CRUCIFERAE. LHI. Cuortsrora. LIV. Matcomia. 
Straight-podded Chorispora. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 
ł to 4 foot. 
§ 2. Flaviflore. Flowers yellow; petals emarginate. 
. 3 C. Srpr’rica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 437.) pods and leaves 
smoothish; leaves all sinuately-pinnatifid. ©. H. Native of 
Siberia and Altaia on the banks of the river Oby; frequent in 
the upper region of the river Yenissei. Raphanus Sibiricus, 
Lin. spec. 925. Murr. comm. gætt. 1775. p. 48. t. 11. Choris- 
pérmum Sibiricum, Andrz. cruc. ined. Flowers yellow, nearly 
the size of those of Bunias erucago. Seeds oval, brown, com- 
pressed. Plant very variable in height. 
Siberian Chorispora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. 
1 inch to 2 feet. 
4 C. Isr'rica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 437.) pods hairy, hardly 
longer than the style; leaves linear, runcinately-toothed. ©. H. 
Native of Iberia in stony places about Chinalug, in eastern Cau- 
casus. Ráphanus Ibéricus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 129. suppl. p. 
451. Chorispérmum Ibéricum, Andrz. cruc. ined. Flowers 
like those of Chorispora tenélla, but yellow. The whole plant 
_ possesses a very powerful nauseous odour, when bruised. 
Iberian Chorispora. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1822. Pl. + to 4 foot. 
Cult. This is a genus of rather pretty annual plants; they 
only require to be sown in the open ground, and treated as other 
hardy annuals. 
Sus-orper I. NOTORHI’ZEE (from vwroe, notos, the back, 
and piča, rhiza, a root; radicle at the back of the cotyledons, 
f. 45. j. e.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 438. prod. 1. p. 186. Cotyledons 
. flat, incumbent (f. 45. i). Radicle dorsal (f. 45. i. e.). Seeds 
not margined. 
Pl. from 
. Tribe VII. 
SISY'’MBREÆ (plants agreeing with Stsymbrium in many im- 
portant characters,) or NOTORHI'ZEÆ (see Sub-order II.) 
SILIQUO'SÆ, (siliqua a long pod; pods long.) Silique 2-cell- 
ed, opening longitudinally (f. 46. p.) with concave (f. 46. p.) or 
keeled valves. Seeds ovate or oblong, not margined. Cotyle- 
dons flat, incumbent, contrary to the dissepiment (f. 45. i). A 
very distinct tribe from the characters of the seeds, but with the 
habit nearly of Arabidee. 
LIV. MALCO'MIA (named after a William Malcolm, F.L.S. 
a celebrated cultivator.) R.Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 
121. D. C. syst. 2. p. 438. prod. 1. p. 186. 
_Liy. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique roundish. Stigma 
simple, much pointed.. Annual or perennial herbs, usually sca- 
brous or velvety from stellate hairs. Leaves oblong or oval 
entire, toothed or sinuately-pinnatifid ; pedicels bractless, dis- 
posed in racemes. Flowers either purplish or white, sometimes 
very small, never becoming double in gardens. 
1 M. Arrica‘na (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 121.) 
stem branched, diffuse; leaves lanceolate, somewhat toothed, 
beset with 2 or 4-parted hairs; pedicels shorter than the per- 
manent calyx ; pods scabrous. ©.H. Native of vineyards and 
sandy places im the north of Africa, Sicily, Spain, south of 
France, Iberia about Gandsha. Hésperis Africana, Lin. spec. 
928. Heésperis diffiisa, Lam. fl. fran. 2. p. 504. Cheiranthus 
scaber, Moench. meth. 254. Hésperis hispida, Roth. cat. bot. 1. 
p. 78.—Buxb. cent. 4. p. 26. t. 44.—Boce. sic. 77. t. 42. f. 1. 
Flowers small, purplish. Seeds oblong-ovate, rufous. 
African Malcomia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1747. Pl. 4 to 2 ft. 
2 M. rtaraxaciro Lia (D. C. syst. 2. p. 439.) stem erect, 
simple; leaves oblong, deeply-toothed ; hairs 3-parted ; pedicels 
shorter than the deciduous calyx; pods smooth, somewhat 4- 
sided. ©. H. Native —? Cheirdnthus taraxacifolius, Balb. 
cat. hort. taur. app. 1814. p. 10. Flowers small, purplish. 
Dandelion-leaved Malcomia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1795. Pl.}to3 ft. 
