42 CRUCIFER (Sond.) [Hi eliophila. 
Leaves I-I} inch, lobes opposite, 6-10 lines long ; upper similar or rarely trifid, 
never undivided. Flower stalks 5-6 lines, in fruit g-12 lines long. Fl. small, 
violet. Pods uncial, a line wide, with a short style. Habit of the preceding ; but 
more nearly related to the following species. 
16. H. trifida (Thunb. prod. 108.) ; herbaceous, glabrous, green ; 
pods moniliform, spreading or pendulous ; lower leaves trifid or rarely 
pinnately 5—parted, with subfiliform lobes ; wpper entire ; lateral sta- 
mens toothed. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 495. DC. Syst. 2. p. 683. Sond. t. 
ce. 217. H. pinnata, L. f. Sup. 297. , 
Has. Sandy places. Cape Flats, Thunb., Preiss, W.H.H., Ecklon. Assagaiskloof, 
Zeyher. 1902, ex parte. Sep.-_Nov. (Herb. Thunb., DC., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Very like H. pusilla. Stem ~1 foot high, simple or much branched, the branches 
ascending. Leaves uncial, rarely biuncial, the lobes equalling the petioles or 
shorter ; the middle one longest. Racemes 6-12 flowered. Fl, small purplish, 
like those of Arabis verna, Flower stalks erect, 3-4 lines, in fruit spreading 5-6 
lines long. Pods 1-14 inch long, or shorter ; the beadings often confluent, tipped 
with a short style. ; 
17. H. coronopifolia (Lin. Sp. 927. excl. syn. Pluk.) ; herbaceous, 
velvetty-pubescent, or in the upper part, glabrous ; pods moniliform, patu- 
lous or pendulous, tipped with a short style ; leaves pinnati-partite, 
lobes close together 4—7 pair, linear, subacute ; stamens toothless. DC. 
Syst. 2. 687. E.&Z. 79. Sond. l. c. 218 Thunb. in Herb. (non Prod. 
nec Fl. Cap.) 
Has. Moist places. East side of Devil’s Mountain, £. 42. Drakensteenberg, 
1=2000f: Drege, 7576. and H. pusilla, c. Sept. (Herb. Thunb., Sond.) > 
A small, slightly branched annual ; minutely pubescent or somewhat hairy at 
base. Leaves glabrous or downy, 2-inches long, pectinate, lobes 1-2 lines apart, 
3-5 lines long, 3-1 line wide ; upper similar, smaller. Racemes 8-16 flowered. 
Flowers middle size, purplish. Flower stalks 2-3 lines, in fruit 5-6 lines long. 
Pods uncial, a line wide, style 1 line long. 
18. H. dentifera (Sond. 1.c.219) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
(young) suberect, submoniliform, tipped with a Ete style ; leayes 
pinnati-partite, the lobes 6-8 pair, linear, obtuse ; all the stamens toothed, 
the tooth ciliate. 
Has. Devil's Mt., 2 alt. H.&@Z. Nov. (Herb. Sond.) 
11 foot high, quite glabrous, resembling the preceding species, but more robust, 
the leaflobes twice as wide ; the flowers larger and white, and the stamens toothed. 
Lower leaves crowded, 2-3 inches long, petioled, their rachis and lobes 1-1} lines 
wide ; lobes conspicuously 3-nerved and veiny : the cauline smaller, with narrower 
lobes. Ripe fruit not known. ' 
Sec. 8. Senmvocanrxa DC. Pods oval, or suborbicular, fer-seeded, 
tipped with a style. Seeds much compressed, orbicular. Glabrous 
annuals, (Sp,.1g—21.) _ 
19. H. diffusa (DC. Syst. 2. p. 685) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; pods ob- 
long, compressed, 4-8 seeded, much longer than the style ; leaves pinnati- 
partite, with linear filiform lobes. Sond. lc. p.220. t, 21. Lunaria 
diffusa, Thunb. Cap. 491. Farsetia dif. Desv. Journ. Bot. 3. 173. Selen. 
diffusa, E. ¢ Z. No. 71. Hel. lepidioides, Link. En. 2. 174. 
Has. Sandy and stony places. Foot of Devil’s Mt. E. & Z. Roodesand, between 
Nieuwekloof & Slangenteuvel. Drege Aug.—Oct. (Herb. Thunb. R.Berl.Sond. T.C.D.) 
