6 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Auckland and 



than the pods when in an early stage, but as the latter approach maturity, the stigmas shrink and dry. This 

 change is not uniform in all English specimens." 



2. Cardamine corymbosa, Hook. fil. ; hirsutula v. glabra, caulibus perbrevibus rigidis ad basin 

 ramosis, ramis gracilibus flexuosis diffusis parce foliosis, foliis longe petiolatis pinnatisectis, foliolis 

 3-5 subpetiolulatis rotundatis terminali majore, lateralibus remotis saepe minutis, floribus corymboso- 

 fasciculatis axillaribus v. terminalibus, corymbis nunc proliferis, pedicellis brevibus demum valde 

 elongatis, siliquis anguste linearibus in stylum brevem attenuatis, replo angusto, valvis planis, stig- 

 mate minuto. — Hook. fil. in Icon. Plant, vol. vii. pt. 2. tab. 686. 



Hab. Campbell's Island ; on turfy ground near the sea, common. 



Radix perennis, e fibris crassis, subfusiformibus, albidis, ramosis, descendentibus. Tota planta pilis spar- 

 sis patentibus hirsuta etciliata, v. glabra. Caulis perbrevis, crassiusculus, albidus, rigidus, fragilis, fere ad col- 

 lum ramosus ; ramis 2-4 uncias longis, teretibus, gracilibus, patentibus, adscendentibus, subproliferim divisis. 

 Folia perpauca, radicalia subnulla ; ramea remota, longe petiolata, pinnatisecta ; foliolis 3-5, rotundatis seu 

 late ovatis obovatis cordatisve, integerrimis, petiolulatis, terminali majore 3-4 lin. longo, lateralibus remotis 

 saepe minutis. Petioli graciles, 1-2 unciales, basi dilatati. Flores parvi, corymboso-fasciculati, axillares et 

 terminates, nunquam, etiam fructiferi, racemosi. Pedicelli quandoque in axillis solitarii, primum brevissimi, 

 demum valde elongati, unciam sesquiunciam longi, patentes. Sepala elliptica, ovata, venosa, purpurascentia. 

 Petala calycem duplo superantia, obovato-spathulata, venosa, alba. Siliqua erecta, gracilis, stricta v. paululum 

 curvata, i— | unciam longa, anguste linearis, compressa, apice in stylum brevem crassiusculum subulatum at- 

 tenuata. Stigma obtusum, vix stylo latius. Semina uniseriata, fusca. Cotyledones obovatae. Radicula clavata. 



This is a small and very distinct species of Cardamine, wiry and fragile in every part. The stems are short, 

 or rather, at once, after springing from the collum, divided into spreading, ascending, filiform branches, with 

 few and small leaves ; and with corymbs, or more correctly speaking, fascicles of flowers, which at no period 

 seem to constitute a raceme. Sometimes even the flower is solitary and axillary ; generally several spring 

 together from the side or apex of a stem, subtended by a leaf; sometimes a pedicel appears proliferous, running 

 out into a stem and bearing a fascicle or corymb and a leaf at its apex : so that the inflorescence has little the 

 appearance of that of a cruciferous plant. 



3. Cardamine depressa, Hook. fil. ; glaberrima, subacaulis, foliis confertis plerisque radicalibus 

 longe petiolatis undique patentibus obovato-spathulatis obtusis inferne sinuato-lobatis, racemis 

 breviter pedunculatis corymbosis petiolo brevioribus, siliquis longe pedicellatis erectis linearibus 

 compresso-tetragonis stylo brevi attenuato mucronato terminatis. (Tab. III.) 



Var. (3. acaulis; foliis flaccidis tenui-membranaceis longissime petiolatis integris v. inferne subdentatis. — 

 Tab. IV. B. 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; in gravelly moist places near the sea amongst grass. (3. In 

 clefts of rocks, alt. 1200 feet. 



Radix brevis, subfusiformis, valida, fibrosa, superne multiceps. Caules brevissimi, ramis abbreviate 

 foliosis. Folia numerosa, conferta, undique patentia, v. superiora suberecta, petiolata, obovato-spathulata, gla- 

 berrima, subcarnosa, sinuata v. lobata lobis obtusis, rarius integra, una cum petiolo 1 unc. longa, 3-4 lin. lata. 

 Flores parvi, subcorymboso-racemosi. Racemi abbreviati, plerumque e collo ipso orti, foliis 1-2 subtensi, ter- 

 minales, rarius, ob ramos subelongatos, axillares, petiolo multo breviores. Pedicelli floriferi brevissimi ; fructi- 

 feri elongati, graciles, adscendentes, 3 lin. ad J unc. longi. Sepala concava, ovato-oblonga, obtuse trinervia. 

 Petala anguste spathulata, albida, calycem plus duplo superantia. Filamenta compressa, inferne dilatata. Sili- 

 qua erecta, i-1-pollicaris, f lin. lata, pedicello longior v. subaequilonga, linearis, compresso-tetragona, valvis pla- 