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3 M. xa’xa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 440.) stem branched, somewhat 
pilose at the base ; leaves ovate, acute, angularly-toothed, and are. 
as well as the pods smooth; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 
@.H. Native of Siberia. Hésperis laxa, Lam. dict. 3. p. 325. 
Flowers small, purplish. Seeds small, oblong-ovate, rufous. 
Loose-branched Malcomia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
4 M. Cura (D. C. syst. 2. p. 440.) stem erect, branched ; 
hairs 2-parted, appressed; leaves obovate, entire ; pedicels 
length of the calyx ; pods roundish, pubescent; style very short. 
©. H. Native of the island of Chio in rocky places, and pro- 
bably of Crete, Spain, and Russia. Cheiranthus Chius, Lin. 
spec. 924. Cheirdnthus subulatus, Moench. meth. 254. Hésperis 
Chia, Lam. dict. 3. p. 324.—Herm. parad. 194. t. 61.—Dill. 
elth. 180. t. 147. f. 178. Flowers purplish, one-half smaller 
than those of Malcomia maritima. Plant downy. 
Chio, or Dwarf-branching Malcomia. Fl. May, July. 
1732. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
5 M. maritima (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 121.) 
stems erect, branched; leaves elliptical, blunt, entire, narrowed 
at the base; hairs appressed, 2 or 4-parted; pedicels somewhat 
shorter than the calyx; pods pubescent, furnished with a long 
acumen at the apex. ©.H. Native ofthe south of Europe in 
the sand by the sea-shore, particularly France, in the fields of 
Narbonne, Balearic islands, Mauritania, Greece, and all the 
islands in the Archipelago. Cheiranthus maritimus, Lin. ameen. 
4. p. 280. spec. 924. Curt. bot. mag. t. 166. Cheiranthus litto- 
reus, All. ped. 1. p. 273. but not of Lin. Hésperis maritima, 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 824.—Barrel. icon. t. 1127.-—Mor. oxon. 2. p. 
235. sect. 3. t. 7. f. 6. Flowers pale, violet or lilac. Pods 
roundish. An elegant diffuse plant, commonly cultivated in 
gardens as a border annual. Plant downy. 
Sea-side Malcomia, or Branching Annual Stock. Fl. May, 
July. Clt. 1713. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. | 
6 M. rncrassa‘ra (D.C. syst. 2. p. 441.) stems many, some- 
what diffuse; leaves oval, stalked, upper ones oblong ; hairs 
appressed, 2-parted ; pedicels shorter than the calyx, which be- 
comes thickened after flowering ; pods pubescent. ©. H. Na- 
tive of the islands in the Archipelago on rocks by the sea-side ; 
particularly in Scio and Tenedos. Deless. icon, sel. 2. t. 59. 
Clt. 
- Flowers purplish, a little larger, as well as the pods being two 
An 
or three times thicker, than those of Malcòmia maritima. 
elegant downy plant. 
Thickened-pedicelled Malcomia. 
Pl. 2 inches to 4 foot. 
7 M. arenaria (D. C. syst. 2. p. 442.) stem erect, branch- 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
- ed; leaves lanceolate, acute, lower ones toothed, sessile ; hairs 
stellate ; pedicels very short ; pods torulose, subulate. ©. H. 
Native of Mauritania in the sand on the sea-shore near Arzeau. 
Hésperis arenaria, Desf. atl. 2. p. 91. t. 162. Flowers violace- 
ous, about the size of those of Malcòmia maritima. An elegant 
downy plant. 
Sand Malcomia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
8 M. parvirvora (D.C. syst. 2. p. 442.) stem erect, branch- 
ed; leaves oblong, blunt, almost entire; hairs soft, starry; 
pedicels at last the length of calyx; pods pubescent. ©. H. 
Native in sand on the sea-shore in Corsica, France, Provence, 
Italy about Pisa, also in Calabria, &c. &c. Cheiranthus lacerus, 
Gouan. ill. p. 44? Hésperis parviflora, D.C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. 
p. 654. icon. gall. rar. p. 11. t. 35. Hésperis pumila, Poir. 
suppl. 3. p. 194. Flowers small, lilac. Plant downy. 
Small-flowered Malcomia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
9 M. Lyra`ra (D. C. syst. 2. p. 443.) stem erect, branched ; 
lower leaves lyrate, blunt, stalked; hairs appressed, 2-parted ; 
pedicels length of calyx; pods pubescent. ©. H. Native of 
the island of Cyprus. Cheiranthus lyratus, Smith. fl. graec. t, 
635. Flowers purplish like those of Malcomia parviflora, 
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