Drummondiane. N, O. Crucifere. 
TAB. DCXX. 
STENOPETALUM ROBUSTUM. Endl. 
Erectum virgatum superne ramosum parce foliosum, foliis in- 
ferioribus interrupte lyrato-pinnatifidis laciniis linearibus 
subobtusis, superioribus elongatis linearibus integerrimis v. 
remote ineequaliter dentatis, petalis unguiculatis e lata basi 
longissime subulatis flexuosis acuminatis, siliculis obovatis 
nutantibus pedicello longioribus. 
S. robustum. Endlicher in Hiigel pl. Nov. Holl. p. 4. 
Has. S. W. Australia, Freemantle (Hiigel). Drummond, (n. 5 
and 7.) King George’s Sound, (Mus. Paris.) 
A slender, twiggy, annual plant, 1-2 feet high. Stems 
terete, naked or sparingly leafy below, branching upwards, 
the branches erect. Leaves generally withering before the 
seeds ripen, rather fleshy, 1-11 inch long, the lower ones 
more or less divided, bright green and shining, the upper more — 
or less toothed or quite entire. Flowers at first erect, then 
drooping, on pedicels which are shorter than the calyx. Sepals” 
linear-elliptical, rounded at the apex, pale coloured and tipped — 
with green. Petals orange yellow, their apices paler, or some- — 
times quite white, the claw very narrow at the base expanding, | 
and then produced into a slender lamina 4-5 lines lon Shorter 
Stamens seated on 2 broad glands, having 2 other erect glands — 
pressed close to the germen, one on each side of them. Ger- 
ee en os with a broad, sessile stigma, Silicule 2 
| > r * * 
very el, sie cote eee — 3-5 lines long ; stigma | 
fanieuli. » Seeds about 4, with short 
or ae rig Advantage of figuring this from living specimen’ 
age Psy at the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, in 3 
ote a ee were raised from seeds sent by Mr. Drummond. : 
Pith 5 Se Pet, Same and pis fle 
Same, the val mete wwe J+ 6. Silicula. f. 7. The 
ves Separating. jf. 8, The same, the valves re-_ 
moved. 7.9. Seed magnified, ? q 
