254 CRUCIFERZ. LXXXVII. Eruca. 
few of the strongest plants of the spring sowing to come into 
flower. Any of the above varieties will answer. 
Garden, or Cultivated Rocket. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1573. 
Pl. rambling, either erect or prostrate, from 4 to 2 feet high. 
2 E. nisripa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 638.) leaves lyrately-pinnate- 
parted, with toothed lobes, of which the terminal one is very 
blunt; stem hispid; pedicels longer than the deciduous calyx. 
©. H. Native of Naples, in the fields of Lucania. Brassica 
hispida, Tenor. cat. app. hort. nap. p. 59. Stem beset with long, 
stiff, spreading hairs. Flowers white, veined with brown. 
Hispid Garden Rocket. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Pl. 
3 to 1 foot. 
3 E. vesica’rta (Cav. ex Lag. D. C. syst. 2. p. 638.) leaves 
pinnatifid, with acute almost entire lobes; stem hairy ; calyx 
permanent, somewhat bladdery. ©. H. Native of Spain, in 
corn-fields, and on the tops of the mountains of Leon. The 
leaves are more elongated than in Æ. sativa, and the terminal 
lobe is hardly larger than the lateral ones. 
Var. a, albiflora (D. C.1. c.) flowers white, lined with black. 
Brassica vesicaria, Asso. syn. arrag. 88. t. 4. ‘Native of Syria, 
about Aleppo, and of Spain, in Arragon. 
‘ar. B, flaviflora (D. C. 1. c.) flowers yellow, lined with 
black. Brassica vesicaria, Lin. spec. 933. Native nearly 
throughout the whole of Spain, in corn-fields. 
Bladdery-calyxed Garden Rocket. Fl. Ju. Jul. 
Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 
the open border, and the plants afterwards treated as other hardy 
annuals. 
Clt. 1820. 
Tribe XIII. 
VELLE (plants agreeing with Vélla in important cha- 
racters) or ORTHOPLO'CE (see sub-order II.) LATI- 
SE'PTÆ (from latus, broad, and septum, a partition ; dissepi- 
ment broad,) D. C. syst. 2. p. 639. prod. 1. p. 223. Silicle 
with concave valves opening longitudinally, and with an ellip- 
tical dissepiment (f. 47. ¢.). Seeds globose. Cotyledons folded 
together (f. 45. j. f.). 
LXXXVIII. VE’LLA (latinized from Velar, the celtic name 
ae Cress.) D, C. syst. 2. p. 639. prod. 1, p. 223. Vélle, spe. 
in. 
Lin. sysvt. Tetradyndmia, Siliculosa. Larger stamens con- 
nate. Style ovate, tongue-shaped, flat, at the end of the silicle. 
.An erect branched hispid shrub. Leaves alternate, obovate, 
entire, rough with hairs. Racemes erect, elongated ; pedicels 
very short, lower ones generally bracteate, the rest naked. 
Flowers yellow, and are as well as the pods erect. 
1 V. psevpocy’tisus (Lin. spec. 895.) h. F. Native of 
Spain on gypsaceous hills about Aranjuez, Lam. ill. 555. f. 2. 
Cav. icon. 1. p. 32. t. 42. Vélla integrifdlia, Sal. prod. 265.— 
Lob. obs. 505. f. 1. icon. 2. p. 49. f.1. I. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 
374, f. 2, Petals yellow, with long dark purple claws. Larger 
stamens perfectly connate by pairs. Seeds 2 in each cell. 
False-Cytisus or Cress-rocket. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1759. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. This shrub, although generally kept as a green-house 
plant, is hardy enough to live through the winter in a dry warm 
south border. Young cuttings will strike root if planted in sand, 
under a hand-glass. 
_LXXXIX. BOLEUM (from Bwroc, bolos, a bow]; in allu- 
sion to the form of the valves of the pods?) Desv. journ. bot. 3. 
p- 163, t. 26. D. C. syst. 2. p. 640. prod. 1. p. 223. 
