BOTANY. U 



laxo, corrugate. Colyledones accumbentes. Stigmata approximata basibus connatis in atr- 

 ium (brevissimum) decurrentibus. Filamenta edentula. 



Herbsc perennes, glabra, subacaules. Folia radicalia integerrima r. dentata, crassiuscula, 

 opaca, venis immersis inconspicuis, pdiolorum basibus ditatatis sc«ri<ms .<r»iiragi/ia/itibu<. 

 Scapi radicales, aphylli, ebracteati. Flores purpurci. Calyx subpatcns. Glandula: 

 hypogyn:c Ai.ji lament a tongior.t ruin* stipantes. 



Obs. Affinitate proximuni genus Arabidi, diwr-um silKuianun ligura, strueturu seminum 

 ct stigmatis, et denique habitu. 



This Genus is named in honour of Captain Parry, the distinguished command. -r of 

 die Expedition in which it was discovered, ami whose herbarium contained very complete 

 .specimens of the species here described. 



14. PABRYA ARCTICA— Tab. 11. 



Parrya, siliquis lineari-oblongis, anthens ovalibus, foliis (fere omnilms) intcgerrimis, 

 pedunculis glaberrimis. 



Desc. Hcrba buinilis, percnnis, glabcvrinia. Radix perpeiulicularis, crassa, subli<>nen, 

 Mrus trunsversis tenuihus notata, s;epe multiceps. Caules brevissimi, dense foliali. Folia 

 petiolata, lanceolata passiinvc spatliulato-lanceolata, integerrima, iiomiulla rarissinic pauci- 

 dentata, crassiuscula, opaca, immerse uninervia, venis alte immersis inconspicuia. Petioli 

 dimidio superiore angusto lincaii textura lamina-, inferiore dilatalo semiviiginanti scurioso 

 albicanti. Scopus caulem abbrcviatum terminans vel sa T c axillaris, aphylL, cb. achat us, 

 glaberrimus, florifor foliis siepe duplo fructifer triplo— quadruplove longior. Flares corym- 

 bosi, pedunculis patcntibus glaberrimis. Calyx' glaber, modice patens, deciduus ; sepala 

 ovalia, obtusa, concava, insertione parum in;equalia, immerse nervosa, nervis passim oblique 

 connexis. Petala quatuor, i mal i u gi i data p n } irea, rarius alba, calycc duplo longiora ; 

 ■ungues lineares; lamina obovata?, uninervia?, venosa? venis apice dichotomis. Stamina (1, 

 tetradynama. Filamenta edentula; 4 longiora latiora, altcio latere extra medium paulo an- 

 gustiora. Anther at uniformes, infra mediiun aflixa-, oblougo-ovales, ocliioleucie, basi cordata 

 lobulis approximato-parallelis, connectivo perangusto. Pollen spha?ricum, simplex (nee 

 compositum quantum observare licuit per lentem 114-ies augentem.) Glandula hypogyna 

 quatuor, filament* longiora extus stipantes. Ovarium, sessile, gLbnim, biloculare, polysper- 

 mum, ovulis numerosis. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma bipartitum, lobis placentis oppositis, 

 obtusis, mutuo sa?pius appressis, basibus confluentibus et quasi in latera styli decurrcn- 

 tibus. SiliqutE racemosac, erecta?, nonnulla- quniuloquc peiiduhe, pediccllis patcntibus, intra 

 cicatrices floris sessiles, lineari-oblonga?, passim siliculiformes, utrinque obtusa;. ValvtE 

 plana;, uninervia?, venosa?. Dissepimentum completion (rarissime fenestratum foraminc 

 magno v. parvo) arachnoideo-arcolatum, axi quandoque opaciori paulo incrassato, lineisve 

 duabus opacioribus axi approximatis. Funiculi umbilical^ marginal!, latiusculi, dimidio 

 inferiori septo coha?rentes. Semina 6-8 in singulo loculo, siepiuscjue biseriata, epidermis 

 testae laxus, tenuissimus, albus, ultra ipsam testam in limbum latiusculum extensus, supra 

 nucleum rugosus, testa ipsa, dempto epidermide, crasso-membranacca e duabus lamellis 



