JULY: 293 
DoDECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
THALAMIFLORZ. RESEDACE. 
RESEDA. (RockeEr.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of one piece, divided into many 
parts. Petals very unequal. Seed-vessel of one cell, opening at 
the top. 
ResEDA LUTEOLA. Dyer’s Rocket, Yellow Weed, or Weld. 
The two species of this genus are called Wild Mignionette, 
but more particularly the second. It will be found, on 
placing one of them and the garden species together, that 
they are very similar in appearance, though the cultivated 
plant boasts of its sweet scent, which its wild companion 
does not possess. The garden plant (Zeseda odorata) 
originally came from Egypt. ‘The present species produces 
a dye, and is used for giving cottons, silks, and woollens a 
yellow colour in various shades, by the use of alum, and 
the colour is very good and lasting. A blue tincture changes 
the dye to a fine green. The plant grows in waste places, 
frequently on a chalky soil, and particularly near the sea, 
where it often covers the top of the otherwise bare cliffs 
with its long spikes of yellow flowers. The leaves are long 
and undivided, which distinguishes it from the other species, 
