I S
H a b . Georgetown and Hobarton, always prostrate, amongst stone s in a basaltic soil, B a xUm m e , Ounn,
e tc .— (F I Oct. N o v .) {v. v .) > > ,
tl,e / U“ » »P<teira. forming small, depressed, wily, rigid, h o a y tnfls. Stem r e y woody at
the base with mneh cbinded, deciunbent. slender, pubescent branches, and tomentose or villous brancldcts. T,„„ ,
"■ » / ‘»■‘■»Woo*, »ooto. convex above, with generaRy a central groove, and covered
n ith soft, slioi haws, v e y densely tomentose below, with appressed wool. F lc ve rs small, A - l inch broad, sessile.
t b a T r ' '’"’’“ “ "ft ""‘ft ’’“ft'’ '- -ft'"“ * oot deeply or broadly
notched, a « few ; fllaments qidte free. Caryeh two, densely tomentose and villons on the siniace; w.Us of
hem eavnty white with dense steUate pubescence. Ovuh, fonr in eacb carpel, t o * with a pale broivn testa and
smaR c r i l - T b i s is easily distmgnisheil by its smaR size, hairiness, and leaves, whose margins are not revolnte as
lar as the midnb.
N a t . O r d . V. CRUCIFERÆ.
T i e C r u d / e m o f Tasmania and Australia (ot which about forty species are known) are more E u ro pean
in cbaracter than those o t Sonth A fr ica; all th e genera, exc ep t S ien o p e ta km , are more typical o f the
northern hemisphere th an o f th e sou th e rn ; and none o t them present any marked deviation from the
Order m habit or characters. The Tasmanian species are much more numerous than th o se o f N ew Z c l .i .d
and o f th e natives o f the latter country three are also common to Tasmania. Mo st o f the species abound
in an essenfaal oil, and have eminently antiseorbntic prop er tie s; so many become su ccu len t pot-herbs by
culture, th a t experiments should be in stitu ted to th is effect with th e Tasmanian species.
Gen. I . C-A ED AM IN E , I .
S ép a la 4 , erecta v . snbpatentia, basi æqualia. P e ta la 4 , lamina dilatata patente. S tam in a 6 , eden-
tula. S tigm a capitatum. S iliqu a bivalvis, linearis, compressa; valvis enervibos v. venis ten u ib u s; septo
tenm . S em n a plurima, péndula, funiculis grac ilib u s; c o tg le io n iim accumbentibns.
Chiefly a European and temperate North Ameriean genus, also found iu both Aretie and Antarctic regions ^
hlender or rarely robust, generally glabrons berbs, usually iritli divided leaves, that taste strongly o f cress and
whrte or pink flowers, in terminal racemes. Sepal, fonr, usnaRy erect, rarely spreading. P e ta l, with a narrow’ereet
claw and spreadmg limb. Stamen, six ; fllaments without teeth or notches. P o i compressed, two-valved, narrow
hnear rath elastic vMves and a blunt style, t o * w ith slender fuuieles. (Name from aap&a. the heart, and bapaa,
to fo r tify ; in allusion to its stimulating properties.)
1 . Cardamina radicata (H o ok . iff. I c . PL t. 8 8 2 ) ; glaberrima, robusta, foliosa, radice orassa m u lti-
cipite^, fohis radicalibus plurimis obovato-spathulatis obtusis grosse lobato-serratis caulinis subsessilibus
caulibus flo n fen s erectis brevibus fructiferis elongatis, floribus parvis albis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis’
p e talis spatliulatis, siliquis s tn c lis erectis an gu ste e lliptico-lanceolatis sty lo breviusculo terminatis, valvis
subenerviis planis, seminibus obovatis compressis im punctatis. {Gunn, 2 0 2 7 .)
H a b . S ummit o f Mount Olympus, in crevices o t basaltic columns, elev. 5 0 0 0 feet, ( ? s « * ,_ ( P | . Jan.)
Mr. Gunn says o f this curious plant, that a mimber o t procumbent brittle branches (rhizomes) sprinv from
one root, and bear no leaves except at their e x t r em it ie s .^ ia ,W * often as thick as the flnger, 6 -8 inches long
Leave, very numerons. spreading on the rooks, 2 -4 inches long, spathulate, narrowed into petioles, coarsely toothed'
Plmvenng s tem 2 -4 inches high, very leafy. F lm e r , nmnerous, small, white. P o i , } ¡„eh long, iiaiTowed at both
euds, with a short- style ; valves flat ; seeds compressed, not dotted.
