 | Se Ss 
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