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4-6 mm. long; silique glabrous, without scales
or ridges over the seed. wings only 4.
1 sheet
H. linearis - this is certainly Menonvillea
Prov. de Colchagua, Chili; Du rupoethia.
Talcaquie', February a 1831, rara.
The collector was F. Calatrigue or something
like that.
Stems 2-4 dm. high, stiff, glabrous;
very similar to Menonvillea linearis except
but for the extra wing over the seed on each
side. However this is present on some
specimens of m. linearis as for example
Chili, Bartero.
H. littoralis - Type - Prov. de Coquimbo,
Chili; MCL Day 63; 1839; fleura
blanches; dans les tables du cord. de la
mar.
Annual, her linear, entire to # few-veally
3-lobed, the lobes linear; 1-4 cm. long,
1-2 mm. wide; stems branched, 0.5' to
2 dm. long, glabrous; inf. 2-4 cm. long;
pedicels piliform, divaricate to ascending;
glabrous + 0.5-1.2 cm. long; silique
stipitate, orbicular, wing prominent to almost