98 KEW GARDEN MUSEUM. 
Roogee-root. Megacarpæa polyandra, MS. in Herb. Hook. Kumaon. 
(Captain Strachey and Major Madden.) 
Rose of Jericho, Anastatica Hierochuntica, L. Syria. (B. Page, Esq.) 
A singular but small plant, growing in exposed deserts, where it is often 
uprooted and blown about by the winds; and has the property of roll- 
ing up like a ball in dry weather; opening, spreading out its branches 
in wet weather. The most absurd fables are related of the virtues of 
this plant in the East, and greedily believed by the vulgar. The pre- 
sent is the ** Rosa de Hiericho" of Dalechamp, and “ Rosa hierochun- 
tica" of Commelyn : in short, the original * Rose of Jericho.” But the 
same name has of late been applied to a Lycopodium of Mexico (L. lepi- 
dophyllum, Hook.), possessing similar hygrometrie properties. 
Garden-cress. Lepidium sativum, Z. Europe. Seed, and oil. 
The young plants, with those of Mustard, are frequently eaten as 
* mustard and cress,” and are extremely wholesome and antiscorbutic. 
Gold of Pleasure. Camelina sativa, Crantz. Europe. Seeds, and 
oil. Much cultivated for the oil throughout Europe, but the refuse 
is considered too acrid for cattle. Brooms are made from the dry 
haulm. ; 
Woad. Jsatis tinctoria, L. Seed, and specimens prepared for dyeing. 
... Formerly much used as blue-dye in this country. 
CABBAGE TRIBE, Cabbage, Rape, Turnep (Brassica). 
Common or Wild Cabbage. Brassica oleracea, L. Drawings and 
models. Native of the sea-coasts of the middle and south of Europe, 
including England. This is considered to be the origin whence the 
numerous cultivated varieties of Cabdages have sprung. “From this 
circumstance,” write Messrs. Lawson, “it is often alluded to as 4 
remarkable proof of the advantages resulting from a careful cultiva- 
tion, improvement, and selection of the most deserving varieties of any 
of our cultivated economical plants. Nor can a more suitable example 
be adduced than to compare this insignificant weed-like plant of the 
sea-coast with the gigantic growth of the Tree- or Cow-Cabbage, the 
large close head of the Drumhead-Cabbage, or with the different forms 
or habits of growth apparent in the Brussels Sprouts, Red Cabbage, 
Cauliflower, Kohl-Rabi, and various other forms.” * 
A large proportion of the above are very unsuited to a Museum, from 
_ the difficulty or impossibility of preserving such suceulent products, and 
