Tolmieana. N. O. Onagrariee. 
TAB. CCCXXXIX. 
CinorHERA (HoLostiema) aLyssopEs. Hook. et Arn, 
— Humilis multicaulis puberula, foliis inferioribus multo majoribus 
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Capsule at the base being almost mature, while the upper por- 
oblongo-lanceolatis inequaliter dentatis in petiolum attenu- 
atis caule paullo brevioribus, superioribus linearibus, racemis 
foliosis secundis circinnatis, ovariis tenuissimis sessilibus, 
petalis filamenta equantibus stylo brevioribus, capsulis con- 
tortuplicatis striatis torulosis. Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. 
Voy. Suppl. p. 341. 
Has. Pine Creek, Snake Country; California. Tolmie. 
One of the most remarkable of the Holostigma group of 
othera. It has a slender, perpendicular, branching root, 
from the summit of which arise several short ascending stems, 
from 3 to 5 inches long, the central one, however, is erect, and 
always apparently floriferous from the base to the summit, the 
tion is only in flower. Lower leaves almost equal in length to 
‘he stems, and sometimes nearly an inch broad, while the upper 
ones become bracteas and are shorter than the flowers. Corolla 
Pale yellow, retaining their colour when dry, as in G2, dentata, 
(Cav,) ; they are copious, racemose, and secund, the upper por- 
ton of the raceme being recurved or circinnate until the flowers 
xpand. Petals roundish, not at allnotched. The whole habit 
of the Plant is indeed very similar to that of some Alyssum ot 
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Fig. 1, Flower and bractea. f, 2. Fruit :—magnified. 
