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122. Fruit abbreviated ... 123 



Fruit elongated ... ... ... ... 126 



123. Seeds one or two in each cell ... ... ... 124 



Seeds more than two in each cell ... ... ... 125 



124. Fruit compressed towards the sides of the dissepi- 



ment. 



Herbs, often beset with branched hairlets; petals white, 

 purplish or yellow; fruit from elliptical to orbicular; 

 dissepiment broad ; seeds usually one or two in each cell ; 

 radicle turned to the edges of the cotyledons. 



Alyssum. 622 



Fruit compressed towards the edge of the dissepiment. 



Herbs or half-shrubs ; petals white or somewhat purplish ; 

 fruit almost oval or nearly obcordate, compressed; dis- 

 sepiment very narrow; seeds usually one in each cell; 

 radicle turned to the sides of the cotyledons. 



Lepidium. 623 



125. Dissepiment broad. 



Herbs, often semiaquatic; sepals spreading; petals white 

 or oftener yellow; fruit usually almost ellipsoid, turgid; 

 seeds many, usually in two rows ; radicle turned to the 

 edges of the cotyledons. Nasturtium. 628 



Dissepiment narrow. 



Herbs, usually annual; petals white or yellow; fruit almost 

 ellipsoid or nearly obcordate, compressed; seeds usually 

 more than two in each cell; radicle turned to the sides of 

 the cotyledons. Capsella. 629 



126. Fruit-valves almost without any longitudinal dorsal 



venule. 



Herbs often glabrous; sepals usually erect, almost equal; 

 petals white or purplish ; fruit mostly narrow- cylindrical 

 and somewhat compressed ; seeds numerous, usually 

 forming one row in each cell ; radicle turned to the 

 edges of the cotyledons. Cardamine. 631 



Fruit-valves with one to three longitudinal dorsal 

 venules ... ... ... ... ... 127 



127. Fruit-valves lined by one venule ... ... ... 128 



Fruit-valves usually lined by three venules ... ... 130 



