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CHLOUIS JIELVILLIAKA. 



Corymhi 7-10-flori, densi, folio florali sessili ssepe subtensi, 

 cagterum ebracteati. Calyx glaber, sepalis gequalibus, ovatis, 

 obtusis, modice concavis, trinerviis, extra medium purpu- 

 rascentibus, insertione parum ingequalibus. JPetala alba, 

 calyce sesquilongiora, ungues breves, lamints obovatse (vel 

 ex ovali obovatae), obtusae, integerrimse, planse, obsolete 

 nninerviae, vix manifeste venosse. Glandules receptaculi 

 quatuor, per paria approximatse, latera filamentorutn bre- 

 viorum stipantes, parvse. Stamina tetradynama. Filamenta 

 subulata, glabra, edentula, duo lateralia paulo breviora basi 

 aversa (acie nee superficie plana ovarium spectanti). Anther ce 

 nniformes, ovato-subrotundse, incumbentes, infra medium 

 affixse, loculis parallelo-contiguis, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tibus. Pollen flavum, sphsericum, simplex quantum 

 observare potui per lentem centies, augentem. Ovarium 

 sessile, glabrum, oblongo-ovatum, uniloculare, placentis 

 duabus parietalibus polyspermis. Stylus brevissimus vix 

 manifestus. Stigma capitatum, indivisum v. simibilobum, 

 stylo vix amplius. Siliqum (siliculosse) racemosse, erectse, 

 lineari-lanceolatse, ancipites, glaberrimas, vix trilineares, 

 stigmate obtuso indiviso subsessili apiculatse. Valvce 

 carinatse, carina manifesta, venis immersis, cortice demum 

 ad margines solubili, in disco arctius adherenti; replum 

 cortice pariter separabili. Bissepimentum, prseter basin 

 apicemque ubi ssepius completum, plerumque margo peran- 

 gustus ad utrumque latus cujus processus membranaceus 

 angustior e quo funiculi umbilicales brevissimi obtusi crassi 

 papillseformes orti. Semina immarginata, fusca, lEevia. 

 Cotyledones incumbentes, lineari-oblongse, plano-convexi- 

 usculse, basi attenuata brevi in crure radiculari sita. 



Obs. This species is named in honour of Mr. Edwards, 

 Sm'geon of the Hecla, from whose extensive and well-pre- 

 served herbarium I have derived great assistance in drawing 

 up the present list, and in which only perfect specimens 

 with ripe siliquse of Eutrema Edwardsii were found. 



