Sir J. E. Smiru’s Observations on the Genus Teesdalia. 285 
by the name of Nasturtium foliis pinnatifidis, caule nudo, floribus 
tetrandris. Under this he refers to the Lepidium nudicaule and 
Iberis nudicaulis of Linnzus, as if they were the very same thing, 
without any remark or explanation, or even the slightest distinc- - 
tion of either as a variety. 
In Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 898, Linnzeus repeats all he had before said of 
this Lepidium, .:subjoining a reference to Losfling's Iter Hispani- 
cum, 155, and the addition of Spain after Montpellier, as the na- 
tive countries of the plant. He has added, in manuscript, * foliis 
pinnatifidis” to the specific character, and a note of inquiry, 
* whether Gerard meant to consider -this Lepidium as the same 
with Iberis nudicaulis?” 'The latter stands in its proper place, 
p. 907, with its own synonyms, to-which Flo. Danica, .t. 323, is 
added in manuscript; but there is no hint of any resemblance or 
affinity to the Lepidium nudicaule. ‘In his Iter Oelandicum, 139, 
occurs a very full Latin description of this Iberis, with the pre- 
cise and important information that * the two outer petals are 
twice or thrice as large as the others, and the stamens are six.” 
In both editions of Systema Vegetabilium Linnzus has inserted a 
note, expressly declaring the Lepidium nudicaule to be distinct 
from the Iberis nudicaulis ; so that nothing can be more certain 
than his uniform opinion on the subject. 
Leefling’s description, in the place above mentioned, cannot be 
exceeded for fullness and accuracy. After detailing the charac- 
ters of the other parts, he adds, 
* Petala quatuor, cruciformia, equalia, patentia. Ungues line- 
ares, sensim aucti in laminam obtusam, calyce longiorem. Filamenta 
quatuor (desunt ambo minora), ad latus planum germinis, erecta, ad 
basin a parte interiore aucta glandulá compressá, latá, depressiusculd, 
alba,” $c. óc. 
I have examined, by means of boiling water, a specimen fom 
the South of France, and find it answer in every, particular to this 
9p2 er description, 
