Heliophila.] CRUCIFERZ (Sond.) 41 
Has. In wet places. Melkout-kraal, Knysna, Burchell. Paarlberg, 1-2000f. 
Drege 7577. Nov.~Dec. (Herb. Burch., Sond.) 
Stem 1-2 feet high, striate, with spreading branches. Leaves subdistant, their 
rachis 2-3 inches long, a line wide, with 3-5 opposite or alternate lobes at each 
side, 3-4 lines between each, 6-12 lines long, acute. Upper leaves smaller, trifid 
or entire. Racemes 6 inches long. Fl. white, purplish or lilac. Petals twice as 
long as the calyx. Pods 11 inches long, a line wide ; style filiform 1-2 lines long. 
Seeds immarginate. 
12. H. concatenata(Sond. 1. c. p. 214.) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
moniliform, pendulous, tipped with a long-filiform style equalling the 
pedicel ; leaves pinnati-partite, lobes in 5—7 pair, linear, subacute ; pe- 
tals obovate, clawed ; stamens toothless. Drege, 7576, a. 
Has. Rocky and stony places. Paarlberg, Drege. Aug.-Oct. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
Stems several, 1-2 feet high, flexuous, with slender branches. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long, their rachis a line wide, lobes 5-8 lines long, opposite or alternate. Upper 
leaves trifidor entire. Fl. lilac. Petals twice as long as the calyx. Pods 1}inches - 
long, with 10-14 ovate-orbicular, often rather remote beadings. Seeds immarginate. 
13. H. variabilis (Burch. Cat.. 1249.) ; herbaceous, glabrous, green ; 
pods moniliform, suberect, tipped with a short style ; leaves pinnati- 
partite, lobes 3-5 pair, linear, acute, the terminal elongated ; petals 
oblong ; stamens toothless. DC. Syst. 2.683. Sond. I. c. 214. 
Var. 8. tenuifolia, leaves subfiliform ; pedicels elongate. H. dis- 
secta, a, Herb. Drege. 
Has. Desert places. Roggeveld, near Jack Riv. Burchell. B. near Goedemans- 
kraal, Rustbank and Kookfontein in Kaus, 3-4000ft. Drege. Sept.—Oct. (Herb. 
Burchell. 8. in Herb Sond., T.C.D.) 
A foot high, resembling 4. chamaemelifolia. TRachis of the leaves 2~3 inches 
long, 1 line wide ; the lobes uncial, the terminal one longest. Raceme long ; pedi- 
cels 5-6 lines long, those of the fruit 7-8 lines. Fl. white or rosy. Pods (young) 
Bovey B. has leaves twice as narrow ; fruit pedicels 1 inch long ; and twice larger, 
owers, 
14. H. pendula (Willd. Sp. IIL. 529.); herbaceous, glabrous, green ; 
pods moniliform, pendulous, tipped with a short style ; leaves pinnati- 
partite, lobes 3-5 pair, linear, acute, channelled above ; petals obovate ; 
stamens toothless. DC. Syst. 2. p. 683. (excl. syn. Lam.) Sond. l. c. 
215. HH. pennata, Vent. Malm. t. 113 (excl. syn.) R. Br. Hort. Kew 2. 
vol. 4. p. 102 (non. Lin. f.) Ormiscus pinnatus, B. Z. 68. Drege 7579. 
Has. Grassy fields. Zwartkops and Krakakamma, Uitenhage, 2. ¢ Z. Swellen- 
er — ca Brede river and Hassagaiskloof, Zeyh. 1898 (Herb. Willd. 
nd,, T.C.D.) © te ” 
tems several, the middle ones erect, 1-2 feet high, lateral spreading, 
with oko peient branches. Leaves somewhat fleshy, Shs bee mostly opppoaite 
6-12 lines long, 4 line wide or shorter. Fruiting racemes 6 inches long: flower 
stalks erect, fruit-st. recurved. Sepals 1 line long; petals 2 lines, pale yellow 
Pods uncial, with about 12, rarely confluent beadings. 
15. H. monticola (Sond. l.c. p. 216.) ; herbaceous, glabrous, glau- 
cous ; pods moniliform erecto-patent ; lower leaves pinnati-partite, lobes 
3-5 pair, linear-subulate ; uppermost trifid ; lateral stamens toothed. H. 
pendula, E. Mey. Herb. Drege. : aes 
Has. Hills at Mierenkasteel, below 1000f. Drege. Aug, (Herb. Sond., 
<i slbadeeensniial, 4-8 inches high. Stem flexuous, branched from 
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