148 : Plante Lindheimeriane. 
inches long. The pods, in the stronger specimens, are twice 
as large as in Hooker’s figure and description.! 
(216.*) Drapa puatycarpa, Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1. p. 108. 
This is not the same as No. 216 (D. cunezfolia) of the former 
1 VESICARTZ Boreali-Americanze Synoptice Disposite. 
Sect. I. Vesicarrana, DC.  Silicula globosa, raro pyriformis, valvis membranaceis 
inflatis. 
; § 1. Annue seu biennes. 
* Seminibus marginatis; stylo silicula (estipilata) dimidio vel ultra breviore ; 
JSoliis caulinis basi sepe auriculatis et subamplexicaulibus. 
1. V. cranpirtora (Hook. Bot. Mag’. t. 3464): caulibus pube brevi subcinereis ; 
foliis seepe sinuato-pinnatifidis dentatisve; stylo silicula 2-3-plo breviore. V. brevi- 
styla, Torr. § Gr. Fl. 1. p. 102 (vide Suppl. p. 668.) The septum is not veinless, 
as is said by Don, but has a midnerve stretching from the apex towards the base, 
as is usual in the genus. 
2. V. auricutata (Engelm. & Gray, Pl. Lindh. No. 217, p. 82): caulibus pe- 
dunculisque hirsutis; floribus minoribus ; stylo silicula dimidio brevioribus. 
* * Seminibus immarginatis ; stylo silicula subequalibus aut longioribus ; foliis 
omnibus basi angustatis. 
1 Silicula vir aut ne viz stipitata, globosa. 
t Racemo etiam fructifero densifloro; pedicellis erectiusculis vel subpatentibus. 
3. V. DENSIFLORA, (sp. nov.) Vide supra, No. 328. 
4, V. ancustirouia, Nult. in Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1. p.101. Vide supra, No. 326. 
5. V. Saortu, Jorr. g Gr. Fl. 1. p. 102.— The silicles, in the specimen of Herb. 
Torr., the only one I have ever seen, are nearly all sterile and imperfectly grown; 
hence their small size in proportion to the length of the style. In one pod, however, 
although remarkably small for the genus, I found a single ripe (marginless) seed, 
nearly filling the cell; in this case the style was no longer than the silicle. The 
species, although not sufficiently well known, is unlike any other here enumerated. 
tt Racemo sparsifloro; siliculis nutantibus. 
6. V. REcuRvATA, Engelm. Vide supra, No. 530. 
1 t Silicula breviter stipitata obovato-globosa seu pyriformi; foliis caulinis sub- 
repandis, 
7. V. Nurratiu (Torr. § Gr. Fil. 1. p. 101): subcinereo-puberula ; filamentis 
basi ampliatis; silicula pyriformi juxta basim constricta. 
8. V.repanpa (Nutt. in Torr. & Gr. l. c.): glabrata; floribus majoribus ; fila- 
mentis e basi dilatata sensim angustatis; silicula immatura subglobosi-obovata. — 
There are no specimens with full-grown silicles, while those of V. Nuttallii are alto- 
gether fruitful, with no good flowers. There is much reason to suspect that the two 
belong to one species. V. Nuftallii usually has a shorter but distinct stipe to the 
pod; but in one of the original specimens the stipe is fully as long as in V. gracilis. 
TTT Silicula manifeste stipitata, eracte globosa. 
t Floribus saturate flavis. 
9. V. eraciuis (Hook. Bot. Mag’. t. 3533): glabrata, erectiuscula; foliis lanceola- 
‘tis subintegerrimis; racemo laxifloro elongato; pedicellis elongatis patentibus ;_ sili- 
cula glabra stipite duplo longiore stylo pl. m. breviore.— The silicles of Berlandier’s 
and Drummond’s specimens are, as described and figured by Hooker, “not larger 
than hempseed.” In those of Lindheimer, where the whole plant is stronger, and in 
