﻿Plate 1599. 



HUTCHINSIA PERPTJSILLA, Eemsl. 

 CrucifeRjE. Tribe Thlaspidej:. 



H. perpusiUa, Eemsl. (sp. nov.) ; herba annua, glaberrima, gra- 

 cillima, ssepissime triplo minor quam in icone, foliis radicalibus rosulatis 

 oblongis vel rotundatis integris dentatis vel sublobatis, floribus paucis 

 minntissimis, petalis spathulatis filamentis filiformibus, capsulis ovoideis 

 vel obovoideis, cellulis 6-spermis, seminibus biseriatis pendulis. 



Hab. Gilgit : Killa Panja, at 9000 feet, Br. Giles. 



In the 'Genera Plantarum' Hutchinsia is limited to H. petrcea, 

 which is usually branched from the base, has pinnately divided leaves 

 and two seeds in each cell of the capsule. Perhaps it would be better 

 to refer Iber alalia Andersonii, Hook, f., and T. Thorns, here, and the 

 whole of Boissier's species of Iberidella to Jlthionema, aa he has 

 done— W. B. Hemsley. 



g Ffe. l.^Upper part of inflorescence. 2. Sepal, i. Petal. 4. Stamens. 5 and 



