48 -  CRUCIFERZ (Sond.) [Heliophila. 
Var. y. incisa ; leaves linear-cuneate, trifid at the point, rarely 5- 
fid, the lobes linear or acuminate. H. arabioides Bot. Mag. t. 496. 
L.d& Z.73. H. pilosa B. incisa. DOC. 1. c. 
Var. 6. glabrata ; stem suberect, glabrous above ; leaves glabrous, 
oblong, cuneate at base, 3-7 lobed, the lobes narrow, acute. H. ineisa, 
Hb. Banks. DC.1.c.p. 687. H.d& Z. No. 74. Var.a& y. 
Var. «. debilis ; stem weak, somewhat hispid below, divided into 
many long, filiform, glabrous, spreading branches ; leaves oblong-linear 
or linear, entire, rarely trifid at the point. H. incisa, 8. £. & Z. 74. 
Has. Sandy places. Common throughout the Cape District, Thunberg, E. & Z. 
Krauss, W.H.H. &c, Paarl, and other places in Stellenbosch, Drege. 7548, 9502- 
Vars 3, ¢, at the Zwarteberg, Caledonbaths, Z. & Z. Aug.—Feb. (Herb. Thunb., R. 
Berol., E. Mey., Lehm., Meisn., Sond., T.C.D. : 
A very variable species. Stem 6 inches to 1-2 feet high, erect or diffuse, simple 
or branched from the base. Lower leaves often opposite ; the rest alternate, 
ovate, oblong, spathulate or lanceolate, 4-3 inches long, 2-6 lines wide. Racemes 
lax, at length elongated. Flower stalks 3-4, fruit stalks 6-8 lines long. Flowers 
rather large, sky blue, with a yellow centre. Pods at length smooth, 1-14 inches 
long, the valves somewhat convex or compressed, three-nerved ; style thick, short, 
or longish, subcylindrical. Var. 8. is more slender, glabrous toward the apex ; the 
leaves 6-12 lines long, 2—3 lines wide, the flowers lilac or yellow. Var. ¢. (perhaps 
the same as H. divaricata, DC.) has leaves 6-8 lines long, a line wide, and glabrous ; 
smaller, lilac or blue flowers and a conical style, 
Sub-section 2. Stems suffruticose or frutescent : perennial. (Sp. 4°-57-) 
40. H. brassicefolia (E. & Z. No. 89) ; suffruticose, glabrous, pods 
(young) linear, subreflered ; leaves amplexicaul, oblong-lanceolate, at the | 
tip cucullate, contracted, mucronate. Sond. l. c. p. 242. 
Has. Mountains, alt. iv. near Siloh, Tambukiland, £.4 Z. Dec. (Herb. Sond.) 
Stems erect, simple, 14-2 feet high, terete, rather glaucous, leafy. Leaves 2 
inches long, 6 lines wide, somewhat fleshy, with a raised midrib. Raceme elongate ; 
fi. stalks 4-6 lines long, fr. st. remote, an inch long. Sepals obtuse, 24 lines long, ! 
line wide. Petals white, twice as long as calyx. Pods (unripe ones only known)an 
inch long, 1 line wide, with one-neryed valves, and a short style. 
41. H. reticulata (E. & Z. No. go) ; suffruticose, glabrous ; pods erect, 
elongate, linear, three-nerved, tipped with a short style ; leaves eared 
and amplexicaul, ovate, acute, flat, netted with veins. Sond. 1. ¢. p. 243- 
Has. Sand Downs, near Cape L’Agulhas, Zwellendam, £. & Z.Nov. (Herb. Sond.) 
Nearly allied to the preceding, but differing in its branching stem and cried 
twice as broad, ovate-acute, not fleshy. Stem more than a foot high. Leaves wit 
two small ear lobes clasping the stem, 13-2 inches long, nearly an inch = 
Flowers not seen. Pods 4 inches long, 1} line wide, with 3 nerved valves, the mid- 
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dle nerve more prominen: 
42. H. abrotanifolia (Herb, Banks.) ; suffruticulose, glabrous ; pods 
linear, spreading ; leaves 3~5 lobed, the lobes subulate, short ; stem 
scapelike, nearly leafless. DO, Prod. 2.690. E. &Z. No. 87. Sond., 
Uo P2442. f 1. H. chamemdlifolia § H. erithmifolia, E. & Z. 
Van. «., tripartita ; leaves mostly trifid. H. tripartita, Thunb. Cap. 495: 
Var. 8. heterophylla ; leaves mostly pinnati-partite. H. heterophylla, 
Thunb. l. c. 
