152 CRUCIFERE. 
4, p. 119. Hesperis estiva, var. a, Lam. dict. 3. p. 324. Flowers 
varying from single to double, from scarlet to purple and white, 
or variegated with these colours. 
Ten-week or Annual Stock. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1731. Pl. 1 
to 2 feet. 
3 M. crazra'ra (D. C. syst. 2. p. 165.) stem suffruticose, 
erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, smooth ; siliques somewhat 
compressed, without glands. kh. H. Native?—M. incana, 
var. s R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 119. Leucdjum 
album, Blackw. herb. t. 181. Chieranthus glabrus, Mill. dict. 
no. 9. Ch. glabérrimus, Colla, antol. bot. 5. p. 861.—Weinm. 
phyt. t. 642. f. 2.—Morr. hist. sect. 3. t. 8. f. 2, &c. Allied 
to M. incàna, but the whole plant is smooth and green, not 
hoary. Flowers varying from single to double, from white to 
purple and scarlet, never variegated. 
Wall-flower-leaved or Smooth Stock. Fl.My.Oct. Clt.? Pl.1 ft. 
4 M. Gra'ca (Sweet, hort. suburb. lond. 147.) stem herba- 
ceous, erect, branched, leaves lanceolate, smooth;  siliques 
somewhat compressed, without glands. ©. H. Native of 
Greece and the neighbouring islands. Cheiranthus Gre'cus, 
Juss. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 201. Hésperis æstìva, var. B, Lam. dict. 
3. p. 324. Distinguished from M. annua in the leaves being smooth 
and green, not hoary; and from the rest of this section by its 
being the only green leaved annual. Flowers purple. Perhaps 
the four foregoing species have originated from one, and not un- 
likely from this plant ? 
Smooth-leaved Annual or Grecian 
Pl. 1 foot. 
5 M. renestra‘uis (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 
119.) stem suffruticose, erect, simple; leaves crowded, obovate, 
downy, and revolute; siliques pubescent, without glands, broadest 
at the base. ¢.H. Native of Crete on rocks by the sea-side. 
Cheiranthus fenestralis, Lin. fil. dec. 31. t. 16. Jacq. hort. vind. 
2. t. 179, Hésperis fenestralis, Lam. dict. 3. p. 324. Flowers 
scarlet or pale purple, a little smaller than those of M. incana. 
Fenestrelles Stock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. 1 foot. 
6 M. exxrptica (R. Br. in Salt. voy. abyss. app. p. lxv.) stem 
suffruticose, twisted, branched ; leaves stalked, elliptical, hoary ; 
siliques cylindrical, downy. 2%. kh. H. Native of Abyssinia 
at the bottom of mount Taranta. Flowers sweet-scented. Dif- 
fering but little from M. incana. 
Elliptic-leaved Stock. Fl. Feb. March. PI. 1 foot. 
7 M. stnva‘ta (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 120.) 
stem somewhat erect, herbaceous, branched; leaves oblong, 
downy, lower ones sinuated; siliques compressed, velvety, and 
muricated with glands. &. H. Native of the south of Europe 
along the sandy sea coast, also in Britain on the coasts of Corn- 
wall and Wales, near Pembroke, Abermeney, and Llanddwyn. 
Cheiranthus sinuatus, Lin. spec. 926. Smith, engl. bot. t. 462. 
Smith, fl. grec. t. 640. Ch. tricuspidatus, Huds. angl. ed. 1. p. 
450. Ch. muricatus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 507. Hésperis sinuata, 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 323. Flowers of a dingy-red colour, about the 
size of those of M. incana, sweet-scented in the evening. The 
whole plant has an alkaline bitterish taste. 
Sinuated-leaved or Great Sea Stock. Fl. Aug. Britain. Pl. 2 ft. 
8 M. acavu’tis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 168.) stem almost none ; 
leaves linear, sinuately-toothed, downy with stellate pubescence ; 
flowers rising from the root. @.H. Native of Egypt. Cheir- 
anthus acaúlis, Balb. in litt. Spreng. nov. prov. p. 10. no. 19. 
The siliques are unknown, and therefore it is very doubtful what 
genus it belongs to. Flowers purplish. A very small plant. 
Stemless Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.1823. Pl. } foot. 
9 M.? Pe’rsica (D.C. syst. 2. p. 168.) stem erect, suffru- 
tescent at the base, hoary with velvety and glandular pubes- 
cence at the apex; leaves canescent, radical ones oblong, en- 
tire, stalked ; siliques pubescent, without glands. %. H. Na- 
Stock. Fl, May, Oct. Clt.? 
