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2. C. a'nnuus. 



Leaves lanceolate, snbdentate, obtuse hoary ; sJi/q'Me cylindric, with an acute 

 apex; stem somewhat woody. Native of England. A fine garden bienniel, 

 with several varieties, as the Brompton Stock, Brompton queens, double-flow- 

 ered &c. Stock July-Jioioer. Ten-icecks Stock. 



3. C. inca'nus. 



Leaves lanceolate, entire, obtuse, hoary ; siliqne truncate, compressed at the 

 apex ; stem somewhat woody. Native of England. A fine garden biennial, 

 with several varieties. Purple July-flower, 



4. C. fenistra'lis. 



Leaves crowded together in a head, recurved, undulate, downy ; pods dow- 

 ny, without glands ; broadest at base ; stem erect, somewhat shrubby, simple. 

 Flowers purple. July, Aug. Bien. Winduio July-flower. 



5. C. Gr.\e'cus. 



Stem Iierbaceous, erect, branched; haves lanceolate, smooth; pods some- 

 what compressed, without glands. From Greece. A garden annual with 

 white flowers. May, June. Gredan Stock. 



11. ALY'SSUM. 



Silicle orbicular or oval, with valves flat or convex in the 

 ccntie; seeds 2 — 4 in eacli cell; calyx equal at base; petals 

 entire; some of the stamens with teeth. 



Gr. a,, privative, and 'K'ja-iTc^, rage. The plants possessed with the ancients 

 a reputation for allaying anger. Hence their old English name, Madwort. 



1. A. saxa'tile. 



Stem half slirubby at base, subcorymbose ; leaves lanceolate, entire, downy ; 

 silkies ovato-orbicular, 2 seeded ; seuis margined. An early flowering garden 

 perennial, native of Candia. Stem a foot high, with numerous yellow flow- 

 ers in close corymbose bunches. April, May. Rock Alyssum. 



2. A. MARI'TLMUM. 



Stems half shrubby at base and procumbent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 somewhat hoary ; pads oval smooth. A sweet scented garden perennial, with 

 fine leaves and small white flowers. Stem a foot in length. Flowers from 

 June to Oct. All the species of Alyssum are of easy culture in common 

 loamy soils. ^^'^'^^^ Myssutn. 



12. LUNA' HI A. 



Silicle pedicellate, cliptical or lanceolate with flat valves, 

 equalling tlic partition. Calyx of 4, colored, sack-like leaflets. 



Lat. hina, the moon; from the broad, round silicles. 



1. L. REDIVI'VA. 



Silicles oval, narrower at both ends; leaves with mucromate teeth. 



Perennial Satin flower, or Honesty. 



