TETRADYNAMIA. SILIQUOSA. 297 
HES’PERIS. Tourn. 108. 
Car. Cup 4 leaves; leafits spear-strap-sha arallel 
approaching towards the top, and eae ey other, 
wide at the base, deciduous, the 2 opposite ones bulging 
ee 4 ‘at the base. ' . 
_ Bross. 4 petals, forming a cross. Petals oblong, the length 
of the cup a little bent obliquely to the leit ending in 
taper claws which are as long asthecup. 
_ Stam. Filaments 6, awl-shaped, as long as the tube, 2 of 
them only half as long. Anthers strap-shaped, upright, 
reflected at the.top. 
Nectariferous Glands tapering to a point, placed 
between the shorter stamens and the germen, surround- 
ing the stamen. itil 
Pist. Germen as long as the cup, prism-shaped, with 4 
edger, - Style none. Summit divided, placed inwards, 
oblong, upright, forked at the base, approaching at the 
top, shrivelling. ae 
S. Vess. Pod long, compressed and flat, stiff and straight, 
of 2 cells. Valves 2, as long as the partition. ee 
SEEDs many, egg-shaped, compressed. 
AR’ABIS. E. lot. 178. Curt. ii. 13. 
Car. Cup 4-leaved, deciduous; Jeafits parallel, and ap- 
ssackiog at the top, 2 of them opposite, egg-oblong, 
acute, larger, a little prominent at the base, bulging, 
concave ; the other 2, pains upright. 
- Bross. 4 petals, forming a cross. Petals egg-shaped, ex- 
panding, ending in claws as long as the cup. 
Nectaries 4, each composed of a little, reflected, per- 
manent scale, fixed to the receptacle at the bottom, and 
on oe side of the leaves of the cup; reflected, 
permanent, 
Stam. Filaments 6, aw)-shaped, upright, 2 as long as the 
cup, 4 twice as long. Anthers heart-shaped, upright. 
Pisr. Germen cylindrical, as long as the stamens. Style 
none.. Summit blunt, entire. 
S. Vess. Pod compressed, very long, ‘ stra -shaped, un- 
equal from protuberances occasioned by the seeds. 
Valves mostly as long as the partition. 
SEEDs many, roundish, compressed. 
_ Oss. The nectaries and the summit demonstrate that it is 
neither a Cheiranthus nor a Hesperis, Linn. 
