348 DODECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Reseda. 



R. n. 1058, Hall. Hist. V. 2. \2. 



Luteola. Rail Sijn. 366. Ger. Em. 494./. 



L. herba, salicis folio. Bauh. Pin. 100. 



Pseudostruthium. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 643./. CWmer. Epit. 356./. 



Dalech. Hist. 822./. 

 Antirrhinon. Trag. Hist. 362. f. 

 /S. Luteola minima, polygalae folio. Dill, in Raii Syn. 367 ? 



In waste ground, especially on a chalky soil, as well as in fallow 

 fields, and on walls. 



jS. In cornfields on Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Du 

 Bois. 



Annual. July. 



Rootta\)enng. 5<em wand-like, striated, leafy, somewhat branched, 

 smooth like the rest of the herb, 2 or 3 feet high. Leaves ses- 

 sile, of a darkish green, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, single- 

 ribbed, occasionally undulated ; frequently furnished with a 

 small tooth on each side at the base. Clusters terminal, erect, 

 many-flowered, dense, pointed. Bractens small, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, solitary at the base of each short simple partial- 

 stalk. Flowers small, without much scent. Petals greenish 

 white, naturally 3 ; the uppermost variously lobed ; lateral ones 

 of 3 acute equal lobes ; but there are occasionally 2 small un- 

 divided petals at the base. Nectary green. St am. numerous, 

 with yeWow anthers. Styles 3. Caps, short, depressed. 



From the description of Du Bois in Ray's Synopsis, the variety /3 

 might be suspected to be R. Sesamoides of Linnaeus ; but it is ex- 

 pressly said not to belong to the genus Sesainoides of Tourne- 

 fort. I have seen no specimens. 



R. Luteola is rather foetid when bruised. It serves for dyeing wool 

 yellow, or, with indigo, green ; the whole plant, when about 

 flowering, being boiled for that purpose. 



2. R. hitea. Base Rocket. Wild Mignonette. 

 Leaves deeply three-lobed ; lower ones pinnatifid. Calyx 



in six divisions. 

 R.lutea. Linn. Sp. PL 645. JVilld. v.2.879. Fl. Br. 513. Engl. 



Bot. V. 5. t. 321. Hook. Scot. 147. Jacq. Austr. t.353. Bull. 



Fr. t.28\. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 467./ bad. Dalech. Hist. 



1 199./, not much belter. 

 R. n. 1056. Hall. Hist. V. 2. \\. 

 R. vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 100. Raii Syn. 366. 

 R. Plinii. Ger. Em.277.f. Lob. Ic. 222. f. 

 Base Dyer's Weed. Pet. H. Brit. t. 37. f. 1 1 . 

 /S. Reseda crispa gallica. Bocc. Sic. 77. <. 41./.3. Dill, in Raii 



Syn. 366. 

 On chalky hills and waste places, abundantly. 

 Annual, or, in mild winters, perennial. July, August. 



