Citation: Lehm., Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 1843:8 (1843).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs, glabrous or hairy.

Sepals spreading, sometimes dimorphic; petals clawed; stamens 6; median nectariferous glands absent.

Fruit a silicula, dehiscent, latisept; septum reduced or absent; seeds in 2 rows per locule; radicle incumbent.

Distribution:  Endemic to Australia with 6 species. (E. A. Shaw (1970) Contr. Gray Herb. 200:175-189).

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Silicula markedly flattened; plant usually prostrate and spreading
2. Petals usually white; septum absent; ovules 40-80 per ovary	M. australis 1.
2. Petals bright-yellow; septum reduced to a narrow rim; ovules 10-40 per ovary	M. lutea 3.
1. Silicula subterete; plant often erect
3. Plant villous	M. villosula 5.
3. Plant glabrous
4. Petals usually white or cream; leaves subsucculent, entire	M. crassa 2.
4. Petals usually mauve or pink; leaves not markedly succulent, usually lobed or dentate	M. sphaerocarpa 4.

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