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CRUCIFER.E. CVI. HELIOPHILA. 



journ. bot. 3. p. 173. Ricotia multifida, Herb. Banks. Tren- 

 tepohlia lepidioides, Roth. nov. spec. 326. ? Flowers small, 

 whitish ? Seeds 2-4 in each cell. 



Diffuse-branched Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. foot. 



16 H. PELTA'RIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 685.) herbaceous, smooth ; 

 pods oval-orbicular, 2-4-seeded ; leaves pinnate-parted ; lobes 

 linear, entire. . H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Peltaria Capensis, Lin. fil. suppl. 296. Lun&ria pinnata, Thunb. 

 prod. 107. Aurinia Capensis, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 162. 

 Farse'tia pinnata, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 173. Flowers small, 

 whitish. Cells of silicic usually 1 -seeded. 



Shield-podded Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 J to J foot. 



SECT. V. ORTHOSELIS (from opOoc, orthos, upright, and cre\ie, 

 sells, the side of a leaf; because the margins of the pods are 

 straight, or nearly so.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 685. prod. 1. p. 232. 

 Siliques sessile, compressed, linear, with straight margins, or 

 scarcely contracted between the seeds, (f. 47, o.) apiculate by the 

 style. Lateral stamens usually toothless. 



. 1. Annual Herbs. 



17 H. PILO'SA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 90.) stem hispid with 

 spreading hairs ; pods linear ; leaves rather hairy, sometimes 

 linear, entire, sometimes trifid at the top, and cuneated at the 

 base. . H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals pale 

 blue, twice the length of the calyx. An elegant plant. 



Far. a, integrifolia (D. C. syst. 2. p. 685.) leaves linear, en- 

 tire. H. integrifolia, Lin. spec. 926, exclusive of the synonym 

 of Pluk. Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 506. Cheiranthus Africanus, 

 Lin. amcen. acad. 6. p. 90. Heliophila, Burm. nov. act. ups. 1. 

 p. 1773. p. 94. t. 7 Lam. ill. 563. f. 1. 



Var. ft, incisa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 686.) leaves cuneated at 

 the base, and divided into 3 linear-lobes at the apex. H. ara- 

 bioides, Sims, bot. mag. t. 496. 



Hairy Heliophila. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1768. PI. | to 1 foot. 



18 H. DIGITA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 296.) stem hispid from 

 spreading hairs ; pods linear ; leaves oval, entire, or here and 

 there grossly toothed. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Jacq. fil. icon, in herb. Jacq. H. coronopifolia, Thunb. 

 prod. 107.? Perhaps only a variety of H. pilbsa. Flowers 

 pale-blue. Leaves sometimes cut into 5-6 lobes. 



Dieitate-\ea.ved Heliophila. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1819. PI. 

 | to | foot. 



19 H. INCISA (Herb. Banks, and D. C. syst. 2. p. 687.) 

 smooth ; pods linear ; leaves oblong, cuneated at the base, lobed 

 at the top ; lobes narrow, acute. 0. H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers middle-sized, yellow. 



Cta-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. PI. f foot. 



20 H; DIVARICA'TA (Herb. Banks, and D. C. syst. 2. p. 687.) 

 smooth ; pods ? leaves linear, quite entire ; branches spreading. 

 . ? H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers when 

 dry yellowish. Habit of Lepidium graminifolium. 



Divaricate-branched Heliophila. Fl. Ju. Sept. PI. | foot. 



21 H. CORONOPIFO'LIA (Lin. spec. 927, exclusive of the sy- 

 nonym of Pluk.) smooth ; pods linear ; leaves pinnate-parted ; 

 lobes linear, quite entire. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Herm. lugd. 366. and 367. icon. Flowers blue-violet, 

 spreading. Perhaps belonging to this section. 



Buck-horn-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1778. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 H. STRICTA (Sims, bot. mag. 2526.) leaves hairy, lower 

 ones lanceolate, pinnatifid, upper ones linear, quite entire ; pods 

 straight, mucronate, pubescent. Q. H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers blue. 



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Straight-podded Heliophila. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. i to 1 foot. 



23 H. TRIFU'RCA (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afr. aust. extratrop. 

 no. 1487.) smooth; pods linear, deflexed ; leaves very narrow, 

 3-forked; lobes linear, very entire. O- H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, near Sack river. H. tripartita, Thunb. 

 prod. 108? Petals large, obovate, appearing when dry pale- 

 purplish, 4 lines long, and 3 lines broad. 



Three-forked-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



24 H. PECTIN A'TA (Burch cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. extratrop. 

 no. 1362, and 1397.) smooth; pods linear, pendulous; leaves 

 pinnate-parted, with 4 or 5 pair of approximate lobes. . H. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Roggeweld territory, 

 near the rivulet called Riet river. Farsetia elongita, Desv. 

 journ. bot. 3. p. 173? Flowers small, whitish. Stem much 

 branched. Seeds small, not margined. 



Pectinated-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1819. 

 PL 1 foot. 



25 H. FOJNICULA'CEA (R. Br. in hort. kew, ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 

 100.) hairy ; pods linear, spreading ; leaves pinnately or bipin- 

 nately parted ; lobes filiform. O. H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers small, purple. 



Fennel-like Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1774. PI. 

 1| foot. 



26 H. CHAM^MELIFOLIA (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. 

 extratrop. no. 1226.) pilose at the base, smooth at the top ; pods 

 linear, erectish ; leaves pinnate-parted; lobes linear, very entire, 

 acute. O. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, at Onge- 

 luke's river, in Roggeweld's-Karro. Flowers white. Plant very 

 like H. crithmifolia, but differs in not being pubescent. 



Camomile-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, Sept. Pit. ^ foot. 



27 H. CRITHMIFOLIA (Willd. enum. 2. p. 682.) velvety-pu- 

 bescent ; pods linear, drooping ; leaves pinnate-parted ; some- 

 what fleshy ; lobes rather filiform, and furrowed on the upper 

 surface. 0. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 2. t. 97. Sisymbrium crithmifblium, Roth. nov. pi. 

 spec. 225. Flowers small, violet. 



Var. ft, H.parviflora (Burch cat. geogr. afr. aust. extratrop. 

 no. 1236.) Not differing from the species, unless that the flow- 

 ers are white, not violet. 



Samphire-leaved Heliophila. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. i foot. 



2 Stems frute scent or shrubby. 



28 H. ABROTANIFOUA (herb. Banks and D. C. syst. 2. p. C90.) 

 smooth ; pods linear, spreading ; leaves 3 to 5-lobed ; lobes awl- 

 shaped, short. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers middle-sized, white ? Calyxes membranous. Seeds 

 flat, margined, orbicular. 



Southernwood-leaved Heliophila. Shrub J foot. 



29 H. GLAU'CA (Burch. cat. geogr. afr. austr. extratrop. no. 

 4782.) smooth, glaucous ; pods linear, erect ; leaves oblong, 

 rather fleshy, lower ones blunt, upper ones acute. Jj. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white, about the size 

 of those of Fella pseudo-cytisus. 



Far. a, Candida (D. C. syst. 2. p. 690.) flowers white. Burch. 

 1. c. no. 4782. Native near Loeri river. 



Far. ft, purpurascens (D. C. syst. 1. c.) flowers tinged with 

 purple. Burch. 1. c. no. 4969. Native in the territory ot 

 Langekloof. 



Glaucous Heliophila. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



30 H. FASCICULA'RIS (herb. Banks, and D. C. syst. 2. p. 691.) 

 smooth ; pods linear, somewhat erect, scarcely longer than the 

 pedicels; leaves filiform. f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 



