CRUCIFERA. LV. Hespenis. 
Jagged-leaved Rocket or Dame’s Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 
1816. Pl. 14 foot. 
5 H. vitno'sa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 449.) pedicels shorter than 
the calyx ; petals obovate-oblong ; leaves oblong, pointed, deeply- 
toothed, and are villous as well as the simple stem. &? H. 
Native of Apulia or Puglia. Cheiranthus villosus, Spreng. in litt. 
Very nearly allied to Hésperis laciniata, but the hairs of the 
stems are not glandular, nor the down on the leaves. Flowers 
purplish or lilac. 
Villous-Rocket or Dame’s Violet. Fl. May, June. Pl. 13 ft. 
6 H. runcrina‘ra (Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 2. p. 220. t. 
200.) pedicels longer than the calyx; petals obovate, somewhat 
mucronate; leaves pubescent, lower ones lyrately-runcinate, 
upper ones lanceolate, acuminated ; stem erect, panicled at the 
top. &.H. Native of Hungary in coppices. The whole plant 
is covered with somewhat clammy short hairs. With the habit of 
H. matronilis. 
Var. B H. bituminosa (Savi. hort. Pis. ann. 1808. perhaps also 
of Willd. enum. suppl. 45.) Deilésma suavéolens, Andrz. cruc. 
ined. Plant clammy. Pods somewhat incurved. Flowers of 
both varieties from white to purple or lilac, about the size of 
those of Hésperis matronalis. 
Runcinate-leaved Rocket or Dame’s Violet. 
Clt. 1804. Pl. 1 to 2 or 3 feet. 
T H. matrona‘uis (Lam. dict. 3. p. 321. ill. t. 564. f. 1.) 
pedicels length of calyx; petals obovate; pods erect, torose, 
smooth, not thickened at the edge; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
toothed. 2%. H. Native of coppices and hedges nearly through- 
out the whole of Europe. l 
Var. a, horténsis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 450.) stem firm, straight ; 
flowers usually sweet-scented; petals frequently emarginate and 
mucronate; leaves ovate-lanceolate, never cordate. 2/. H. Hés- 
peris matronalis, Lin. spec. 927.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 251. sect. 3. 
t. 10. f. 1.—Lob. icon. t. 323. f. 2. The ladies of Germany have 
pots of this plant placed in their apartments, whence it has ob- 
tained the name of Dames’ Violet. Parkinson calls the plants 
Queen’s Gilloflowers, and Gerarde Damask Violets. 
1 albiflora (D. C. 1. 1. c.) flowers single, white. —Tab. kraut. 
p- 692. f. 1.—Dalech. lugd. 804. f. 1. Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 8. 
t. 3. f. 2. 
2 albo-plena (D.C. 1. c.). Flowers double white. 
3 purpùrea (D. C. l.c.) flowers single, purple.—Tab. kraut. 
p. 692. f. 2. Dalech. lugd. 804. f.2. Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 8. 
t. 3. f. 3—Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f.b. 
4 purpùreo-plena (D. C. 1. c.) flowers double purple.— 
Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f. c. 
5 variegàta (D. C. 1l. c.) flowers double, variegated with 
white and purple.—Munt. phyt. cur. t. 186. 
6 foliuflora (D. C. 1. c. p. 451.) flowers double, green. 
. Moris. oxon. 2. p. 251. no. 2. Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f. a. 
Var. B, sylvéstris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 451.) habit much more 
loose than var. a. Lower leaves only at the base more or less 
cordate, and often coarsely toothed ; flowers always purplish or 
Fl. May, July. 
lilac, rarely sweet-scented; limb of petals blunt. Hésperis 
inodòra, Lin. spec.:927. Jacq. aust. t. 347. Fl. dan. t. 934. 
Smith engl. bot. t. 731. Hésperis sylvéstris, Crantz. austr. p. 
32.  Hésperis Sibirica, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 316. Native of many 
places in the north of Europe. In Britain in hilly pastures near 
rivulets but rare. 
Var. y, H. Sibirica (Lin. spec. 927.) leaves narrower, 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminated. Hésperis obtùsa, , Moench. 
suppl. 86. Native of Tauria and Siberia. Flowers purple 
or lilac. 
This is a very variable plant, as may be seen from its numerous 
Varieties, 
Common Rocket or Dames’ Violet. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 
_ obs. in herb. Willd.—Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 62. 