I. MATHIOLA. 
tive of Persia. Cheiranthus Pérsicus, Pall. in herb. Lamb. 
Habit of Mathiola, but the colour of the flowers is yellow ; there- 
fore it is possibly a species of Hésperis or Cheiranthus. 
Persian Stock. Pl. 2 foot. 
Sect. II. Lupe‘ria (from Avrnpoc, luperos, melancholic, sad ; 
colour of flowers.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 169. prod. 1. p. 133. Back 
of stigmas thick, not horned. Petals oblong, from dirty yellow 
to a livid purple colour, sweet-scented in the evening. 
10 M. rene’txa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 169.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, almost simple ; leaves oblong, sinuately-toothed, drawn out 
at the base, canescent with stellate pubescence ; siliques pubes- 
cent, without glands. ©. H. Native of the island of Cyprus. 
Flowers the colour of M. tristis, but paler. 
Slender Stock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
11 M. roruto'sa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 169.) stem erect, a little 
branched, flocculosely-scabrous ; leaves linear, nearly entire, 
downy ; siliques rather torulose, beset with scabrous glandular 
and velvety pubescence. h. G. Native of Cape of Good 
Hope. Cheiranthus torulosus, Thunb. prod..108. | Habit very 
near to that of Hésperis. Flowers small, of a dirty purplish-yellow. 
T orulose-siliqued Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl, 1 or 2 ft. 
12 M. Tara rica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 170.) stem erect, nearly 
simple, glabrous ; leaves hoary-tomentose, irregularly and run- 
cinately-toothed ; siliques very smooth, cylindrical, somewhat 
torulose. .H. Native of the south of Tartary on rocks. 
Hésperis Tatarica, Pall. itin. 1. app. 117. t. O. Flowers of a 
livid purplish-yellow colour. Root fusiform, fleshy. 
Tartarian Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.1826. Pl.1or 3 feet. 
13 M. oporartrssima (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 
4. p. 120.) stem erect, branched; leaves downy or pubescent, 
toothed or pinnatifid ; siliques compressed, somewhat hoary. h . 
G. Native of the calcareous mountains of Tauria and on rocks 
in eastern Caucasus, and in Iberia about Tiflis. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1711. Hésperis odoratissima, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 195. 
Chieranthus odoratissimus, Bieb. casp. 116. no. 22. Flowers 
dirty cream-coloured, or when old purplish-brown, sweet-scented 
in the evening. . 
Var. P, Tanaicénsis (D. C. syst. 2. p- 170.) plant covered with 
appressed pubescence ; siliques one-half shorter than those of 
the species. Cheiranthus fragrans, Fisch. cat. hort. gor. 1812. 
p. 51. h.G. Native on the cretaceous hills at Tanaim. 
Sweetest-scented Stock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795, B in 1822. 
Shrub 1 or 2 feet. 
14 M. va‘ria (D. C. syst. 2. p. 171.) stem erect, almost sim- 
ple, and nearly naked : leaves linear, blunt, quite entire, hoary ; 
flowers nearly sessile; siliques compressed ; petals oval, waved. 
hk. G. Native of south of Europe in many places, particularly 
in the region of the Mediterranean. Cheiranthus varius, Smith, 
fi. grec. t. 636. Ch. tristis Suffren, Curt. bot. mag. 729. Flower 
nearly the same colour as those of M. tristis, but they are 
larger. 
Var. BÈ, Cheiranthus tristis, var. Sabaùda. All. ped. no. 991. 
Cheiranthus Vallesidcus, Gay. ined. in herb. Gaud. Native of 
Vallais. 
Variable Stock. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 4 foot. 
15 M. rrr’srts (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 120.) 
stem suffruticose at the base, erect, branched ; leaves downy, 
linear, entire, or toothed; flowers nearly sessile ; petals oblong ; 
siliques nearly cylindrical. h .G. Native of stony places exposed to 
the sun in the south of Europe by the sea-side, viz. Portugal, Spain 
about Madrid, Greece, Piedmont, Mauritania, &c. Cheirdnthus 
tristis, Lin. spec. 925. Ch. fruticuldsus, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 925. 
but not of his Mantissa. Hésperis angustifdlia, Lam. dict. 3. p. 
322.—Barrl. icon. t. 803. Bocc. mus. 148. t. 111. Flowers 
dirty-yellow or greenish-brown, sweet-scented in the evening. 
