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AtyssuM Monranum. Mouvnrain Atyssum, 
or Mapwort. : 
Cla/s and Order. 
TETRADYN AMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Filamenia quedam introrfum denticulo notata, filicula emar- 
ginata. = ; ee oS ee oe 
5 ecific CharaGier and § ‘ynonyms. % 
ALYSSUM montanum caulibus herbaceis, diffufis foliis fublan- 
) ~ ceolatis punétato echinatis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab, 
ed.14. Murr. p. 590. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 382. 
Jacq. Fl. Auftr. t. 37. : 
ALYSSUM fubfruticofum, foliis ellipticis feabris. Hall. Hif. — 
3 Helv. num. 492. — 
THLASPI faxatile incanum luteum ferpillifolio minus, Baub. 
oo PM Wy 5 
In this work we have alread: figured three {pecies of Alyf- _ 
fum, faxatile, deltoideum, mes utriculatum, the yellow, the — 
purple, and bladder-podded, all of them plants adapted to de- a 
corate the {mall borders of the flower-garden, or any kind of | 
rock-work ; to which purpofes the prefent more rare fpecies, 
an inhabitant of the mountainous parts of Switzerland and oe 
Auftria, is alfo applicable. poe 
The Aljum montanum is a {mall procumbent plant, of the 
perennial kind, with hoary leaves curioufly emboffed with little 
prominent points, having the fummits of its branches about — 
the end of April covered with a profufion of bright yellow — 
flowers, which ufually go off without producing any perfeat 
feed, though in its wild ftate it is fufficiently fertile, as 18 
evident from Profeffor JAcguin’s figure. © a 
Through want of feeds, it may be increafed without difficulty | 
from cuttings ; requires the fame treatment as other Fate 
Alpine plants, : eas : 
Was cultivated by Mr. Mixer in 1759. Ait, Kew. 
