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Heliophila.] CRUCIFERZ (Sond.) 43 
Stems decumbent, a foot or more long, weak, with filiform, erect branches. Lower 
leaves 1-2 inches long, on each side with 2~3 linear patent lobes, 4-6 lines long. 
Upper subsessile, similar or trifid. Racemes lax. Flowers small, white. Fruit stalks 
2-3 lines long. Pods 3-5 lines long, 14 lines wide, their style 1-1 line long ; ‘valves 
obtuse at each end, one nerved, veiny. Seeds 4-8, rarely 3 in each pod, with a very 
nalrow margin. : 
20. H. Peltaria (DC. Syst. 2. 685) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
sessile, oval-orbicular, compressed, 2-3 seeded, about twice as long as the 
filiform style ; leaves pinnati-partite, with linear lobes. Sond. l. ¢. p. 
222, t.22. f.2. Peltaria capensis, L. f. suppl. 296 (non Thunb.) Lunaria 
pinnata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 491. Aurinia capensis, Desv. 1. c. p. 162. and 
Farsetia pinnata, p. 173. Selenocarpea pinnata, E. & Z. No. 70. 
Has. Stony and rocky places, Among the Silver Trees on Devil’s Mt., E. & Z. 
Drege., Hills round Capetown, W.H.H. Sept.-Oct. (Herb. Thunb., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Smaller and more slender than the preceding, with much shorter pods. | Stems 
6 inches long. Leaves, racemes and flowers as in H, diffusa. Pods 2 lines long, 14 
line wide ; style 1 line. Seeds 2, rarely 3. 
ei. H. flacca (Sond. lc. p. 223. t. 22. f 1.); herbaceous, glabrous ; 
pods on short pedicels, ovate, somewhat swollen, two-seeded, tipped with a 
style of equal length to the pod ; leaves pinnati-parted, lobes linear- 
setaceous. Sélen. Peltaria, E. & Z. 69. (excl. Syn.) Zeyher 1894. 
Has. Among shrubs, 2 alt. Caledon Baths, Zwarteberg, E.d@:Z. Aug. (Herb. Sond.) 
Easily known from the preceding, by its more slender, mostly erect stem, setaceous 
leaves and inflated pedicellate pods. Lower leaves petiolate, their rachis uncial, 
lobes 3-5 at each side, opposite or alternate. Flowers small, white. Pods 11 lines 
long, a line wide, valves ventricose ; cells one seeded. | ; 
Src. 4. Orrnosenis, DC. Pods sessile or subsessile, compressed, linear, 
with perfectly straight or sub-sinuate, (rarely somewhat moniliform) mar- 
gins ; tipped with a style. (Sp. 22-57.) 
Sub-section 1. Stems herbaceous, annual. (Sp. 22-39.) 
22. H, latisiliqua (E. Mey. Herb. Drege) ; herbaceous, glabrous, or 
hairy at base ; pods subpendulous, oblongo-linear, one-nerved, netted- 
veined, tipped with a short, filiform style ; leaves somewhat fleshy, 
pinnati-partite, lobes 3-4 pair, filiform, close together > stamens toothless, 
Sond. l.c. p. 224. Lunaria elongata, Thunb, Cap. 492. Carpopodium 
Thunbérgity Bila BEN QciGbrtr® als! i eA a ie 
s. Stony and sandy places. Between Verlooren Valley and Lange Kloof, — 
Thanberg. 1 Kloof, and Witsenberg Mt., Z. & Z. Botieesi Hexriverberg 
and Bokkeveld, 3-4000f. Drege Sep.-Oct. (Herb. Thunb., E. Mey., Sond.) 
A foot high. Stem short, branches flexuous, ascending, elongate, simple, or 
slightly branched, with few leaves. Leaves pectinate ; their obtuse rachis uncial, 
+ line wide, the lobes 2—3 lines long, 4-1 line apart. Cauline leaves smaller. Racemes 
ew-flowered : fi. stalks 4-6 lines, in fruit 8-11 lines long. Petals Lg sion 2 lines 
long. Pods sessile or shortly stalked, 1-14 inches long, 3 lines wide, often purplish, 
with a broad, green medial line. Seeds broadly winged 
23. H. macrostylis (E. Mey. in Herb. Drege) ; herbaceous glabrous ; 
pods pendulous, oblong-linear, one-nerved, somewhat veiny, tipped with = ee 
a thick, cylindrical style ; leaves pinnati-partite, lobes 3-4 pair, linear, 
elongate, remote ; lateral stamens toothed. Sond. l.c.p.225. 
Has. Between Kooperberg and Silverfontein. Drege. Sep. (Herb. E. Mey., Sc 
