STENOPETALUM. 



CRUCIFERAE. 41 



lineari-oblongis integerrimis; racemis florenlibus abbreviatis; pedicellis calyce 

 brevioribus demum cernuis; petalis sepala duplo superantibus (croceis); ovario 



8-ovulato; silicula ? © — Crescit in Nova Hollandia ad portum Princess 



Royal Harbour. 



f Icones addendae. 



ST. ROBUSTUM Endl. - Hook. Icon. plant. I. 610. 



ST. LINEARE R. Br. - Hook. 1. c. t. 618. 



4921. EUDEMA H. B. Kth. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 201. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 174.*) 



1. EU. GRANDIFLORA Planchon in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. III. 620. f t. 21.— 



Rhizomate simplici brevi; foliis linearibus glaberrimis confertis, basi dilatatis; 

 pedicellis solitariis brevibus occullis; pelalis semipollicaribus; siliculis oblongis 

 15-20-spermis. ^ -- Planta humilis, glaberrima. Rhizoma simplex verticale, 

 1-2-pollicare, apice incrassatum, fasciculum foliorum edens, inferne allenuatum, 

 sublignosum, alhidum, squamis brevibus scariosis, foliorum vetustorum vestigiis 

 arcte vestitum. Folia primo aspeclu monocotyledoneam referentia, basibus dila- 

 talis scarioso-membranaceis, imbricatim adpressis, vix pseudo-bulbum efficen- 

 tia, hinc erecto-patentia, oblongo-Iinearia, l'/ 2 poll. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, inleger- 

 rima obtusa crassiuscula, obsolete trinervia. Flores pro planta magni albi, e fas— 

 ciculo foliorum emergenles; pedicelli solitarii uniflores axillares, folio multo bre- 

 viores et ideo florentes occulti. 2J. — Crescit in Andium Peruvianarum monte Asnay. 



4921/!. MENKEA Lehm. 

 (Lehm. Indx. semin. hort. Hamburg. 1843. p. 8. — Bnge. in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. I. 259.) 

 Sepala 4 obovata patula, basi aequalia. Petala 4 calycem aequantia un- 

 guiculata obovato-oblonga integra. Stamina G tetradynama inclusa. Glan- 

 dulae hypogynae. Ovarium suborbiculatum, stigmate sessili. Silicula sessilis 

 obovato-oblonga, utrinque subacutata plano-compressa bivalvis, septo ad 

 marginem angustissimum reducto, unilocularis. Valvae uninerviae reticu- 

 lato-venosae. Placentae inclusae filiformes. Semina minutissima in funi- 

 culis setaceis elongatis in toto placentarum ambitu horizontalibus numerosa 

 quadriseriata suborbiculata immarginata, striatim verruculosa. Cotyledones 

 incumbentes. — Herba Novae Hollandiae annua habitu omnino Drabam 

 vernam referens. 



1. M. AUSTRALIS Lehm. 1. c. — Bnge 1. c. f — Caules 1-3-pollicares plures e ra- 

 dice simplici, exili, simplices vel ramo aucti, oligophylli. Folia radicalia obovato- 

 spathulala integerrima, caulinum unum alterumve, rarius plura, spalhulato-ob- 

 longa, in peliolum brevem angustata. Racemi pauci (6-7) flori ebracteali laxi. 

 Flores fugaces suaveolentes, minulissimi, 0,5' ' longi latique, pedunculati. Sepala 

 obovata. Petala alba acutiuscula, calycem vix excedentia. Antherae pallide vio- 

 laceae. Stigma sessile bilobum. Pedunculi fructiferi laxi elongati, 4-5'" longi, 

 filiformes. Silicula 2,5'" longa supra medium 1,3'" Iata, basin versus angustata, 

 apice stigmate sessili subacutata, facillime dehiscens; valvis delapsis persislunt 

 placentae, latere interiore tenuissimum marginem hyalinum, dissepimenti rudi- 

 mentum, gerentes et funiculis horizontalibus inaequilongis numerosis (ultra 50) 

 quasi fimbriatae. Semina 0,1'" lata, paullo longiora, rufula, verruculoso-striata, 

 4- vel pluriseriata. — Colyledones stricle incumbentes. — Crescit in Nova Hol- 

 landia australi. 



Tribus IX. LEPIDINEAE. 



4930. LIVOMM DC. 

 (DC. Prodr. I. 208. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 175.) 

 1. EU. MORICANDIANA Boiss. Diagn. pl. nov. orient. V. 83. — Glabra glaucescens: 

 caulibus suffrulicosis prostratis nudis; ramis paucis brevibus foliosis; foliis oppo- 

 sitis remotiusculis subsessilibus ovato-rotundis, supremis paullo amplioribus, 

 V. 6 



