Vou. II.] MUSTARD FAMILY. 
1. Alyssum alyssoides (L.) Gouan. Yellow 
or Small Alyssum. (Fig. 1787.) 
Clypeola alyssoides I,. Sp. Pl. 652. 1753. 
Alyssum alyssoides Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 321. 1762. 
Alyssum calycinum J,. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 908. 1763. 
Densely stellate-pubescent, erect, simple, or branching 
from the base, tufted, 3/-10’ high. Leaves linear-oblong or 
spatulate, narrowed at the base, obtuse, entire, 3//-15/’ 
long, the lower somewhat petioled; flowers yellowish- 
white, 1/’ broad; pedicels spreading or ascending, 2/’ long 
in fruit; pods orbicular, 114’ in diameter, margined, mi- 
nutely pubescent, notched at the apex, tipped with the mi- 
nute style; sepals persisting around the base of the pod; 
seeds 2 in each cell; filaments of the shorter stamens 
minutely toothed at the base. 
In fields, Ontario to southeastern New York, New Jersey and 
Towa, and in ballast about the seaports. Also in the Far West. 
Naturalized or adventive from Europe. Summer. 
35. KONIGA* Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 420. 1763. 
[LoBULARIA Desv. Journ. Bot. 3: 172. 1813.] 
Perennial herbs or shrubs, pubescent or canescent with forked hairs, with entire leaves, 
and small white flowers in terminal racemes. Petals obovate, entire. Filaments slender, 
not toothed, but with two small glands at the base. Silicle compressed, oval or orbicular. 
Seeds 1 in each cell. Cotyledons accumbent. [Name in honor of Charles Konig, a curator 
of the British Museum. ] 
About 4 species, natives of the Mediterranean region. 
1. Koniga maritima (L,.) R. Br. 
Sweet Alyssum. Seaside 
Koniga. (Fig. 1788.) 
Clypeola maritima I,. Sp. Pl. 652. 1753. 
Alyssum maritimum Lam. Encycl. 1:98. 1783. 
Koniga maritima R. Br. in Denh. & Clapp, 
Narr. Exp. Afric. 214. 1826. 
Procumbent or ascending, freely branch- 
ing, 4’-12’ high, minutely pubescent with 
appressed hairs. Stem-leaves nearly sessile, 
lanceolate or linear, %4’-2’ long, 1//-214// 
wide; basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed 
into a petiole; flowers white, fragrant, about 
2’’ broad; pedicels ascending, 3/’-4’’ long in 
fruit; pods glabrous, pointed, oval or nearly 
orbicular, 1/’-11%4’” long; calyx deciduous; 
stamens not appendaged. 
In waste places, occasional. Escaped from 
gardens. Adventive from Europe. Summer, 
36. BERTEROA DC. Mem. Mus. Paris 7232s 1o2ie 
Annual or perennial herbs, pubescent or canescent with forked hairs, the leaves mostly 
narrow and entire, and the flowers white or yellow in terminal racemes. Petals 2-cleft. 
Filaments 2-toothed at the base. Silicles oblong or subglobose, little compressed. Seeds 
several in each cell; cotyledons accumbent. [In honor of C. G. Bertero, a botanist of Pied- 
mont, 1739-1831. | 
About 5 species, natives of Europe and Asia. 
* Originally spelled Konig. Latinized by R. Brown in 1826. 
