CRUGIFEE2E. 27 % 



117. Stenopetalum E. Br. 1 — Sepals erect linear subequalat base, 

 or lateral slightly saccate. Petals elongate, long-tapering at base, 

 sometimes twisted. Stamens 6 ; anthers elongate, sometimes twisted. 

 Siliqua scarcely or shortly stipitate, terete subglobose or linear-elon- 

 gated compressed ; style short rudimentary ; apex stigmatose slightly 

 thickened simple; valves convex or rather flat, ecostate ; septum 

 membranous. Seeds oo, 2-seriate minute immarginate ; cotyledons in- 

 cumbent or obliquely accumbent; funicles slender free. — Annual thin 

 branching glabrous herbs ; branches virgate ; leaves linear, entire or 

 pinnatisect; flowers 2 in (sometimes subspicate) racemes {Australia'). 



118. Tropidocarpum Hook. 4 — Sepals equal at base. Petals 

 rather short, contracted at base. Siliqua linear-elongated, rather 

 terete or laterally compressed ; style short erect; apex stigmatose 

 capitellate ; valves convex submembranous, ecostate or costate by 

 midrib ; septum 0. Seeds oo, 2-seriate immarginate ; funicles free. — 

 Annual herbs, erect branching slender, hairy or tomentuiose ; leaves 

 pinnatisect; flowers 5 axillary solitary pedunculate {California 6 ). 



119? Blennodia R. Br. 7 — Sepals short patulous, equal or sub- 

 saccate at base. Petals short or elongated, long-tapering at base. 

 Siliqua linear or linear-oblong, subterete, 4-gonous, or subeom- 

 pressed; style short or very short ; apex stigmatose simple; valves con- 

 vex, keeled or ribless ; septum more or less thick, sometimes rugose. 

 Stamens ao, 1, 2-seriate oblong immarginate ; 8 funicles free. — Annual 

 herbs, erect branching, hoary-pubescent or subglabrous ; leaves entire 

 or pinnatifid ; flowers in ebracteate racemes 9 {Australia} ). 



120. Mathewsia Hook." — SejDals equal at base, erect keeled. 



1 Ex DC, Syst. Teg., ii. 513 ; Prodr., i. s " When moistened densely fibrous-mucous." 

 201.— Endl., Gen., n. 4920.— B. H., Gen., 82, (B. H , loc. cit.) 



967, n. 68. u Is the genus sufficiently distinct from Cap- 



2 Orange-coloured, sella ? The flowers are nearly the same ; the 



3 Spec. 6. Hook., Icon., t. 618, 620. — fruit hardly differs in form. 



Benth., Fl. Austral., i. 77.— Walp., Rep., i. 10 Spec. 11. F. Muell., Fl. Vict., t. 2.— 



174; v. 40. Benth., Fl. Austral., i. 73.— Walp., Ann., ii. 



* Icon., t. 43, 52.— Endl., Gen., n. 4907.— 48; vii. 145. 



B. H., Gen., 82, n. 69. " Bot. Misc., iii. 140, t. 96.— Endl., Gen., n. 



5 White. 4922.— B. H., Gen., 81, n. 64. 



6 Walp., Rep., i. 167. 



7 In Shirt Eaj,ed. App., 67.— B. H., Gen., 

 82,967, n. 67. 



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