= 19 — 
obtusa basi ad utrumque latus dente tenuissimo cire. {/,"” longo cire. sexies longiore 
quam lato praedita, ad margines minute calloso-asperula. — Flores dioici v. non- 
nulli foeminei masculis intermixti et vice versa, albi, in racemum spiciformem den- 
sum 13°" longum dispositi. — Bracteae persistentes, ovato-acuminatae, sepalis 
paulo breviores, latiuscule hyalino-marginatae v. omnino expallescentes, demum re- 
flexae et axi retrorsum adpressae, glaberrimae. — Pedicelli subnulli. — Calyx 
5- (4-Turez. L. c.) sepalus, sepala persistentia, subaequlonga, 1—11/;"" aequantia, 
superius caeteris paulo angustius. Interdum occurrit sepali sexti inferioris rudimen- 
tum dentiforme. — Petala alba, constanter duo, axin racemi spectantia (superiora), 
longe persistentia, usque ad basin inter se libera, integra, exappendiculata, obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa v. apice interdum, subunilobulata, 2°” longa, sepala duplo superantia. 
— Tubus staminalis brevissimus, liber discus nullus. — Stamina 10 (7—S8S Turez.) 
breviter monadelpha, filamenta in floribus masculis elongata, petala aequantia v. su- 
perantia, anguste lineari-subulata, glaberrima, antheras minutas rotundato-ellipsoideas 
utrinque emarginatas 4—5-plo superantia, in floribus foemineis brevissima, sepalis 
4—5-plo breviora. Grana pollinis globoso-elhpsoidea, 1%; 
mn) 
longa, caeterum ut in 
genere Reseda. — Ovarium sessile, ovoideum, 4-gonum, superne constrictum, 
glabrum, caeterum ut in Resedis. — Ovula in quavis placenta saepius 6—S, bise 
rialia, funiculo minus abbreviato insidentia. — Capsula subdepresso-globosa, 4-gona, 
superne abrupte et eximie constricta, secus placentas valde impressa, cuspidibus 4 
erectis v. apice parum divergentibus anguste conicis ipso parum brevioribus terminata, 
lola (cum cuspid.) cire. 3°” longa. — Semina levia, 5°" longa, nitida, radieula 
hilo approximata. Caetera ut in genere Reseda. 
Habitat ad Cap. Bon. Spei, prope Nieuweveld inter Brakrivier et Mitvlugt, 
30004000! (Dec.) et prope Winterveld inter Nieuwjaarsfontein et Ezelsfontein (Jan.), 
ex cl. Drège Documente p. 57 in Flora 1843 et Plant. exs. No. 7533 (hb. DC.! et 
Boiss.!), prope Karrce Bosch (cl. Burke in hb. DC.!); el. Zeyher pl. exs. No. 33, 
(in hb. Boiss.!); el. Burchell. Cat. geogr. pl. Afric. austr. extratrop. No. 2015 (in 
bb. DC.!) 
B. majus. 
Ramuli validiores, minus dense foliosi, folia paullo majora. 
Hab. cum typo. (Eckl. No. 113 in bb. Reg. Berol.!) 