Lin. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliculdsa. Larger stamens con- 
nate by pairs. Style slender, beak-shaped, somewhat conical 
LXXXVIII. VELLA. 
LXXXIX. Boreum. XC. Carricutera. XCI. Succowia.’ 
at the end of the silicle. A suffruticose, erect, branched plant, 
hispid from stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong, linear ; lower 
ones somewhat divided. Racemes erect, elongated; pedicels 
very short, lower ones bracteate. Flowers yellow, and are as 
well as the pods erect. Perhaps not sufficiently distinct from 
vélla, 
1 B. a’sperum (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163 and 175. t. 6.) 
h. H. Native of Spain in rugged places; in Arragon between 
Villa Franca and Lerida; in Granada on mount Sierra-Nevada. 
Vélla áspera, Pers. ench. 2. p. 185. Stems twisted. Petals 
cream-coloured or whitish. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. 
Rough Boleum. FI. April, May. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
Cult. This pretty little shrub will answer well for ornament- 
ing rock-work. Cuttings will root freely if planted under a 
hand-glass, but if it ripen seed freely, this will be unnecessary. 
XC. CARRICHTERA (probably without meaning.) D. C. 
syst. 2. p. 641. prod. 1. p. 224. 
Lin. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliculdsa. Stamens all free. Style 
ovate, flat, leafy (f. 47. c.). An annual erect, branched, smooth, 
or somewhat hairy herb. Stemsround. Leaves pinnate-parted, 
with linear toothed or deeply pinnatifid lobes. Racemes opposite 
the leaves, erect, elongated ; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers 
small, cream-coloured, streaked with purple. Pods pendulous 
from the inflexed pedicels. o. 
1 C. verre (D. C. syst. 2. p. 642.) ©. H. Native in 
sandy and waste fields, and along way and wall sides, in Spain, , 
Balearic Islands, Mauritania, Sicily, Greece, and Syria. It is 
also said to have been found in England on Salisbury plains near 
Stonehenge, but it has never been met with since. Vélla ánnua, 
Lin. spec. 895. Gært. fruct. 2. p. 886. t. 141. Lam. ill. t. 555. 
f. 1. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1442. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1759. t. 
178. Seeds 4 in each cell. M. De Candolle remarks, that 
the seeds become covered with a glutinous exudation on being 
immersed in warm water. The whole herb is acrid and pungent 
to the taste. 
Annual Cress-rocket. Fl. Feb. March in gardens. Ju. July. 
Britain. Pl. 3 foot. ; 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown m the 
open ground or on rock-work. A light sandy soil suits it best. 
XCI. SUCCO'WIA (in honour of Professor Suckow, a bota- 
nist of Heidelberg.) Medik. gen. pl. 1. p. 64. t. 1. f. 9. DÐ. C. 
syst. 2. p. 642. prod. 1. p. 224. 
Lin. syst. Tetradynàmia, Siliculdsa. Stamens all free. Style 
slender, conical. Valves of silicle echinated. An annual erect, 
branched, smooth herb. Stems round. Leaves pinnate-parted, 
with linear-toothed or cut lobes. Racemes opposite the leaves, 
erect, elongated ; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers yellow: 
Pods erect. Seeds solitary in the cells. 
1 S. Barea’rica (Medik. in Ust. new. ann. 1. p. 41.) ©. H. 
Native of the Balearic Islands, Teneriffe, also in Sicily about 
Palermo. Bùnias Baleárica, Lin. mant. 429. Jacq. vind. 144. 
Gouan. ill. 45. t. 20. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1919. t. 189. 
Myàgrum Baleáricum, Lam. dict. 1. p- 571. Biscutélla Balea- 
rica, Lher. diss. cak. ined. p. 10. Seeds pendulous, globose, 
somewhat spotted, solitary in each cell. 3 
Balearic Succowia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1781. Pl. x foot. 
Cult. The seeds of this pretty little annual only require to 
be sown in the open ground or on rock-work. A light sandy soil 
suits it best. 
XCII. SAVI'GNYA (in honour of M. Savigny, a profound 
entymologist, and who also collected numerous plants in Egypt- 
D. C. syst. 2. p. 283, prod. 1. p. 157. . : 
_ Lin. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliculdsa. Silicle sessile, elip- . 
tical, with flat valves. Funicles short, free. Calyx equal at a 
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