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seems less certain; the form of the capsules probably 

 yarles independently of the pubescence* and it may be a 

 mere accident of distribution that the short form of cap- 

 sule has come to be considered an essential distinguish- 

 ing character of the hispida form. Two sheets of the Loc. 

 Herb (markt "Type" and "Typical form"!) show decidedly 

 short capsules, while other specimens have much longer 

 ones; none of the hispida specimens have the specially 

 long and sometimes slightly curved pods of some of the 

 species-t$npe specimens. Again, the extent of the hispld- 

 Ity varies greatly among the specimens referred, by others 

 than the writer, to var . hispida . These remarks, however, 

 are based on a rather small amount of material (14 her- 

 barium-sheets besides the writer's few specimens). 



38. iladicula palustris var. hispida (Desv>) 



Robinson 

 Scientific name: 



Brachylobus hispidus Desv. Joum. Bot. 



3: 183. 1814. 

 Nasturtium hlspldum D. C Syst. 2: 201. 1821. 

 Nasturtium palustre var . hlspldum A. 



Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 30. 1856. 



