44 CRUCIFER& (Sond.) [ Heliophila. 
Differs from the preceding chiefly by its taller stem (11-2 feet high) ; larger and 
more numerous leaves, but particularly by the thickened style. Root leaves none ; 
cauline somewhat glaucous, 31-4 inches long, their rachis 3 lines wide, acute, the 
lobes 1-11 inches long, 1 line wide. Pedicels as in preceding. Petals white, 2} lines 
long, 14 inches long, 4 lines wide ; style 11-2 lines long, $3 line wide. . 
24. H. Meyeri (Sond. 1. c. p. 226); herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
linear, one-nerved, spreading or pendulous, not tapering at base, tipped 
with a filiform style ; leaves pinnati-partite, the lobes 4-5 pair, pectl- 
nate, linear, subdistant ; lateral stamens toothed. H. pectinata, E. Mey., 
non Burch... : 
Has. Stony places in the shade. Near the river at Gnadendhal, 2-3000f. Drege. 
Oct. (Herb. E. Mey., Sond.) 
Stems several, erect or ascending ; branches erecto-patent. Root leaves crowded, 
their rachis 3-4 inches long, acute, a line wide ; lobes sub-remote, 4-6 lines long, @ 
line wide. Upper stem leaves trifid or entire. Flowers mediocre, yellowish, or 
white. Pods uncial, a line wide, valves with a raised medial line and two la 
obsolete nerves. Style 1-14 lines long. 
25. H. pectinata (Burch. Trav. 1. p. 260) ; herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
narrow-linear, three nerved, attenuate at base, pendulous ; leaves pinnati- 
partite, the lobes 3—s pair, linear, near together ; stamens toothless. DC. 
Syst. 2. p.688. Sond. l.c. p. 227. H. inconspicua, E. Mey. Herb. Drege. 
Has. In the Roggeveld, near Riet river, Burchell. Mts. between Hexriviersberg 
= Par ixs in stony places, 3-4000f. Drege. Aug.—Sep. (Herb. Burch., E. Mey., 
nd., T.C.D.) ; 
A delicate little plant, 3-6 inches high, much resembling H. Peltaria in habit, but 
with very different fruit. Stem erect, flexuous, with spreading branches. Root 
leaves linear-spathulate and trifid ; the rest pinnati-partite, the lobes acute, opposite, 
14-2 lines apart ; 2-3 or 5 lines long, 1-1 line wide. Upper leaves trifid or entire. 
Racemes distantly flowered ; fl. stalks 2 lines long. Flowers very small, white. 
Pods 6-8 lines long, 1-1 line wide, with a very short style. Seeds immarginate. 
26. H. crithmifolia (Willd. En. 2. 682) ; herbaceous, velvety pubes- 
cent ; pods linear, one-nerved, pendulous, cpaque, tipped with a very 
short style ; leaves pinnati-partite, somewhat fleshy, the lobes 2-4 pall, 
subremote, semiterete, furrowed above ; stamens toothless. DC. Syst 
2. 689. Del. Ic.2.t.97. Sond.l.c.p.228. H. seselifolia, E. § Z. 81. & 
parte. Sisymb, crithmifolium, Roth. 
Var. 8. parviflora, Burch : fl. smaller, white. 
Var. y. levis, Sond. ; stem taller, velvetty or pilose below, glabrous 
in the upper part; leaf-lobes 1-14 inch long, glabrous. H. levis, E. 
Mey. Herb. Drege. : 
__ Has. In sandy fields and hillsides. Roggeveld Karroo, near Tuch river, Bur- 
chell. hant’s river, Z. é¢ Z. Hassagaiskloof, and R. Zonderende, Zeyher 190% a” 
Se ee ee 
6-12 inches high or more, ‘Leaves aide long, their rachis linear, channelled, 
acute. Racemes elongating. Pedicels glabrous, §—6 lines long. FI. small, purple, 
or in var 8. white ; in var. -y. yellowish. Pods 15-20 lines long, 13-2 lines wide, 
valves marked with a raised, medial line. Seeds narrow margined. 
27. H. chamemelifolia (Burch. Trav. ne 222, aise bs herbaceous, 
hairy below, glabrous above ; pods linear, st or scolidia one-nerved, 
_ shining, tipped with a very short style ; Jeaves pinnati-partite, fleshy, the 
