48 VIII. CRUCIFER^. [Blennodia. 



6. B. canescens (hoary), R. Br. in App. Sturt Exped. 4; Benth. Fl. Amtr. 

 i. 76. Annual, but the lateral branching stems apparently harder at the base at 

 the close of the season, so as to be almost woody ; the whole plant hoary with a 

 short, soft, stellate pubescence. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-linear, the radical 

 ones about 2in. long, pinnatifid and narrowed into a petiole, the upper ones 

 linear, toothed, or entirg. Flowers large, pink, resembling those of a Matthiola. 

 Calyx 2^ lines long, hoary. Petals fully twice as long, with long claws. Fruit- 

 ing racemes rather loose, 2 to 6in. long, the pedicels short, slightly spreading. 

 Pod linear, 1 to l^in. long, slightly pubescent, with convex valves, crowned by 

 the large persistent stigma. Seeds oval-oblong, smooth. 



Hab.: Inland localities, F. o. M. 



7. B. Cunninghamii (after A. Cunningham), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 76. A 

 tufted herbaceous perennial, more or less hoary, with soft stellate hairs, occasion- 

 ally mixed with simple ones ; annual stems erect or decumbent at the base, from 

 a few inches to 1ft. high, slightly branched. Radical leaves petiolate, 1 to 2in, 

 long, oblong or lanceolate, coarsely toothed or shortly pinnatifid ; stem-leaves 

 few and small, from lanceolate to nearly obovate. Flowers small, appareiotly 

 white. Fruiting racemes loose, 2 to 4in. long, with spreading pedicels. Pod 4 

 to 5 lines long, acute at the top and at the base, tipped by a very short subulate 

 style, pubescent with simple or stellate hairs, or nearly glabrous ; valves very 

 convex, with a prominent midrib. Seeds oval-oblong, smooth, the mucus rather 

 copious. 



Hab.: Maranpa. 



6. STENOPETALUM, R. Br. 



(Narrow petals.) 



Sepals narrow, erect, equal at the base. Petals shortly lanceolate above the 

 claw, tapering to a point, often long and twisted. Pod globular, ovoid, or shortly 

 linear, the valves very convex, usually without any conspicuous nerve ; septum 

 membranous ; stigma globular, sessile or rarely on a very short style. Seeds 

 several, small, in 2 rows, not bordered, with free filiform funicles ; cotyledons 

 incumbent. — Annuals, usually slender and glabrous, rarely tomentose and more 

 rigid. Leaves linear. Flowers orange-yellow or white. 



The genus is limited to Australia. — Benth. 



Pods erect, 2 to 4 times as long as broad. 

 Hoary tomentose. Pedicels as long as the pod. Petals 3 times as long as 



the calyx I. S. velMtimiin. 



Glabrous or slightly tomentose. Pedicels shorter than the pod. Petals 



about twice as long as the calyx . . . . , . . . 2. iS. limar,e. 



Pods spreading or pendulous. 



Sepals IJ line or more, petals more than twice as long. Pedicels slender, 

 two or three times as long as the sepals, slightly hoary with appressed 

 hairs. Leaves entire or remotely toothed S.S. nutans. 



1. S. velutinum (plant velvety), F. v. M. PL Vict. i. 49 ; Benth. Fl. A%ostr. 

 i. 78. Erect and rather rigid, 1 to ijft. high, white or hoary, with a very short 

 stellate tomentum, which disappears from the older leaves and the base of the 

 stem. Leaves narrow-linear, rather thick, entire or with a few minute distant 

 teeth, the lower ones IJ to 2in. long, the upper ones much shorter. Flowers 

 erect, on pedicels about as long as the calyx. Sepals about 2 lines long, tomen- 

 tose. Petals yellowish, the long slender point fully three times as long as the 

 calyx. Fruiting pedicels erect, 3 to 6 lines long. Pod elliptical-oblong or almost 

 ovoid, about 8 lines long, very turgid, glabrous ; valves nerveless ; iovules 8 to 12 

 in each cell. 



Hab.: Amby Downs, 



