40 ORDER 11. CKUCLFEILE. 



14, SCHIZOPETALON, Sims. (2x^oo, to cut, as the petals appear 

 to be.) Sep. erect. Pet. pinnately lobed, involute in the bud. Silique 

 linear, compressed. Stig. lobes erect, cminate. Seeds oblong or globular, 

 cotyl. twisted (| o ). (i) Lvs. sinuate-pinnatifid. Fls. white or purple. 



S. WALKERI. Stem slender, erect, branching, 2f. Lvs. canescent. Fls. racemed. Chili. 

 Raised from seed. Flowers large, curious, soon perishing. 



15, BRASSICA (and Sinapis) L. CABBAGE, MUSTARD, &c. (The 

 ancient names.) Silique long, terete, or 4-sided, pointed with a stout stylo 

 or an ensiform 1-seeded beak. Valves 1-3-veined. Seeds in 1 row, globu- 

 lar, ((o. Rootlvs.phmatifid. Rac. elongated. Fls. yellow. Figs. 239, 192, 429. 



SINAFIS. Sep. spreading. Pet. ovate. Pod with an acute beak Nos. 1, 2, 3 



BRASSICA. Sep. erect. Pet. obovate. Pod squarish, with a blunt style.. .Nos. 4, 5, 6 



1 B. nigra L. Slack Mustard. Smooth ; pod 1', smooth, somewhat 4-angled, ap- 



pressed to the rachis, and beaked with a slender, 4-sided style. (T) 3 6f. 



2 B. arvensis (L.) Field Mustard. St. and Ivs. hairy ; pod 1^, smooth, many-angled, 



torulous, spreading, thrice longer than the slender ancipital style. June, July. 



3 B. alba (L.) White Mustard. Lvs. smoothish ; siliques hispid, torulous. shorter than 



the ensifonu beak ; seeds large, pale yellow. Eur. 3 5f. Pod 4-seeded. 



4 B. campestris (L.) Cole. Lvs. somewhat fleshy and glaucous, the lower lyrate- 



dentate, subciliate, upper cordate-amplexicanl, acuminate. Fields. 2f. July. 

 /3. Rutabaga, Swedish Turnip. Root tumid, napiform, subglobous, yellowish. % 



5 B.Rapa L. Radical Ivs. lyrate, rough, not glaucous, cauline ones incised, upper 



eatire, smooth. 



ft. DEPRESS A. Common Turnip. Root depressed, globous or napiform, contracted 

 below into a slender radicle. Long cultivated for its root. $ 



6 B. OLERACEA L. Cabbage. Lvs. very smooth and glaucous, fleshy, repand-toothed 



or lobed. @ Europe, on rocky shores, forming no head. 

 /S. BTJLLATA. Savoy Cabbage.. Lvs. curled, subcapitate, finally expanding. J 

 y. BoTRYTis-CAtiLiFLORA. Cauliflower. Stem low ; heads thick, compact, term* 



nal ; flowers abortive, on short, fleshy peduncles. $ 

 S. BOTRYTIS A8PARAGOIDE8. Broccoli. Stem taller ; heads subramous ; branches 



fleshy at the summit, consisting of clusters of abortive flower-buds. \ 

 g. CAPITATA. Head Cabbage. Stem short ; leaves concave, packed in a dense 



head before flowering ; raceme paniculate. $ 



16. ALYSSUM, L. M \DWORT. (Gr. a, privative, hvdda, rage; sup- 

 posed by the ancients to allay anger.) Calyx equal at base. Pet. entire : 

 some of the stamens with teeth. Silicic orbicular or oval, with valves flat, 

 or convex in the centre. Seeds 1 4 in each cell (== o ). Showy European 

 herbs, half shrubby at base. 



1 A. maritimnm Lam. Sweet A. Lvs. lance-linear, acute, entire, some hoary; 

 pods oval, smooth, 2-seeded ; fls. white, small, sweet. 2{ If. Escaped from gardens. 



'2 A. calyciimm L. Calyx persistent ; Ivs. linear-spatulate, canescent ; pods orbicu- 

 lar, lens-shaped, with a thin border, 4-seeded ; fls. yellowish, (f) If. Fields : rare. 

 Mass. N.'Y. (Wayne Co., Hankenson). 



3 A. SAXATILE. Rock A. Lvs. lanceolate, entire, downy ; pods round-obovate, 2-seeded : 

 flowers yellow, corymbed, abundant and brilliant. ii Candia. 9'. April. 



17. LUNARIA, L. HONESTY. (Lat. luna, the moon ; from the broad, 

 lound silicles.) Sep. somewhat bisaccate at base. Pet. nearly entire. 

 Stam. without teeth. Silicic pedicellate, elliptical, or lanceolate, with flat 



