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deciduous ; pods ovate-orbicular, smooth. ©.H. Native of 
Siberia on rocks. Flowers small; petals almost linear. 
Minute Madwort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1827. Pl. 1 inch. 
8 A. minimum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 464. exclusive of Lin. syn.) 
stems diffuse ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hoary; pods orbicular, 
emarginate smooth. ©.H. Native in dry sandy fields and on 
hills about Vienna, also of Podolia, and Tauria, &c. Tratt. 
thes. p. 8. t. 35. Very like 4. calycinum, but the calyx is 
deciduous. 
Smallest Madwort. Fl. April, May. Clt.1791. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
9 A.ctomerRa‘tuM (Burch. cat. geog. pl. afri. austr. extratrop. 
no. 1204.) stems ascendant; leaves lanceolate, blunt, villous ; 
racemes crowded; calyx permanent; pods orbicular, smooth. 
©.H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope in Rogeweld, near 
Riet river. Petals oblong, a little longer than the calyx. 
Glomerate-racemed Madwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
10 A. DENsIFLO'RUM (Desf. cor. Tourn. p. 65. te 48.) leaves 
narrow- lanceolate ; flowers crowded into dense cylindrical ra- 
cemes ; pods orbicular, pubescent, 1-2-seeded. ©. H. Native 
of Armenia. Flowers small, white. 
Dense-flowered Madwort. Pl. ł foot. . 
11 A. strictum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 464.) leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, downy ; flowers crowded into dense cylindrical racemes; 
pods elliptical, downy. ©. H. Native of Armenia. Differing 
from A. densiflorum, in the pods being elliptical and downy, not 
orbicular, and pubescent. 
Upright Madwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
12 A.strico'sum (Russ. in Schrad. journ. 1. p. 426.) stems 
herbaceous, hispid with starry hairs; leaves obovate, entire ; 
calyx permanent. ©.H. Native about Aleppo. 
Strigose-stemmed Madwort. PI. 4 foot. 
13 A. rutvescens (Smith. prod. fl. grec. 2. p. 13.) stems 
ascendant ; radical leaves stalked, obovate, grey, upper ones 
oblong ; calyx permanent ; pods ovate-globose, smooth. ©. H. 
Native of the Morea and in the: islands of Cyprus and Scio. 
Petals obcordate, when dry brownish. 
Brownish-petalled Madwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. Inconspicuous annual plants, the seed of which will 
grow under any circumstances and in any kind of soil. 
XXVII. ANODO'NTEA (froma, priv. odove odovroc, odous 
odontos, a tooth ; stamens without teeth), D.C. syst. 2. p. 317. 
prod. 1. p. 163. asa section of Aljssum. 
Lin. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle ovate, round- 
ish or obovate, somewhat inflated, with convex valves, crowned 
by the permanent style ; cells 1-2-seeded (f. 46. h.). Seeds girded 
by amembranous wing. Petals obovate, entire, or bifid. Stamens 
all toothless. Annual herbs‘or sub-shrubs, hoary from stellate 
down. Flowers yellow or white, racemose. The authorities 
given for the species are under A/yssum. 
Secr. I. Vesica'Ria (vesica, a bladder; inflated pods). 
Flowers yellow. Silicles somewhat inflated. Species intermediate 
between Adyséton and Vesicaria. Annual or biennial plants. 
1 A. EDE NTULA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 95. t. 92.) stem 
erect ; leaves oblong, somewhat sinuated, velvety, upper ones 
linear ; calyx spreading ; petals bifid ; pods ovate, smooth. $ .H. 
Native of Bosnia on calcareous rocks. Vesicaria edéntula, Poir. 
dict. 8. p. 572. Petals twice as long as calyx, bifid at the top. 
Seeds 2 in each cell. 
Toothless-stamened Anodontea. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 1 ft. 
2 A. pasyca’rpa (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 469.) stems 
erect ; leaves oblong, canescent ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; 
pods nearly double the length of the style. ©.H. Native of 
Siberia at the rivers Kuma and Volga, at lake Inderkoi, and also 
about Astracan. Vesicaria dasycarpa, Poir. dict. 8, p. 571. A. Si- 
CRUCIFERAE. XXVI. Atyssum. XXVII. ANODONTEA. 
biricum, Trev. in ges. nat. fr. berl. mag. 1816. p. 151. t.2. f. 14. 
et 17. but not of Willd. Flowers small, yellowish. , 
Thick-podded Anodontea. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
Secr. II. Losuraria (D. C. syst. 2. p. 318. prod. 1. p. 
