﻿TAB. XLVIIL 



Cremolobus Peruvianus. 



SufFruticosus, glaber, foliis oblongo-ovatis serratis, racemis 



axillaribus terminallbusque, siliculae glabrae loculis ]ato- 



marginatis, stylo brevissimo. 

 Cremolobus Peruvianus. De Cand. SysL Veget v. 2. p. 419, 



Prodr. V. \.p. IM. 

 Biscutella Peruviana. Lam. Diet v. 3. p. 620. De Cand. Diss. 



de Bisc. n. 6. L 4. 

 Hab. Western descent of Pichincha, Quitinian Andes, at an 



elevation of 13,000 feet above the level of the sea. Flowers 



fragrant. Prof. Wm. Jameson. 



The genera Biscutella^ Megacarpcea, and Cremolohiis, are, it 

 must be confessed, very closely allied, and established as genera 

 on very slight tangible characters. The present genus, however, 



has a peculiar habit, and is exclusively a native of Columbia, 

 Peru, and Chili; chiefly, or I believe entirely, of the range of 

 the Cordillera. 



Fig. 1. Flower. / 2. Stamens and pistil. / 3. Pistil. 

 / 4, 5. Anterior and posterior view of the silicula. / 6. Seed : 

 magnijied. 



