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BRASSICACE^. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



be stimulant, diaphoretic and diuretic. The dried flowers have been a popular remedy 

 for epilepsy in children. The great fleshy root of Crambe tatarica, sometimes called 

 Tartar bread, is eaten in Hungary, peeled and sUced with oil, vinegar, and salt, or even 

 when boiled. Isatis tmctoria, or Woad, was formerly a favourite blue dye in this 

 country. Numerous species are celebrated for their beauty, of which the Wall-flower, 

 Stock, Honesty, and Rocket, are every-day examples. Fmally, one of the Order 

 possesses strongly-marked hygromefcrical qualities. This plant, the Anastatica hiero- 

 chuntina or Rose of Jericho, is an annual, found wild in the Egyptian deserts, and when 

 full groAMi contracting its rigid branches into a ball, which is soon caught up by the 

 wind and hurried from place to place. But as soon as it is exposed to water the 

 branches relax and s])read flat, as if its life was renewed. Some superstitious tales are 

 told of it, among which it is said to have first bloomed on Cln-istmas eve, to salute 

 the birth of the Redeemer, and paid homage to His resuiTection by remaining expanded 

 till Easter. — See Gardeners^ Chronicle, 1842, p. 363. 



GENERA. 



I. PLEURORHIZE^I 



(0=). 



ARABID^. 



Matthiola, R. Br. 



Leucoium, Monch. 



Pachynotinn, DC. 



Luperia, DC. 



Pinaria, DC. 



Acinotum, DC. 



Triceras, Andrzeiows. 

 Notoceras, R. Br. 



Diceratiiim, Ait. 

 Parolinia, Webb. 

 Andrzeiowskya, Reichnb. 



Macrocera'tlum, DC. 

 Cheiranthus, R. Br. 



Schelhammeria, Herit. 



Cheiri, Adans. 



Psilostylis, Andrz. 



Dichroanthus, Webb 

 et Ber. 

 Jodanthus, Tor.etA.Gr. 

 Clausia, Trotzk. 

 Oudneya, R. Br. 

 Nasturtium, R. Br. 



Cardaminum, Monch. 



Sisymbrmm, Magnol. 



Bceumerta, Fl. ^^'etter. 



Brachylobos, AUion. 



Radicula, Dill. 



Roripa, Scop. 



Caroli-Gmelina, Fl. 

 AVetter. 



Clandestinaria , DC. 

 Barbarea, R. Br. 

 Streptanthus, Nutt. 



Eiiclisia, Nutt. 

 Turritis, Dill. 

 Pachyneurum, Bung. 

 Arabia, Linn. 



Abazicarpus, Andrz. 



Campylocarpiis , C. A. 

 M. 



Turritella, C. A. M. 



CardaminopsiSfCA.'M. 



Leptostylis, C. A. Mey. 



Catalobus, C. A. Mey. 

 Stevenia, Fisch.et Adam. 

 Parrya, R. Br. 



Neuroloma, Andrz. 



Leisopora, C. A. Mey. 



9 Ermannia, Cham. 

 Phoenicaulis, Nutt. 

 Macropodium, R. Br. 

 Cardamine, Linn. 

 Pteroneuron, DC. 

 Dentaria, Tournef. 

 Leavenworthia, Ton: 



ALVSSID^. 



Lunaria, Linn. 

 Brachypus, Led. 

 Ricotia, Linn. 



Scopolia, Adans. 

 Farsetia, Torr. 



Alyssum, Adans. 



Cyclocarpeea, DC. 



Fibigia, Medik. 

 Meniocus, Desv. 

 Berteroa, DC. 



Alysson, Medik. 



Monchia, Roth. 



Stevena, Andrz. 

 Aubrietia, Adans. 

 Vesicaria, Lam. 



Alyssoides, Medik. 



9 Physaria, Nutt. 

 Coluteocarpus, Boiss. 

 Glyce, Lindl. 



Koniga, Adans. 



Clypeola, Neck. 



Octadenia, R. Br. 



Lobidaria, DC. 

 Schiwereckia, Andrz. 

 Aurinia, Desv. 

 Psilonema, C. A. Mey. 

 Alyssum, Linn. 



Adyseton, Scop. 

 Odontarrhena, C. A.Mey. 

 Ptilotrichum, C.A. Mey. 

 Clypeola, Linn. 



Fosselinia, Scop. 



Jonthlaspi, Tournef. 



Orium, Desv. 



Bergeretia, Desv. 

 Peltaria, Linn. 



Bohatschia, Crantz. 

 Petrocallis, R. Br. 



Zizia, Roth. 

 Draba, Linn, 

 Odontocyclus, Turcz. 

 Erophila, DC. 



Gansblum, Adans. 

 Cochlearia, Linn. 



? Rhizobotrya, Tausch 



Kernera, Medik. 



Armoracia, Rupp. 



Raphanis, Monch. 

 Graellsia, Boiss. 

 Tetrapomtd.e, Turcz. 

