Mennodia.'] viii, crucifer^. 77 



convex, with a prominent midrib. Seeds oval-oblong, smooth, the mucus 

 rather copious, 



Queensland. Flats on the Maranoa, MltchelL 



^W. S. "Wales. Bathurst Plains and other parts of the iuterior of the colouy, A. Curt- 

 ningJiam, Traser. 



Mttell 



A dn^arf 



herbaceous perennial, usually tufted, sometimes at first sight glabrous, but 

 almost always more or less pubescent with stellate hairs visible under a lens, 

 ^lowering stems rarely 6 in. high. Leaves chiefly radical, petiolate, obovate- 

 oolong, with a few coarse teeth, narely almost lyrate-piunatifid, or sometimes 

 nearly entire, f to 2 in. long; stem-leaves few and narrow. Flowers white 

 or pink, often tinged with purple. Sepals nearly 1 line, petals about twice as 

 long. Fruiting racemes rather dense, 1 to 3 in. long, with rigid spreading 

 pedicels. Pod glabrous or nearly so, sliglitly curved, about 3 lines long and 

 1 line broad in the middle, tapering at the top and the base, the valves very 

 convex and marked with a strong midrib. Seeds ovate, elegantly reticulate, 

 exuding a rather thin coat of mucus when soaked. — Capsdla hlemiodiua, F. 

 Muell. PL Yict. i. 42, 



N. S. Wales. Ranges near Bathurst, W, Wooh. 



Victoria. Subalpine grassy meadows at the sources of the -Murray and Snowy rivers, 

 ■r. Mueller, 



■^^ observed Ly Dr. JMueller, this species certainly connects Blennodia with Capsella, but 

 the habit and the broader septum in relation to the transverse diameter of the pod, appear 

 to me to connect it much more with the former genus, where he had first placed it, than with 

 the latter, to \vhich he subsequently referred it. 



9. STETfOPETALUM, E. Br. 



Sepals narrow, erect, equal at the base. Petals shortly lanceoLnte above 

 the claw, tapering to a point, often long and twisted. Pod globular, ovoid, 

 or shortly linear, the valves very convex, usually without any conspicuous 

 nerve ; septum mcmbranoiis ; stigma globular, sessile or rarely on a very 

 short style. Seeds several, small, in 2 rows, not bordered, with free fill- 

 [orm fuuieles; cotyledons incumbent.— Annuals, usually slender and gla- 

 brous, rarely tomentose and more rigid. Leaves linear. Flowers orange- 

 yellow or white. 



The geuus is limited to Australia. 



I^ods erect, 2 to 4 times as long as broad. 



noary tomentose. Pedicels as long as the pod. Petals 3 times 



as long as the cal^x !• '^' xrluhnum. 



Glahrous or slightly tomentose. Pedicels shorter than the pod. 



Petals about twice as long as the calyx 2. S. Imeare, . 



*jlabrou3. Flowers almost sessile. Petals more than twice aa 



long as the calyx 8. S.fiVifohim, 



Pods spreading or pendulous, globular or ovoid. " 



Sepals scarcely 1 lino, petals not twice as long 4. 5. spharocarj)um. 



^Hs 1| line or more, petals more than twice as long. 

 Pedicels slender, 2 or 3 times as long as the sepals. 



Slightly hoary with appressed hairs. Leaves entire or re- 

 motely toothed / 5- f "^^f^ 



Glabrous. Lower leaves mostly pinnatifid 7. ^. pediceUare. 



Pedicels shorter than the sepals . , • %, S.robudum. 



