582 . | CRUCIFERJE. 
DRABA. 
Drabe sp. Pl. DCXI. Itinerary Notes, p. 243, no. 364. 
1. Plant largest sized specimen. 
2.. Bud. 
3. Flower open. : 
4. Do. parts of envelopes spread out to shew the relative 
situation of the stamina, etc. ; 
5. Same calyx removed. 
6. Same petals in situ. 
7. Back view of anther. 
8. Front do. after dehiscence. 
9. Section of pistillum through placenta. 
10. Transverse do. 
11. Ovulum. 
12. Fruit. 
13. Do. dehisced. 
'14. Seed. 
15. Do. long section. 
16. Embryo laterally. 
17. Radical face of do. 
18. Partium situs, a short stam., d long ditto, 5 sepals. 
Oss. This species, unless my memory misleads me, is very 
much like Draba verna. 
| It has all the points of genuine Cruciferz, the glands are 
irregular generally more or less wanting. 
There can be no doubt, I think but that Cruciferz are 8 or 
even 12-androns. Of the stamens, the outer series is com- 
plete, although unequal, the second series is represented by 
glands, and the third is half complete and represented by 
two of the longer stamina, which are opposed to the lateral 
sepals, and although in most cases it is not exactly defined, 
which of the two are outer or inner, yet cases abundantly 
occur which suggest that this may arise “from pressure, OF 
two of the longer, may belong to two petals, the displace- 
