CRUCIFER.E. 277 



acute at apex. Stamens free. Siliqua erect globose-2-dymous ; 

 valves hemispherical, echinate outside ; beak subulate conoid sub-4- 

 gonous ; apex stigmatose capitate ; septum 2-lamellate, fenestrate or 

 subentire. Seeds solitary in each cell, descending from free seta- 

 ceous funicle, rather large globose glabrous ; embryo rather fleshy ; 

 cotyledons thick, 2-lobed conduplicate. — An annual branching 

 glabrous herb ; leaves pinnatisect ; lobes dentate or pinnatifid ; racemes 

 leaf-opposed 1 (Mediterranean, Canary Islands 1 ). 



124 ? Pachycladon Hook, p. 3 — " Stamens free toothless. Siliqua 

 elliptical or linear-oblong, compressed ; valves cymbiform keeled 

 wingless; septum imperfect; style very short; stigma capitate, 2- 

 lobed ; cells 3-5-seeded. Seeds ovoid ; funicles short ; cotyledons 

 incumbent. — A depressed herb ; stock short very thick, simple or with 

 thick short branches covered with scars of leaves ; leaves rosulate 

 pinnatifid ; scapes or peduncles oo from stock, arising below the 

 leaves, spreading, 3-5-nowered" {New Zealand 1 ). 



125. Vella L. 5 — Sepals equal at base, erect. Stamens 6 ; anthers 

 unguiculate at apex ; filaments of larger high-connate in pairs, sub- 

 petaloid. Siliqua erect ovate-2-dymous ; beak broadly foliaceous, 

 rather rigid; apex stigmatose shortly 2-lobed; valves very convex ; 

 septum thin pellucid. Seeds few, 1, 2 in each cell, descending sub- 

 globose ; embryo nearly of Brassica. — Small shrubs, woody at base, 

 rigid, very branching, sometimes spinescent ; leaves entire ; flowers 6 

 in racemes (sometimes spiciform) ; lower pedicels bracteate {Spain"). 



126. Carrichtera Adans. 8 — Flowers nearly of Vella. Siliqua short 

 turgid ; beak foliaceous subcochlear ; valves subhemispherical tur- 

 gid, rugose outside ; septum membranous frequently torn ; stigma 

 sessile. Seeds 2-4 in each cell, descending, subglobose or rather com- 



1 "A genus very nearly allied to Boleus." i. 223. — Spach, Suit, a Biiffbn, vi. 529.— Endl., 

 (B. H. loc. cit.) Gen., n. 4957.— B. H., Gen., 85, n. 85. 



2 Spec. 1. 5. balearica Medik., ex DC, loc. 6 Rather large, yellow. 



C jY. 7 Spec. 8. Boiss., Voy. Bot. Esp., t. 10. — 



3 Sandi. N.-Zeal. EL, 724.— B. II., Gen., Bot. Reg., t. 293.— Walp., Rep., i. 189. 



967, n. 87 a. S Fam. des PL, ii. 421. — DC, Sgst. Teg., ii. 



4 Spec. 1. P. N.-Zelandim Hook, f., loc. cit. 611 ; Prodr., i. 224.— Endl., Gen., n. 4959. — 



5 Gen., n. 797.— J., Gen., 241.— DC, Prodr., B. H., Gen., 86, n. 86. 



