Gunnia?ice. N. O. Cruciferae. 



TAB. CCLXXVI. 



Stenopetalum incisifouum, J. Hook 



Gen. Char. — ^z/zg'Maellipsoidea, valvulisconcavo-planis, loculis 

 polyspermis. Stylus 0. Semina in quoque loculo biserialia 



minima subovata. Cotyledones incumbentes, DC. . ' 



Stenopetalum incisifolium ; foliis inciso-pinnatifidis, siliquae valvis 



concavls, loculis 12-14 spermis- 

 Hab. Blackman's River, on the road to Hobart Town, Van 



Dieman's Land. Ronald Gtmn, Esq. (w. 644.) FL Nov- 

 JRadix annua, parva ramosa; Caw/e5 plurimi ex eadem radice, 



suberecti, valde raraosi, graciles, fructiferi spithamei et ultra. 



Folia oblonga, inciso-pinnatifida, basi attenuata, laciniis 3-5. 



Flores ignoti. Uacemi fructiferi elongati, digitales et ultra, 



gracillimijflexuosi. Pe^/zceZ/i'erecto-patentesjSemiunciamlongi. 



Siliqiia (fere silicula), duas lineas longi, vix lineam lata, stylo 



perbrevi terminata, ellipsoidea, glabra: Valvules concavae, 



venosse. Locuti polyspermi : Semina sub- 13 in quoque loculo, 



biserialia, obovata. Radictda dorso incumbens. 



The present plant is probably not generically distinct from 



Stenopetalum^ though the valves of the sihqua are more concave 



than is consistent with De Candolle's character, and the seeds in 



each cell are more numerous, and the stigma is not sessile. 



These circumstances, however, together with the deeply cut 



leaves will keep it specifically distinct from S. lineare (Br. in De 



Candolle). I have to 



M 



Hooker 



Fig. 1. Siliqua. /. 2. Transverse section of do. /. 3. Siliqua 

 •with the valves separating. /. 4. Siliqua with the valves removed. 

 /. 5. Seed. /. 6, 7. Embryo '.—magnified. 