 Holargidiimi, Turcz. 

 Tetrapoma, Turczan. 



Tetracellion, Turczan. 



SELENID.E. 



Selenia, Nutt. 



Thlaspid.e. 

 DidjTuophysa, Boiss. 

 Thlaspi, Dillen. 



Pachyphragma, DC. 



Pterolobium, Andrz. 



Cai-poceras, Link. 



Nomisma, DC. 



Neurotropis, DC. 



Pterotropis, DC. 

 LjTOcarpa, Harv. 

 Brossardia, Boiss. 

 Teesdalia, R. Br. 



Guepinia, Bart. 

 Iberis, Linn. 



Arabis, Adans. 



Pseudo-Thlaspi,Magn. 



Thlaspidium, Andrz. 

 Cynocardamum, Webb et 



Berth. 

 Heldreichia, Boiss. 



Zygopeltis, Fenzl. 

 Biscutella, Linn. 



Jondraba, Medik. 



Thlaspidium, Medik. 

 DithjTea, Harv. 

 Tfia%ivo\)'h.\?„Fisch.etMey. 

 Megacarpasa, DC. 

 Crenularia, Boiss. 

 Moriera, Boiss. 



CUEMOLOBID.S:. 



Cremolobus, DC. 

 Menon%illea, DC. 



ANASTATICID.B. 



Morettia, DC. 



Nectouxia, DC. 

 Anastatica, Gartn. 



Hierocontis, Adans. 



EUCODIDjE. 



Euclidium, R. Br. 



Soria, Adans. 

 Ochthodium, DC. 



Bunias, Desv. 



CAKILID-E. 



Caldle, Tournef. 

 Chorispora, DC. 



Chorispermum, R. Br. 

 Cordylocarpus, Dcsf. 



II. NOTORHIZE^. 



(Oil). 



SISYMBRID^. 



Malcolmia, R. Br. 

 Citharelma, Bung. 

 Hesperis, Linn. 



Hesperidium, DC. 



Deilosma, Andrz. 



Ardbidium,C. A. Mey. 



Plagioloba, C. A. Mey 

 Dontostemon, Andrz. 



Andreoskia, DC. 



Hesperidopsis, DC. 

 Tonguea, Endl. 



Pachypodium, "Webb 

 et Berth. 

 Sisymbrium, Linn. 



Erysimum, Tournef. 



Velarum, DC. 



Kluckia, Andrz. 



Chamceplium. Wallr. 



Norta, Adans. 



9 Psilostylum, DC. 



Leptocarpcea, DC. 



Descurainia, "Webb, et 

 Berth. 



Descurea, Guett. 



Sophia, Hall. 



Hiigueninia, Reichenb, 



Kibera, Adans. 



Alliaria, Adans. 



Arabidopsis, DC. 



9 Halimolobus, Tausch. 

 Drabopsis, Eoch. 

 Tropidocarpum, Hook. 

 Erysimum, Linn. 



Agonolobus, C. A.Mey. 



Cuspidaria, Link. 



Cheiropsis, C.A. Mey. 



Cheirinia, Link. 



Erysimastru ?h , C . A . M . 



Conringia, Heist. 



Gorinkia, Presl. 



Crantzia, Lagasc. 

 Tetracme, Bung. 



Tetraceratum, DC. 

 Smelowskia, C. A. Mey. 

 Taphrospermum, C.A.M. 

 Braya, Sternb. etHopp. 

 Syreuopsis, Jaub. 

 Leptaleum, DC. 

 Christolea, Camb. 

 Thelypodium, Endl. 



Pachypodium, Nutt. 

 Stanleya, Nutt. 



Podolobus, Rafin. 

 "Wai'ea, Nutt. 



Camelinid^. 

 Syrenia, A7idrz. 



Stylonema, DC. 

 Menkea, Lehm. 

 Camelina, Craniz. 



Myagrum, DC. 



Leioiobium, DC. 

 Stenopetalum, R. Br. 

 Eudema, H. B. K. 

 IMathewsia, Hook. 

 Platypetalum, R. Br. 

 Eutrema, R. Br. 

 Aphragmus, Andrz. 



Orobium, Reichenb. 



Oreas, Cham. 

 Platyspermum, Hook. 



LePIDIDwE. 



Capsella, Vent. 



Marsypocarpus, Neck, 



Rodschiedia, Gartn. 



Bursa, Guett. 

 Hj-menolobus, Nutt. 

 lonopsidium, Reichenb. 

 Bivona;a, DC. 

 Eunomia, DC. 

 Hutchinsia, R. Br. 



Nocccea, Reichenb. 



Nasturtioluyn , Gray. 

 Iberidella, Boiss. 

 Lepidium, R. Br. 



Kandis, Adans. 



Cardaria, Desv. 



Cardiolepis, "WaUr. 



Jundzillia, Andrz. 



Ellipsaria, DC. 



Bradypiptum, DC. 



Cardamon, DC. 



Nasturtium, Boerh. 