203 
var. a and its varieties since 1597. 
Since 1800. Pl. 1 to 4 feet. 
8 H. HETEROPHY'LLA (Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 39.) pedicels 
length of calyx ; petals obovate ; stem branched, diffuse, and is 
as well as leaves covered with short pubescence ; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, toothed. %. H. Native of Naples in shady fields 
and in woods. Habit of plant very like the branched diffuse 
varieties of Hésperis matronalis. Flowers purplish or lilac. 
Variable-leaved Rocket. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1825. Pl. 2 to 3ft. 
9 H. rrara (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 74.) petals blunt, very 
entire and notched at the top; leaves lanceolate-acuminated, 
remotely toothed ; stems simple, erect. &.H. Native? 
Tall Rocket or Dames’ Violet. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. 
Pl. 3 or 5 feet. . 
10 H. cranvirto ra (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2683.) pedicels longer 
than the calyx; petals obovate ; racemes many-flowered, crowded ; 
radical leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, cauline ones lanceolate, ses- 
sile. &. H. Native of Siberia? or Hungary? Flowers dark 
lilac. Stem simple. 
Great-flowercd Dames’ Violet or Rocket. 
Cit. 1817. Pl. 3 feet. 
11 H. Srevenia'na (D. C. syst. 2. p. 452.) pedicels longer 
than the calyx ; petals obovate; stem and pods hispid; radical 
leaves stalked, runcinate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate, deeply- 
toothed. Y. 4. H. Native of the south of Tauria. Claws 
of petals longer than the calyx. Flowers purplish. This plant 
is very like Hésperis matronalis, (3 sylvéstris. 
Steven’s Rocket or Dames’ Violet. Fl. May, July. Pl. 1 ft. 
12 H. arrica (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 194.) pedicels beset with 
glandular pili, length of calyx; petals obovate; leaves oblong, 
blunt, and are as well as the simple stems hispid. 7%. H. 
Native of exposed fields in Siberia and Dauria. Cheiranthus 
apricus, Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 518. Hésperis Cheiranthus, 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 203. Cheiranthus hirtus, Schlecht. ex Stev. 
Flowers purple. 
B. Native of Britain. y. 
Fl. June, July. 
or lilac, size of those of H. matronàlis. 
Var. B, dentata; leaves grossly toothed. Perhaps a proper 
species. , 
Exposed Rocket or Dames’ Violet. Clt. 
1821. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
13 H. sıcusripa ra (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 194.) pedicels length 
of calyx ; petals blunt ; leaves lanceolate, acute, rather toothed, 
and are as well as simple stem covered with stellate grey down, 
u.? 4.2? H. Native of Armenia. Cheiránthus bicuspidàtus, 
Willd. spec. 3. p. 519. Flowers purple or lilac ? 
Var. B, Cappadòcica (plant a little smaller, and with the pods 
and flowers more spreading than in the species.) ¢. 2. H. Na- 
tive of Cappadocia. Both plants are rather woody at the base. 
Two-pointed-podded-Rocket. Fl. May, June. PI. 13 foot. 
14 H. ramosr'sstma (Desf. atl. 2. p. 91. t. 161.) pedicels 
rather shorter than the calyx; petals elliptical-oblong ; pods 
scabrous, torulose ; leaves oblong, velvety; stem much branched. 
©.H. Native of Algiers near Arzeau, in the sand on the 
shore, and in Egypt, near the Saqqarah Pyramids, also in Gala- 
tia. Flowers small, violet or lilac. 
Much-branched Rocket. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 5 to $ ft. 
15 H. ryemæa (Dili). ill. fl. egyp. p. 19. no. 596.) pedicels 
longer than the calyx; petals elliptical; pods very slender, 
smooth ;° leaves sinuated, scabrous from stellate hairs; stem 
branched. ©. H. Native of Syria and near Alexandria. 
Flowers small, purplish. o 
Pygmy Rocket. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1828. Pl. 2 or 3 inches. 
16 H. rurcur'LLA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 455.) pedicels longer 
than the calyx; petals obovate ; leaves almost all radical, bluntly 
innatifid, smoothish; scapes numerous, scarcely longer than 
the leaves. ©.H. Native of the Levant (Greece or Syria). 
Dd 2 
Fl. May, June. 
