78 VIII. CTIUCIFE11.E, [Steno])etdnm 



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cell 



X. *3. vciixt.^.--.-, F. MaelL PL FicL i. 49. Erect and rather rigid, 1 

 to 11 ft. hi<ili, white or hoary with a very short stelhite touieiitum, which dis- 

 appears from the older leaves and the base of the stem. ; Leaves n»rrow- 

 linear, rather thick, entire or with a few minute distant teeth, the lower ones 

 l|-to 2 in, long, the npper ones much shorter. Tlowers erect, on pedicels 

 about as lonjr as tlie calyx. Sepals about 2 lines long, tomeutose. Petals 

 yellowish, the long slender point fully 3 times as long as the calyx. Pruitmg 

 pedicels erect, 3 to 5 lines long. Pod elliptical-oblong or almost ovoid, about 

 3 lines long, very turgid, glabrous; valves nerveless; ovides 8 to 13 m each 



"N. S.Wales. Tributaries of the Darling, Bowman; Bear Mr. Mavvsou s RoWeck 

 station, Lnckhardt. 



Victoria. Barren localities on the irurray, rare, F, Mueller. 



S. Australia. Between Stokes range and Cooper's Creek, Wheeler. 



2. S. lineare, J?. Br. in DC, Sj/st Feg, ii. 513. Usually erect, slender, 

 little branched and quite glabrous, f to \\ feet high. Leaves few, narrow- 

 linear, 1 to \\ in. long, entire or occasionally pinnatifid, with 1 or 2 snort 

 linear lobes on each side. 'Mowers small. Sepals not 1 J line long. Petals 

 of a brownish-yellow, the narrow-linear exserted portion not longer than the 

 sepals. Pruiting racemes sl-ender but rigid, with erect pedicels not half so 

 long as the pod. Pods erect, oblong, 2 to 3 lines long and scarcely 1 b^® 

 broad, glabrous, the valves usually showing the midrib. Seeds 8 to 12 in 

 each cell, small, ovate, smooth. ^Hook. Ic. PL t. 618; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 

 i. 22; F. Muell. PL Yict. L 49. 



N. S. "Wales. Interior of the Colony, J. Cunningham; between Darling and Lacn- 

 lan rivers, Burkitt. 



Victoria. Sandy and rocky shores of Port Phillip and ^Vilsou's Promontory, Miirrny 

 desert and sandy localities near Mount M'lvor, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. South Esk river, thirty miles from Lauucestonj Gnnn, 



S. Australia. Near Adelaide, F. Mueller. 



\^. Australia, Druimnond, n, 680. 



Var. canescens* A low branching more robust form, the young shoots slightly hoai? 

 with a minute stellate puhcsceuce, and the leaves rather thicker. — Port Phillip, ^' 

 Mueller. 



3.^ S. filifoliaxia, Benth. A very slender; erect, glabrous annual, 1 to 1 j 

 ft. Mgh, paniculately branched in the upper part. Leaves few, in our speci- 

 mens filiform and entire, the longest 1^ in. long. Eacenies slender, erect, 3 to 

 6 in. long. Plowers very nearly sessile, small, and apparently yellow. Sepals 

 scarcely 1^ lines long. Petals when opened out neurlj'v 5 lines, including the 

 claw and long point. Pods oblong, \\ to nearly 3 lines long, | to 1 li'^^ 

 broad, tlie valves very convex aiul without any nerve, the pedicels seldom 1 

 line and often not \ line long. Ovules 6 to 8 in each cell. 



"W. Australia, Lrummond, \st Coll. 



A. S. spli^erocarpum, Jl Muell. in Travis: Phil. Soc, FicL I 35, an(J 



PL FicL l 50. A slender glabrous annual, erect or branching and decum- 

 bent at the base, from a few inches to 1 ft. high. Leaves few, small, nan-o^- 

 linear, entire or deeply divided into 3 to 5 narrow-linear lobes. Flowers 

 Tery small, on recurved pedicels of nearly 1 line. Sepals not above 1 li^^*^ 

 long. Lamina of the petals scarcely longer. Fruiting racemes slender, ouc- 



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