28 ^ in. CEUCIPEBAE. ICardamine. 



5. C. fastigiata, Hook. /., Handbk, 13. An erect glabrous biennial. 

 Rootstock stout^ fusiform, iin. in diameter. Radical leaves very coriaceous, 

 densely rosulate, lin.— Sin. long, narrow lanceolate-spathulate, coarsely incised 

 or dentate ; cauline similar but smaller. Stem branching from the base, 

 6in.-18in. high. Flowers large, numerous. Pods suberect on short slender 

 pedicels, g'^in.— ji^in. wide, narrow-linear, curved, spreading, lm.-2in. long ; 

 style short. Seeds compressed, ohlong.— -Arabia fastigiata, Hook, f., Fl. X.Z. ii. 

 324.. Pachycladon elongata, Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 216. Notothlaspi 

 Hookeri, Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xx. (1887) 255, t. 13 ! 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Wairau Gorge, Sinclair, &o. Marlborough : Upper Awatere, T. K. 

 MoEae's run, Monro. Canterbury: River-bed of the Macaulay, Haast. Otago, Buchanan! 

 2,500ft. to 3,500f b. 



Rare ; a remarkably local alpine species, easily distinguished from any other by the narrow 

 curved pods. The seeds have a reticulate testa. 



6. C. latesiliqua, Cheeseman in Trans. N.Z.I, xv. (1882) 298. Root- 

 stock stout, spongy, often branched at the top. Stems usually numerous, 

 spreading or erect, 6in.— 24in. high; branches sparingly leafy at the base. 

 Radical leaves 3in.— Gin. long, jin.— |in. broad, narrow linear-spathulate to 

 obovate-spathulate, gradually narrowed below, coarsely serrate above, more or 

 less villous or the margins ciliate. Upper cauline leaves smaller, less toothed. 

 Flowers numerous, forming a large corymbose mass. Sepals broadly ovate. 

 Fruiting pedicel slender. Pods erect or suberect, liin.— 2iin. long, curved or 

 straight, slightly turgid, -g-in.— iin. broad. Seeds compressed. 



SOUTH Island: Nelson: Mount Arthur, Mount Owen, Raglan Mountains. Chseseman ! 

 Gtbbs ! Bryant ! 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. 



A more robust plant, approaching C. fastigiata, but distinguished by the villous leaves, larger 

 flowers, and broader pods, which are less falcate. 



7. C. Enysii, Cheeseman, MS. 2in.— 3in. high. Rootstock stout. Radical 

 leaves rosulate, hairy on both surfaces, jin.— Ifin. long, oblong-lanceolate or 

 ovate, acute or rounded at the ape.x, coarsely serrate, narrowed into a winged 

 petiole. Scape much branched from the base, forming a dense corymb. 

 Flowers large, white. Pedicels iin.-^in. long, slender. Pods immature. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Broken River Basin, Cheeseman. Otago : Mount Ida Range, 

 Petrie I 



A remarkable plant, of which much better specimens are wanted before a good diaonosis can 

 be drawn. 



* ALYSSUM, Tourn. 



Erect or spreading herbs or rarely small shrubs, with simple leaves. Sepals 

 short, equal. Petals short, entire or 2-fid. Filaments sometimes toothed. Pod 

 nearly orbicular or oblong ; valves flat or turgid. Stigma entire. Seeds 2-10 in each 

 cell. Cotyledons accumbent. 

 Erect, hoary. Leaves linear-spathulate .. .. .. .. ..*A. calycinum. 



Decumbent, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate . . , . .. ' A. maritimum. 



* A. calycinum, L., Sp. PI. ed. ii. 908. A small hoary annual, 3in.-6in. hi^h 

 branched from the base, hairs stellate, appressed. Leaves linear-spathulate. Flowers 

 in terminal racemes. Petals exceeding the calyx. Pods shortly pedicelled, orbicu- 

 lar, strongly margined, 2-4:-seeded. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands :■ Naturalised in many localities. Ascends to 3,000ft. Nov. to 

 Jan, Central p,nd Sputbern Europe, 



