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Class and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Crucirerz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Siliqua linearis ; valvis planis medio uninerviis. Semina 
in quoque loculo uniserialia, ovalia aut orbicularia, com- 
pressa. Cotyledones plane (O==). Flores albi aut rarius 
rosei. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Arazis verna ; foliis grosse dentatis pubescenti-hispidis, 
caulinis cordatis amplexicaulibus infimis petiolatis, pe- 
dicellis longitudine calycis, silique valvis convexis, 
stigmate subemarginato. 
Arasis verna. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 0. 4. p. 105. (non 
Desf.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 142. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. v. 2. p. 890. 
Hesperis verna. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 928. Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 
641. 
An extremely pretty annual, especially when cultivated 
in tufts, the very vivid purple of the blossoms making 
amends for the small number of flowers on each individual 
specimen ; and of these few I have never seen more than 
one expanded at the same time. It is an inhabitant of 
the south of France and of Europe generally, as well as the 
north of Africa, according to Desronraines. Sir James 
Smiru describes it as flowering abundantly about Naples, 
in March, and seeming to occupy the place of our Arazis 
(Sisymbrium) thaliana, which, however, it much excels in 
beauty. 
