i. 
; YT 63 
AxtyssuMm DELTOIDEUM. PuRPLE ALyssuM. 
Se 
Clafs and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Filamenia quedam introrfum denticulo notata. Sz/icu/a emat- 
ginata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ALYSSUM  deltoideum caulibus fuffrutefcentibus proftratis, 
: foliis lanceolato-deltoidibus, filiculis hirtis. Lian. 
Syf?. Vegetab. p. 591. Sp. Pl. p. go8. 
LEUCOJUM faxatile thymifolio hirfutum ceruleo-pur- 
. pureum. Bauh. Pin. 201. 
Plants which flower early, and continue a Jong while in 
bloom, are defervedly preferred, more efpecially by thofe who 
content themfelves with a partial colle@ion; of that number 
is the prefent f{pecies of Alyffum, which begins to flower 1B 
March, and continues to bloffom through April, May, and 
June, and, if favourably fituated, during moft of the fummer- 
It is properly a rock plant, being hardy, forming with very 
little care a neat tuft of flowers, and not apt to encroach on 
its neighbours. : 
May be propagated by parting its roots in Autumn, OF by 
cuttings. | : 
Is a native of the Levant, according to Mr. A1ToN, and 
cultivated by Mr. Miter, in 1739, but omitted in the 6th 
4to. edition of his Digtionary : has ufually been confidered by 
the Nurferymen about London as the hyperboreum. 
