

76 VIII. CRUCIFER^. [Blennodk, 



erect, rigid pedicels of 1 to 3 lines. Pods mostly about | in. long, turgid, sonie- 

 wliat curved, tapering into a short style at the top, contracted at the base, 

 pubescent with stellate hairs ; valves very convex, but the midrib scarcely 

 conspicuous except at the base. Seeds few, ovate, large, but distinctly 

 ranged in 2 rows, the mucus very copious, with radiating fibres. — Erysimum 

 brevipes, ~^, Muell. in Linna^a, xxv. 367. 



Victoria. Ban-en saudy locahtics on the Murray and its lower tributaries, F. Mueller. 

 S. Australia, llocky Riv er, and to the N. W. of Lake Torrens, F, Mueller. 

 ■^V. Australia. South coast ?, Brummond, n, 128. 



8. B. lasiocarpa^ F. MuelL in Trans, Phil. Soc. Vict, i. 100, and PI- 

 VicL i. 40, f. 2. An annual, hoary with stellate pubescence, the central 

 scape short and erect, the lateral stems decumbent and leafy at the base, 

 branching and attaining 1 ft. or more. Kadical leaves petiolate, lyrate-pni- 

 Tiatifid, 1, 2, or even 3 in. long; stem-leaves smaller, pinnatifid, or the upper 

 ones toothed only. Flowers pink or "white. Calyx about 1 line, petals 

 obovate, fully twice as long. "Fruiting racemes loose, 2 to 4 in. long, with 

 divaricate pedicels of 4 to 6 lines. Pods not above -^ in. long, turgid, curved, 

 tapering at the top with a short slender style, contracted at the base, hispid 

 with simple or stellate hairs ; valves very convex, with the midrib scarcely 

 conspicuous. Seeds ovate, the mucus copious. — Eryshmim blennodioideSj r • 

 Mucll. in Linna^a, xxv. 367. 



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N. S. "Wales. Darling river, Victorian Exj)edition, 



Victoria. Arid sandy plains on the Murray and its lower tributaries, F, Mueller. 



S. Australia. Towards Lake Alexandriiiaj lltldebrand ; Cooper's Creek, A. C. Gregory- 



9. E. canescens, R, Br. in Jpj). Start, Exped. 4. Annuab l^ut the 

 lateral branching stems apparently harder at the bnse at the close of the 

 season, so as to be almost woody ; the whole plant hoary \vith a short, soft, 

 steUate pubescence. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-linear, the radical ones 

 about 2 in. long, pinnatifid and narrowed into a petiole, the upper ones 

 linear, toothed or entire. Flowers large, pink, resembling those of a Mat- 

 iJiioIa. Calyx 2^ lines long, hoary. Petals fully twice as long, with long 

 claws. Fruiting racemes rather loose, 2 to 6 in. long, the pedicels short, 

 slightly spreading. Pod linear, 1 to 1| in. long, slightly pubescent, with con- 

 vex valves, crowned by the large, persistent stigma. Seeds oval-oblong, 

 smootli. 



n. S. AVales, Darling river, Victorian Expedition. 



S, Australia, Cooper's Eivcr, J. C. Gregory; Elizabeth river, near Lake Torrens, 

 IlergotL 



10. B. Cntitiinghamii, Bmfh. A tnftcd herbaceous perennial, more 

 or less hoary Avith soft stellate hairs, occasionally mixed with simple ones; 

 annual stems erect or decumbent at the base^ from a few inches to 1 ft. high; 

 slightly branched. Eadical leaves petiolate, 1 to 2 in. long, oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, coarsely toothed or shortly pinnatifid ; stem-leaves few and small, 

 from lanceolate to nearly obovate. Flowers small, apparently white. Fruit- 

 ing racemes loose, 2 to 4 in. long, with spreading pedicels. Pod 4 to 5 Im^s 

 long, acute at the top and at the base, tipped by a very short subulate style, 

 pubescent with simple or stellate hairs, or nearly glabrous ^ valves very 



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