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Farsetia lunarioides. Lunaria-like 

 Farsetia. 



Class and Order. 

 Tetradynamia Siliculosa. 



( Nat. Ord. — CRuciFERiE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Silicula sessilis, ovalis aut orbiculata, valvis planis. 

 Semina alata. Calyx basi bisaccatus. Petala integra. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Farsetia* lunarioides; caulibus suffruticosis adscenden- 



tibiiSj foliis spathulatis petiolatis siliculisque tomen- 



tosis incanis. Br. 

 Farsetia lunarioides. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 



96. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 157. Spreng. Syst. 



Veget. v. 2. p. 870. 

 Alyssum lunarioides. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 461. 

 Lunaria graeca. " Willd. Enum. v. 2. p. 675." 

 Lunaria fruticosa, perennis, incana, Leucoii folio. Tournef. 



It. ed. AngL v. I. p. 189. cum Ic. 



Descr. Stems nearly a foot high, perennial, and throw- 

 ing out many shoots from near the base where the plant is 

 suffruticose and purplish : the rest herbaceous, pubescenti- 

 hirsute. Leaves numerous at the base and spathulate, 

 those of the stem oblong-obtuse, waved, and somewhat 

 sinuate, hoary with stellated down on both sides. Flowers 

 m dense corymbs, moderately large, extending gradually 

 as the fruit ripens into a lax raceme. Pedicels two to three 



lines 



Named in compliment to Philip Farseti, a Venetian Botanist. 



