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MoricanDIA ArvENsIs. Firtp Moricanpia. 
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Class and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILIQuosa. 
( Nat. Ord.—Crucirerz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Stliqua tetragona, subanceps. Semina biseriata, ovata, 
parva. Cotyledones conduplicate. Calyx basi bisaccatus. 
—Flores purpurascentes. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Moricanpia * arvensis ; siliquis subtetragonis, foliis cauli- 
nis cordato-amplexicaulibus integerrimis. 
aad! arvensis. De Cand. ee Y, v. 2. p. ee 
yusd. Syn. v. 1. p. 221. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 
914. ile Br. Fl. Gard. t. 278. Reichenb. Ic. Bot. 
t. 403. 
Brassica arvensis. Linn. Mant. p. 95. 
RRITIs arvensis. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 
(8) Brassica suffruticosa. Desf. Atl. v. 2. p. 
a 
4. p. 108. 
94. 
Descr. Root small, biennial, or probably in the var. 8, 
Perennial. Stem erect, dichotomously branched, one to 
two feet high, rounded, and, as is the whole plant, perfectly 
glabrous. Leaves rather remote, ovato-cordate, amplex- 
icaul, obtuse, glaucous-green, quite entire, with several 
spreading, short, pale nerves, branching off from the mid- 
Nb. Flowers large, handsome, in a terminal, lax, raceme. 
racteas none. Pedicels rather long, slender. Calyx erect, 
Most cylindrical, of four leaflets, of which two are broader, 
wa opposite, 
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as honor of Sreruen Monricanp, an Italian Botanist and author of Flora 
