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it was found at an elevation of 5000 feet by Mr. W. Hill; occurs likewise throughout the greater part of 
Tasmania, ascending to alpine elevations, for instance, on Mount Wellington, according to Mr. Oldfield. 
A seemingly perennial herb, sometimes less than 1 foot high, generally, however, tall, attaining a 
height of 5 feet. Stems and branches somewhat angular. Middle and lower stem-leaves 1-5 inches long, 
i_l i inch broad, the uppermost smaller, sometimes toothless, all of very tender consistence. Racemes when 
in fruit always of considerable length, sometimes measuring not less than 3 feet. Pedicels when flower¬ 
bearing 1-2 lines long, when fruit-bearing 1 A—3 lines long. Sepals 1J-2 lines rarely only 1 line long, nearly 
oblong. Petals white, obovate-cuneate, about J longer than the calyx. Anthers oblong-ovate, with cordate 
base, only line long. Siliques divaricate, even occasionally bent downward, f-lj inch long, about 
1 line broad, occasionally some very much shortened and then few-seeded, constantly terminated by a style, 
which varies in length of §-2 lines. Valves concave-convex, veined. Funicles from a broad base subulate, 
generally many times shorter than the seeds. Seeds oval, about § line long, occasionally in a minute-flowering 
variety considerably smaller. 
Allied to no other Australian species than the following, both forming a transit to Arabis; but the 
New Zealand C. divaricate, according to Dr. Hooker’s description, seems nearly allied to, if not identical 
with the small-flowering variety noticed in Gipps Land. 
Cardamine dictyosperma, Hook. Journ. of Bot. i. 246; J. Hook. FI. Tasm. i. 19; C. nivea, 
Hook. Comp. Bot. Magaz. i. 273.—Net-seeded Bitter-cress. 
Smooth; stem leafy, generally long, flaccid, branched; petioles slightly dilated into a truncate or 
sagittate base; radical and lower stem-leaves pinnatisected , upper stem-leaves lanceolate or almost linear, 
toothed, undivided or laciniated; racemes in age much elongated; pedicels very spreading, generally about 
half as long as the silique, rarely three to four times shorter, rather slender, bractless; petals rather large, 
more than half exserted, stamens not much longer than the calyx; anthers yellow; siliques rostrate; valves 
below the middle finely one-nerved; funicles about half as long as the seeds, thread-like; seeds black , grossly 
reticulated. 
On springy shady localities, in damp valleys, from the lowlands to the Alps; for instance, in the 
Dandenong Ranges, on Mount Disappointment, on Mount Buller and Mount William. 
An herb of lax habit, varying in height from In to 5 feet. 
Stems and branches nearly cylindrical. Leaves all distinctly stalked, much more variable in form than 
those of C. stylosa. Segments of the pinnatisected leaves sessile or stalked, finely or grossly dentate, in a 
few or several or even many pairs, oblong- or ovate-cuneate or rhomboid, lateral ones sometimes alternately 
smaller, the terminal one larger than the rest, sometimes jagged. Upper stem-leaves either lanceolate and 
remotely serrate, or laciniated or even pinnatisected; uppermost lanceolate or linear or hastate-linear, 
sometimes elongated, occasionally diminute. Racemes, particularly the terminal one, gaining sometimes fully 
the length of 3 feet. Pedicels when flower-bearing 3-4 lines long, when fruit-bearing |-1 inch long, very 
spreading. Sepals narrow- or ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, about 2 lines long. Petals white, nearly or frilly 
twice as long as the calyx, with an obovate lamina. Stamens more or less shorter than the corolla. Anthers 
oblong*, with cordate base, §-§ line long, uncinate in age. Pollen-grains ellipsoid, bursting lengthwise. 
Siliques many-seeded, generally but very slightly, but occasionally also horizontally patent, from 1-2J inches 
long, about 1 line broad, sometimes much shortened and few-seeded, even exceptionally some two-seeded 
minute and then almost spindle-shaped. Fruit-style stout, 1-2J lines long. Valves concave-convex, veined. 
Septum nerveless. Funicles thread-like. Seeds oval, nearly 1 line long’. 
Cardamine laciniata, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Soc. Viet. i. 34.—Jagg’ed Bitter-cress. 
Glabrous, perennial; leaves all stalked, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate or linear, toothed, laciniated or 
pinnatifid or pinnatisected, rarely quite entire or ovate; lobes linear or narrow-lanceolate, without or with 
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