iETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSl. 



K- 



145 



SISYMBRIUM. 



Gen. Pl 1089. 



Siliqua rostro fere- 

 vi, tereti^ dehiscens, 

 valviilis rectiusciilis. 



Pod with the beak 

 short, terete, ope 



Qa lyxy 



patentes, 



I. N 



and 



Corollaque straight 



th 



valves 



Calij. 



lid 



Corolla expandin 



ASTURTIUM, 



S. sihquis declina- 

 tis brevibus; fohis pin- 

 natis, foliolis subro- 



Pods 



tundis 

 tatis. 



^ 



repando-den- | repand, 



toothed. 



— declining, 

 short; leaves pinnate, 

 leaflets nearly round, 



sparingly 



2 



Sp. pl. 3. p. 489. Pursh 2. p. 440. Nutt. 2. p. 67 . 



-ItZttf- • ^'^^^^~'u T^'' ^'^^^ branching. Root Leav,, 

 glabZ, P?^' P"!"'^*'^^^'' r'^ ^J>^ "PPer segments much dilated, very 

 pTahL- T' "' !'""\""' '^''"^^'- L^^^*^^ «f the calj/a: ovate, 

 er thin T "^ , r^ « *^r ''''^>'^' ^^°''"*^' ^"ght yellow. Stamens short- 

 er than the corolla. Pods about an inch long, many seeded, slightly in- 



in Va^ ^^^"*' ^l'^ common cress of our gardens, is becoming naturalized 

 "1 our country, but in the low country of South-Carolina, it certainlv is 

 uui indigenous. " 



Grows in close and damp soils. 

 t lowers February— May. 



ALUSTRE. 



siHq 



declina 



Jis oblongo-ovatis; fo 

 ".IS pinnatifidis Serra- 

 no J petaliscalycebre- 

 vioribus. 



Sp. pl. 3. p. 490. Pursh 2. p, 



. W'ith tllis cr>or.:«c T 



Pods decli 

 , ovate 



5 



9 



ob 



eaves 

 pinnatifid, serrate; pe- 

 tals shorter than the 

 calyx. 



440 



Nutt. 2. p. 67. 



(Root annual. Flowers yellow. 



•"vvs m mun dated anc 

 * lowers July—August. 



Canad 



Pursh. 



VOL. II. 



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