Plate 2325. 



HELIOPHILA PATENS, Oliv. 



CRUCIFERiE. Tribe SiSYMBRIEiE. 



H. (§ Selenocarpaea) patens, Oliv, {sp. nov.) ; annua glaberrima fere 



e basi graciliter divaricatim ramosa, foliis anguste linearibus indivisis 

 carnosulis, racemis 10-30-floris, floribus albidis v.pallidepurpurasccnti- 

 buSjSiliquis pedicellatis ellipsoideis v. rhomboideo-ellipsoideis compressis 

 valvis maturis purpurascentibus la^vibus leviter convexis 1 2 spermis, 

 stylo perslstente recto siliqua jequilongo, pedicellis patentibus gracillimis 

 sihqua 3-5-plo longioribus. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope, near the village of Piciuetberg, //. Bohis 

 (No. 7530). ^ o 1 D. 



Iierha 6-8-poll. ; caulis teres Isevis v. obsolete striatus. Folia in- 

 lenora 1 poll, longa, angustissima, Sepala elliptica obtusa concava 

 purpurascentia. ^ Fetala calyce 2-pIo longiora, obovata integra, basi 

 angustata brevissime unguiculata, calyce 2-plo longiora. Ovarinm 

 oblanceolatum v. oblongo-obovatum, stylo brevius, 1- v. 2-ovulatuni. 



The nearest ally of this plant is Heliophilaflacca, Sond., known only 

 trom Eeklon and Zeyher's specimens. This interesting new species, 

 the fourth species of the peculiar section Sehnocarpcea, discovered by 

 ^Ir. Bolus, is distinguished by its very slender stem, much branched 

 irom about an inch above the root, the long patent pedicels of the 

 small elliptical pods, and, so far as our specimens show, the undivided 

 very narrow leaves.— D. Oliver. 



ft ^'^^^' ^^P^- 2. Petal. 3. Stamens and pistil. 4. Pistil. 5. Fruit, laid open. 

 «• feeed. 7. Embryo. All enlarged. 



