crucifer^e. 163 



Plate 71. 

 SUBULARIA, L. 



Silicula globoso-ovalis, mutica, septo elliptico contrarie 

 compressiuscula ; valvis ventricosis. Semina plura. Coty- 

 ledones incumbentes, lineares, bicrures. — Herba parva, foliis 

 omnibus radicalibus elongato-subulatis cellulosis, scapo pau- 

 cifloro, floribus minimis albis. 



Scbularia, Linn. Gen. 799. Fl. Dan. t 35. R. Br. in Ait. Kew. I. c. 

 p. 91. DC. Syst. 2. p. 697. Hook. Fl. Lond. 1. 135. C.A.Mey- 

 er, in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 3. p. 218. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1. 

 p. 113. • Endl. Gen. 4977. 



Awlwort. 



Calyx equal, spreading ; the sepals oval, caducous. Pe- 

 tals spatulate or narrowly oblong, entire, spreading, scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx, caducous. Stamens slightly but dis- 

 tinctly tetradynamous : filaments subulate, toothless: an- 

 thers roundish, somewhat cordate. Ovary globular, two- 

 celled, somewhat compressed contrary to the partition : style 

 none : stigma obscurely two-lobed. Ovules numerous, 

 forming two rows in each cell. 



^ilicle somewhat pyriform-oval, turgid, slightly com- 

 pressed contrary to the elliptical nerveless partition, raised 

 at the base on a short or obscure stipe, abrupt at the point- 

 less apex, membranaceous ; the valves convex-ventricose, 

 1— 3-nerved: areolae of the partition oblong-linear, sinuous 

 or curved. Seeds elliptical, somewhat compressed parallel 

 with the partition, not margined, smooth, 4 to 6 in each 

 cell, pendulous on setaceous funiculi which are slightly 

 adnate to the partition at their base. Cotyledons linear, 

 thickish, parallel with the placentae, thrice the length of the 

 short ascending radicle against which they are incumbent 

 at their upper portion, their base forming half of the radicu- 

 lar (inner) side of the embryo; that is, the cotyledons are 