2 , Cardamine Btylosa (DC. Syst. ii. 2 4 8 ) ; elata (2 -4 -p e d a lis ), glaberrima, ramosa, foliis sa g ittato
amplexicauKbus liueari-spatlinlatis ( 3 - 5 uiic .) oblongisve integerrimis v. irregulariter dentatis, racemis
e ougatisy floribus parvis, siliquis 1 - l i unc. lon g is robustis pedice llatis liorizontalibus, sty lo unc. longo,
valvis concavis obscure 3-nervÍÍs, seminibus ob lougo-obovatis tu rg id is grosse impresso-punctatis fusco-brun-
neis.— i > a P r o d r . i. 1 4 9 . Arabis gigantea. Hook. I c . P L t. 2 5 9 , J o um . B o t. ii. 4 0 5 . {G tm n , 7 7 8 .)
H a b . N or th e rn and eastern coasts, near th e s e a ; Circular Head, amongst bushe s, in rich soil, and St.
M a r /s P a ss, Gunu.— (PL Feb.)
D is x k i b . S outh-eastern Australia.
Very easfly recogiihed by its great size, branched habit, the nearly entire leaves, with sagittate or semiamplexi-
caal bases ; small flowers, long fnriting raceme, with horizontal robust pods, and large dark brown tm-gid seeds
With deeply impressed testa.
... dietyosperma (H o ok . Journ. B o t. i. 2 4 6 ) ; elata, 2-3-pedaJÍs, ramosa, glaberrima,
ohis petiolatis integris lobatis V. pinnatisectis sfepius sinuato-dentatis, pe tiolis interdum decurrentibus, racemis
multifloris, floribus majusculis, siliquis erecto-patentibus (1 - l i unc. lo n g is), sty lo graciH unc.
lo n g o ), valvis convcxis, seminibus oblongis atris profunde punctatis.
Yar. a ; flonbus luajoribus nne . latis, foliis subintegris sinuato-dentatis. {Gunn, 4 0 1 .)
Yar. /3 ; floribus u t m a , foliis pinnatifldis lob is sinuato-dentatis.— C. nivea. Hook. Comp. B o t M a o
i. 2 7 3 . {Gunn, M l ? e t 8 0 .)
Yar. 7 ; floribus minoribus i unc . latis.
H a b . Abundant in damp ravines, and by waysides th roughout th e Islan d , Gunn, e t c .~ {F \ . N o v to
F eb.) {v. V.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia.
A handsome species, with the seeds of C. stylo,a, but erect pods.— S m s 1 -3 feet high, mnoli branched
Leaves on long petioles, spathidate, or obovate, or lanceolate-oblong, entire, toothed, sinuate, r-uncinate, or pinnalifid
rath toothed lobes. Plowers generally large and milk-wMle, i inch across, sometimes mneli smaRer. P a is as. iii
C. stylosa, but more slender, and nearly erect, with spreading pedicels.
4 . Cardamine pratensis (L .) ; erecta, glaberrima (6 .u n c . v. pedalis), foliis radicalibus piimati-
sectis lobis sessilibus v. petiolulatis ovatis oblongis rotundatis cordatisve, caulinis superioribus in lobos an-
g u s te lineares flssis piimatisectisve, floribus amplis lilacinis albisve, siliquis strietis erectis in stvlnm subu-
latum angustatis, valvis planis.
Yar. a . lila o in a ; floribus majoribus lilacinis, caule subgracili ramoso erecto.— C. lilaciua, Hook. Comp.
B o t. M a g . i. 2 7 3 in note. {Gunn, 7 7 9 .)
Yar. ^ . f la c c id a ; floribus minoribus unc. diametr., foliorum pinnulis paucioribus, caule siepe flaccido
decumbente.
''lía. y . te n u ifo lia ; caule gracili flaccido, foliis ómnibus pinnatise ctis segmentis angnste linearibus
floribus aniplis albis.— C. tenuifolia. Hook. J o um . B o t. i. 2 4 7 . (Ounn, 4 4 7 .)
Var. S. s t r i e ta ; caule strieto, foliis u t iii vai-, n, floribus minoribus è unc. latis.
H a b . Common in marshy and wet places throiigliont th e Islan d .— (El. N o v .) (ii. v.)
D i s t b ib . N ew South Wales and South-eastern Australia (Swan E iv e r ?); temperate and Arctic Europe
and America.
A very variable plant, as Mr. Gunu truly remarks ; intern c in size, and very much in characters, between
C. iietyosperma and C. hirsuta. I can find no cliaracters, even o f habit and appearance, to distinguish it from the
C.praleusls of Em-ope, except tlic occasionally longer style, a very variable character both in this plant and in its
congeners. The larger size and iiuicli larger floivers chiefly distiiignish it from the foUowing, together with the