^ETRADTNAMIl. SILK^tlOSA. M 



cuspidate, rather broad, somewhat lanceolate-linear or 

 attenuated at either extreirity, terminaling- cusp 1-4 of 

 an inch long. 9. hirsuta. Brown. Turritis hirsnta, Willd. 



A g-enus of about 25 species, almost exclusively indige- 

 nous to Europe. 



465. TURRITIS. i. (Tower-Mustard.) 



« Silique elorij^ated. ancipital: valves nervose 

 or rarinate. Seeds disposed in a double series. 

 Cotyledones accumhent." R. Brown. 



Stem erect, simple or divided; spike long and terminal. 

 Pubescence in this and the preceding genus forked. — 

 Calix and corolla erect. 



Species. 1. T. laevigata. Is this plant distinct from 

 . irabis cmiadensisP 



A small European genus. 



466. ^STANLEYA.f 



Cnlix very large, rectangularly cruciate, di- 

 vergent, coloured. Petals erect, claws exceeding 

 the iaminse in length and conniventin a tetrahe- 

 draltube. ^S^ajjii'irt subequal, 6?/a?ids 4; 2 oi.t- 

 side and 2 inside the corolla. ^Si/igwe stipitate, 

 bilocular, bivalve. Seeds oblong, flattish. Ein- 

 hryon flat and erect. 



Herbaceous and perennial; leaves alternate and pinna- 

 tifid; flowers densely racemose, conspicuous; silique slen- 

 der and very long, producing a distinct and parallel dis- 

 sepiment. 



Species. 1. S. pinnatifida. Glaucous and smooth; 

 leaves thickish and undulated, interruptedly pinnatifid, 

 lobes si.blanceolate, remotely toothed; racemes terminal, 

 m.Hny-flowered; fl.owers yeilovv, upon longisn peduncles. 



C'leome piiinata. Ph. In suppl. 2. p. 739. 



Obs. Stem about 3 feet high, terete. Leaves large and 



t This genus is dedicated as a tribute of respect to the Right 

 Honourable Lord Stanley, whose distinguished taste and ta- 

 lents for natural history', and more particularly ornithology, 

 are too well appreciated to require any further illustration. 



