THE TASMANIAN FLORA. / 



4. STENOPETALUM. 

 Pods oblong, flattened, valves flattened, many seeds in 2 rows. 

 S. LiNEAEB, R. Br. Slender, erect, annual, often 8-12 inches. Leaves mostly- 

 linear. Racemes elongating. Flowers very small. Petals small, tapering. 

 Pod 2 lines long, |-f lines broad. 



South Esk R., Bellerive. Extra-tropical Australia. El. Nov.rDec. 



Deaba muealis, Linn. Small, tufted. Leaves radical, oblong, toothed. 

 Flowers racemed, minute, white. Pod oblong, many-seeded, valves 

 flattened. Europe. 



Senbbieba coeonopus. Pair. Spreading, pale green. Leaves much divided. 

 Flowers in compact heads. Pods small, valves doubled, 1-seeded, corky 

 and rough. Europe. 



Senbbieea didtma, Pers. Similar but slighter. Leaves more divided. 

 Flowers smaller, and fruit less corky. Europe. 



5. CAPSBLLA. 



Pods compressed at right angles to the septum so that their sides approximate. 

 Seeds several in 2 rows. 



Pods ovate. Plant glabrous ... ... ... ... 1. C. elliptica. 



Pods ovate. Plant villous ... ... 2. C. antipoda. 



Pods very flat. Valves heeled ... 3. C. tasmaniea. 



1. C. ELLIPTICA, Met/. Decumbent, spreading annual, lower leaves ovate, 

 segmented, upper ones linear and entire, about 1 inch long. Flowers very 

 small, racemed. Pod ovate, valves very convex, seeds about 10 in each cell. 

 C procumbens, B. ; Hutchinsia procumbens, H. 



'x'Blaokman's R. Common to Australia and Northern Hemisphere. Fl. Nov.-Feb. 



2. C. ANTIPODA, F. V. M. Very similar but smaller, minutely villous and pod 

 less compressed. Seeds few in each cell. C. australis, B. ; Hutchinsia australis, H. 



Common on dry hills in the north. Victoria. Fl. Nov.-Feb. 



~3. C. TASMANICA, F. V. M. Small, slender, erect, annual, 1-3 inches high, 

 sprinkled with stellate hairs. Radical leaves stalked, ovate, entire, 2-3 lines long ; 

 stem-leaves narrow^er, longer, and sessile. Flowers small, white, racemed. Pod 

 obovate, very flat, valves strongly keeled, .3 or 4 seeds in each cell. Thlaspi 

 tasmanicum, H. 



Arthur Lake. Fl. Dec. 



C. BUESA-PASTORis, D. C. Leaves radical, tufted, obovate, lobed. Pods 

 very flat, inversely triangular. Europe. 



6. LEPIDIUM. 



Pods compressed at right angles to the septum, valves keeled or winged, 

 1 seed in each cell. 



Leaves oblong-ouneate ... ... ... ... ... 1. L. foliosum. 



Leaves linear, or nearly so ... ... ... ... 2. L. ruder ale. 



1. L. FOLIOSUM, Des. A straggling sea-coast plant. Leaves mostly obcuneate 

 and toothed, sometimes linear, entire or segmented, |-2 inches long. Flowers 

 small in terminal or lateral racemes. Petals minute. Pods ovate, flat, with a 

 slight wing. L. cunei/olium, D. C. 



Common on sea-coast. Temperate Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



