CBUGIFEBM. 241 



stigma emarginate ; valves nearly flat thin 1 -ribbed ; septum hyaline 

 ribless. Seeds oo, 1 -seriate; funicles free; cotyledons obliquely in- 

 cumbent or accumbent. — An erect annual branching glabrous herb ; 

 branches slender ; leaves entire sessile ; flowers 1 in racemes, sub- 

 corymbose when fruiting (Florida 2 ). 



33 ? Streptoloma Bge. s — " Sepals short spreading equal at base. 

 Stamens free, short ; longer externally appendiculate at base ; shorter 

 sublobulate at base on both sides. Siliqua elongated thin longi- 

 tudinally twisted constricted between seeds ; valves obsoletely 1- 

 ribbed ; septum hyaline ; stigma sessile 2-lobed. Seeds 1 -seriate 

 pendulous granulate ; funicles setaceous free. — A very thin and low 

 annual herb, setulose with 2-partite hairs ; leaves entire, narrowly 

 spathulate ; radical subdentate ; flowers 4 racemose, few, ebracteate" 

 {Caspian 5 ). 



34. Dontostenion Anurz. 6 — Flowers nearly of Malcolmia ; sepals 

 short, equal at base, sometimes glandular. Petals tapering at base. 

 Stamens 6 ; longer connate in pairs. Siliqua subterete elongated; style 

 short ; stigmatose apex entire or subemarginate ; valves convex, sub- 

 3-costate ; septum membranous. Seeds oo, 1-seriate, marginate or 

 emarginate; cotyledons linear, incumbent or oblique; funicles 

 free. — Herbs, branching erect slender ; hairs simple glandular or 

 branching ; leaves entire or pectinate-pinnatifid ; flowers 7 in ebrac- 

 teate racemes (Mongolia, Mantchooria, Siberia*). 



35? Lepidostemon Hook. f. & Tiioms. 9 — "Sepals short patu- 

 lous, equal at base. Stamens free, each with a broad membranous 

 appendage. Siliqua (rather young) linear-elongated subterete 

 hoary ; valves rather flat ; septum hyaline ; style rather short. 

 Seeds 1-seriate oblong compressed ; funicle slender free. — A conspi- 

 cuous annual herb, small pubescent-tomentose ; stem short simple, 



1 White, lilac, or pink. 6 In DC. Prodr., i. 190. — Endl., Gen., n. 



2 Spec. 1. W. cuneifolia Nutt., loc. cit. — 4904. — B. H., Gen., 11, n. 46. 



Toer. & Gr., Fl. N.-Amer., i. 98. — Cleome ' Small ; white, pink, pale-purple, or violet. 



cuneifolia Muehl. 8 Spec. 7. Ledeb., Ic. Fl. Ross., t. 203, 



3 In Arb. Nalurf. Ver. Riff., i. 155 ; Enum. 353. — Bge., PI. Lehm., 202.— Boiss., Fl. Or., i. 

 PI. Lehman., 31, t. 4. — B. H., Gen., 11, n. 48 226.— W alp., Rep., i. 163; Ann., i. 39. 

 (whence we take the description). 9 In Journ. Linn. Soc, v. 156.— B. H., Gen., 



4 « Very small, white." 77, n. 47 (whence the description is taken). 



5 Spec. 1. <S. desertorum BGE., loc. cit. — 

 Walp., Ann., i. 49 j vii. 128. 



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