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from which short branches arise. Brandies minutely scabrid. Leaves 

 '94i cm. long, - 5-l'5 mm. broad, linear, acute or subacute, glabrous. 

 Peduncles 2-7 cm. long, terete, glabrous, 5-12-flowered. Pedicels 

 8-1 "2 cm. long, elongating in the fruit, sometimes minutely glandular, 

 otherwise glabrous. Buds '9-1 cm. long, 2'5 mm. broad, ellipsoid, the 

 anterior and posterior sepals slightly projecting. Lateral sejmfs 

 5'5 mm. long, 1/5 mm. broad, oblong-linear, concave, rounded and 

 saccate at the apex, 3-nerved, glabrous ; anterior and posterior sepals 

 6'5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, oblong-linear, concave, rounded and with 

 a blunt spur - 5 mm. long at the apex, 3-nerved, glabrous. Petals 

 1 cm. long, 4 - 5-6'5 mm. broad, obovate, shortly acuminate, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base. Stamens of equal length ; filaments 4 mm. 

 long, linear below, terete above, glabrous ; anthers 2'5 mm. long, 

 linear, shortly and bluntly sagittate at the base. Ovary 4 mm. long, 

 75mm. broad, terete, glabrous ; style 1*5 mm. long, terete ; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit 4'7-5'5 cni. long, 3-3'5 mm. broad, flat; valves with 

 straight or undulating margins, 1-uerved, glabrous. Seeds 2-2'25 mm. 

 long, 15-2 mm. broad, compressed, orbicular, glabi'ous ; embryo 

 horse-shoe shaped. 



Qoqolosi Peak. January-February, flowers purple or pink, A. 

 Dieterlen, 939 partly ; Phillips, 975. 



Near H. suavissima, Burch., from which it differs in the dwarf 

 woody habit, and the seeds being without a narrow membranous 

 margin. 



H. sp. 



Ben McDhui, 9800 ft., March, Galpin, 6573. 



BEASSICA, Lint,. 



B. pachypoda, Thellung, var. 



Veld and mountain slopes. Herb, 6-20 in. high, flowers yellow. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 165 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : An imported weed. 



SESUTO : Sepatla-palla. Derived from the verb " ho phatlalla" to 

 be flat. Sepaile. Meaning unknown. The leaves of this plant lie 

 flat on the ground. Used as a vegetable. 



LEPIDIUM, Linn. 



L. myriocarpum, Sond. 



Streams. Herb, 20-30 in. high, flowers dark-mauve. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 542 ! ; Caledon Eiver, Zeyher, 24 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Glenfilling (Lower Albany). 



