76 CHARACTERS OF 
Tas.Ill. Romneya Coulteri.—Fig. 1. Sepal. f.2. Stamen. 
f. 3. Transverse section of immature fruit: magnified. : 
Dec. 12, 1844. 
Characters of two New Genera of CRUCIFERÆ, discovered by : 
the late Dg. Courter, in California.—By W. H. HARVEY, 5 
M.D., M.R.S.A., &c. : 
With Plates—(Tass. IV. and V.) 
Lyrocarpa. Hook. et Harv. 
Calyx cylindricus, clausus, tetraphyllus, foliolis linearibus, 
duobus lateralibus basi gibbis. Petala 4,hypogyna, ungui- - 
culata, unguibus latis, spathulatis, membranaceis, laminis - 
angustissimis a latere involutis. Stamina 6, tetradynama, — 
libera, edentula. Ovarium obovatum, stigmatibus duobus - 
patentibus coronatum. Stylus nullus. Silicula a latere - 
compressa, panduriformis, apice biloba, bivalvis, valvis 
compressis dorso acutis, nec alatis. Semina in loculis 6-8, 
biseriata, pendula, marginata. Embryonis ex albuminosi 
cotyledones radicule accumbentes. Testa e cellulis mag- 
nis hyalinis formata.—Herba Californica, perennis, ramosa, 
viz suffruticosa, pilis minutis stellatis in omnibus partibus. 
vestita. Folia sparsa, runcinata. Flores tristes, in racemis - 
terminalibus, laxis, simplicibus, ebracteatis dispositi. 
Lyrocarpa Coulteri. Hook. et Harv. (Tas. 1v.) 
In California legit T. Coulter, 1832. (No. 40). 38 
Caulis (vix notus) pedalis? vel bipedalis? ramosus, bas! 
suffruticosus? Rami erecto-patentes multanguli, striati, 
dense stellato-pubescentes, demum subglabrati. Folia spars 
molliter stellato-pubescentia, cinerascentia, petiolata, run- 
cinato-pinnatifida, lobis calloso-mucronatis, terminali major» 
sinubus obtusissimis, latis. Petiolus linearis, semitere* 
folio quadruplo brevior. Racemi terminales, laxi, demu 
elongati. Pedicelli calyce parum breviores, florigeri erect 
fructiferi horizontales. Flores, ut videtur colore iis M: 
thiolæ éristis consimiles. Calyx angusto-linearis, cyli 
