84 DttABA VERNA. [Muvch, 



LOOK AFTER DEABA VERNA. 



How many of the following six forms are known to English 

 botanists ? 



1. Erophila {Draha) brachycarpa, Jord, Leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, narrowed at both extremities, entire or little toothed, clothed 

 with simple and bifurcate hairs. Flower-stalks slender, flexuose. 

 Sepals oval, hispid. Petals oboval-oblong, their lobes nearly- 

 contiguous. Pedicels flexuose, 2-4 times longer than the silicle. 

 Silicles subelliptical-rounded, very obtuse at the summit, a little 

 narrowed at their base. Style slender, very short. Seeds ellip- 

 tical, very finely wrinkled, few in number. 



On rocks and walls. 



2. E. glabrescens, Jord. Leaves dark-green, lanceolate, nar- 

 row, seldom toothed, gradually tapering into a long petiole, 

 smoothish or furnished with simple hairs. Flower-stalks flexuose, 

 many-flowered. Sepals oval, a little hairy. Petals oboval-oblong, 

 with slightly spreading lobes. Pedicels hardly three times as long 

 as the silicle. Silicles nearly evenly oblong-elliptical, slightly 

 narrowed at each extremity. Style very short. Seeds oblong- 

 oval, reddish, nearly smooth, 20 to 24 in each hemicarp. 



Dry open places. 



3. E. medioxima, Jord. Characters the same as in E. glabres- 

 cens, only the pedicels are longer, 4-5 times the length of the 

 silicle. 



4. E. hirtella, Jord. Leaves linear-lanceolate, pointed, nar- 

 rowed into a broad petiole, often furnished on each side with one 

 or two very sharp teeth, covered on both faces with longish, spread- 

 ing, often bifurcate hairs. Flower-stalks flexuose, hispid at their 

 base. Sepals oval-oblong, a little unequal at the base, clothed 

 above with long recurved hairs. Petals oblong, their lobes nearly 

 contiguous. Pedicels not quite twice as long as the silicles, these 

 of an oblong shape, a little narrowed at the summit, much nar- 

 rowed from the lower third of their length. Style conspicuous. 

 Seeds oval, brown, covered with minute points, in number 30-35 

 in each cell. 



Sandy places ; uncommon. 



5. E. stenocarpa, Jord. Leaves linear, pointed, narrowed into 

 a footstalk of nearly their own width, covered with numerous tri- 

 furcate hairs. Flower-stalks flexuose, numerous, in crowded 



