CRCCIFER^. 4S 



2. L. bie'nnis. 



Silides oval, obtuse at both ends ; leaves with blunt teeth. These are large 

 hairy plants, native of Germany, and naturalized. Stems 3 or 4 feet high. 

 Leaves cordate. Flowers large, lilac-colored. The broad, roundish, silvery 

 eilicles are the most remarkable ieature of the plants. 



13. CAKI'LE. 



Silicle 2-jointe(], the upper part ovate or ensiform ; seed in 

 the upper cell erect, in the lower pendulous. 



From the Arabic. Maritime, annual, smooth and fleshy plants. The low- 

 er joint of the silicle often abortive. 



C. mari'tima. 



Upper joint of the silicle ensiform, or ovate-ensifornn. Native of the sea- 

 coast and the lake shores of N. Y. Stem prostrate, — 12 inches long, much 

 branched. Leaves sinnate-dentate, oblong-cuniform. Flowers in axillary 

 and terminal corymbs, purple. July, Aug. Sea Rocket. 



14. IBE'RIS. 



Silicle compressed, truncate, emarginate, the cells 1-seed- 

 ed ; the two outer petals largest. 



Prom the country once called Iberia, now Spain, where most of the species 

 are native. 



1. I. umbella'ta. 



Herbaceous, smooth; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, lower ones serrate, up- 

 per ones entire ; siUclcs umbellate, acutely 2 lobed. This and the following 

 species are very popular garden annuals, very pretty in borders, and of easy 

 culture. Tlie «;/(/>c//rtto is from S. Europe. Stem a foot high. Flowers purple, 

 terminal, in simple umbels, and like the rest of tlie genus, remarkable for 

 having the two outer petals larger than the two inner ones. June, July. 



Purple Caiuhj-tvft. 



2. I. ama'ra. 



Herbaceous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, somewhat toothed ; flotpers corymhed, 

 becoming racemed ; .?«7/c.'e obcordate, narrowly emarginate. Native of Eng- 

 land. Stem a foot high. Fowers while. June, July. Bitter Candy-tuft. 



3. I. pinna'ta. 



Herbaceous, smooth; /rnce^ pinnatifid ; racemes corymhose, but little elon- 

 gated after flowering. From S. Europe. A foot high. Flowers white. Jxi. 

 August. fVing-lmVid Candy-tuft. 



4. I. saxa'tilis. 



Shrubby ; leaves linear, entire; somewhat fleshy, rather acute, smooth or 

 ciliate ; flowers in corymbs. From S. Europe. Near a foot high. Flowers 

 wliite. April, June. Rock Candy-tuft. 



Twenty-four species of the Iberis have been described, others of which are 

 equally ornamental with those above mentioned. 