164.) Flowers white. Seeds usually solitary in the cells. 
Stems fruticulose, at least at the base. 
3 A. RUPE'sTRIS (Tenore, fl. nap. t. 60.) stem suffruticose at 
the base, rather erect; radical leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
silvery, cauline ones few, linear ; pods obovate, flocculose, mu- 
cronated with a short style. h. H. Native of the south of 
Italy on rocks. Flowers larger than those of Koniga maritima. 
Rock Anodontea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4 foot. 
4 A. ARENARIA (Presl. ex. Spreng. syst. app. p- 239. under 
Alyssum.) stem suffruticose, procumbent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, — 
acute, rather hoary ; silicles elliptical, somewhat inflated, rather 
pilose, 1-seeded, mucronate by the short style. h. H. Native 
of Sicily. 
Sand Anodontea. FI. June, July. Pl. procumbent. 
5 A. marmıro'rra (Willd. spec. 3. p. 460.) stems suffruti- 
cose, ascendant; leaves oblong, blunt, narrowed at the base, covered 
with scaly hairs; pods orbicular, smooth, twice as long as the 
style. h.H. Native of Italy, Piedmont, about Nice, &c. on 
rocky mountains exposed to the sun. Lunaria halimifolia. All. 
ped. no. 900. t. 54. f. 1.—Boce. mus. 45. t. 39. Flowers like 
those of 4. spindsum. 
Halimus-leaved Anodontea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 ft. 
6 A. srno sa (Lin. spec. 907.) stem shrubby, old branches 
and peduncles spiny; leaves oblong-linear, silvery ; pods orbi- 
cular, smooth, terminated by the short style. h.F. Native of 
Arragon and south of France on calcareous rocks exposed to the 
sun.—Barrel. icon. t. 808. Draba spinosa, Lam. fi. fr. 2. p. 461. 
Flowers alittle larger than those of Koniga maritima. Seeds 2 
in each cell. A little tufted shrub. 
Spiny Anodontea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. Pl. 3 foot. 
7 A. macroca’rpa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 321.) stem shrubby; 
branched, somewhat spiny ; leaves oblong, blunt, silvery ; pods 
obovate-orbicular, somewhat emarginate, smooth, pointed with 
the style, containing 8 ovula (f. 46. h.). h. H. Native of the south 
of France, especially in the Cevennes, on calcareous rocks. Very 
like A. spinosa halimifolia and A. Pyrenaica, but different. 
Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 41. Seeds 2 in each cell. 
Large-podded Anodontea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clit. 1828. Pl. 4 ft. 
8 A. Pyrenaica (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 371. suppl. 91.) stem 
shrubby, branched, not spiny; leaves obovate, narrowed at the 
base, hoary ; pods elliptical, rather villous, pointed with the 
style. h.F. Native of the Eastern Pyrenees on rocks, parti- 
cularly on Mount Conat, about Font de Combs. A. halimifo- 
lium J, D.C, fl. fr. 5. p. 594. 
Pyrenean Anodontea. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 3 foot. 
9 A. canescens (D.C. syst. 2. p. 322.) stem shrubby, as- 
cendant ; leaves oblong-linear, hoary ; pods elliptical, velvety, 
crowned with the long style. h. F. Native of Siberia, Tauria, 
Kamtschatka, on rocky mountains. 
Var. a, abbreviata (D.C. syst. l. c.) racemes short, corym- 
bose. A.montanum and A. minitum, Patrin. herb. 
Var. B, elongata (D.C. syst. 1. c.) racemes more elongated. 
Leaves more hairy. A. Datricum. Schlecht. in herb. Willd. 
Canescent Anodontea. Fl, April, Sept. Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
10 A. renviro'1a (Steph in Willd. spec. 3. p. 460.) stem 
fruticulose, erect; leaves linear, acute, clothed with starry villi ; 
pods oval, hairy, crowned by the style. k. F. Native of 
Siberia about Doroninsk. Petals obovate, blunt, spreading, with — 
filiform claws. 
Slender-leaved Anodontea. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
Cult. 
The whole of the species of this genus are very proper 
