116 TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. lirassicu. 



like the leaves, but smaller, one-flowered. Flowers large, of 

 a beautiful bluish colour. Coro/ sub-canipaiiulate. Anthers, 

 both pairs double, and connected. 



The plant possesses a considerable share of fragrance. 



CLASS XV. 



TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



LEPIDIUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1077. 

 Silicle emarginate, cordate, many-seeded. Valves keeled, 

 contrary. 



1. L. Thlaspi. R. 



Annual, erect. Primary leaves sub.petioled, superior, with 

 stem-clasping, sagittate base, all more or less cuneate, lance- 

 olate, and remotely serrate. Floicers tetradynamous. Sili- 

 cles round, with a broad thin border. 



A native of Nepal in corn fields, during the cool season. 



2. L. sativum. Willd. iii. 435. 



Floicers tetradynamous. Leaves oblong, nudtifi<l. 

 Pers. Seereezak. 

 Benff. Halim. 

 Arab. Reshad. 



Universally cultivated iuthe warmer parts of Asia, during 

 the cool season. 



TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 



BRAS SIC A. Schreb. gen. N. 1096. 

 Caly.x erect, converging. Seeds globular. A gland be- 

 tween the shorter stamens and pistil, and between the longer 

 and the calyx. 



