164 XII]. CRUCIFERAE. “Nasturtium. 
9. LUNARIA. 
Lat. Zwna, the moon; from the broad, round silicles. 
Sepals somewhat bisaccate at base; petals nearly entire; stamens 
without teeth; silicle pedicellate, elliptical or lanceolate, with flat 
valves; funiculus adhering to the dissepiment. 
1. L. repiviva. Perennial Satin Flower or Honesty.—St. erect, branching ; 
lvs. ovate, cordate, petiolate, mucronately serrate; silicles lanceolate, narrowed 
at each end.—2| From Germany. Stem 2—3f high. Flowers light purple. Jn. + 
2. L. Biennis. DC. Honesty.—St. erect; Ws. with obtuse teeth; silicles oval, 
obtuse at both ends.—@) These are large, hairy plants, native of Germany. 
Stems 3—4f high. Leaves cordate. Flowers lilac-colored. The broad, 
round, silvery silicles are the most remarkable feature of the plants. May, Jn. f 
10. IBERIS. 
Most of the species are native of Iberia, now Spain. 
The 2 outside petals larger than the 2 inner; silicles compressed, 
truncate, emarginate, the cells 1-seeded— None of the species are LV. 
American. 
1. 1. umBeLLata. Purple Candy-tuft—Herbaceous, smooth; lws. linear-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, lower ones serrate, upper ones entire; silicles umbellate, 
acutely 2-lobed—This and the following species are very popular garden 
annuals, very pretty in borders, and of very easy culture. I. umbellata is from 
S. Europe. Stem 1f high. Flowers purple, terminal, in simple umbels, and 
like the rest of the genus remarkable for having the 2 outer petals larger than 
the 2 inner ones. Jn. Jl. + 
2. [. amAra. Bitter Candy-tuft—Herbaceous ; lvs. lanceolate, acute, some- 
what toothed; fils. corymbed, becoming racemed; silicles obcordate, narrowly 
emarginate.—(@) Native of England. Stem 1f high. Flowers white. Jn. Jl.f 
3. 1. pinnata. Winged-leaved Candy-iuft——Herbaceous, smooth; lvs. pin- 
natifid; rac. corymbose, but little elongated after flowering.—@ From S. Eu- 
rope. Plant ifhigh. Flowers white. Jn—Aug. f 
4. I. saxatiuis. Rock Candy-tuft——Shrubby ; lvs. linear, entire, somewhat 
fleshy, rather acute, smooth or ciliate; fis. in corymbs.—@) From §8. Europe. 
Nearly 1f high. Flowers white. Apr—Jn.t 
Obs.—Twenty-four species of the Iberis have been described, others of which are equally ornamen- 
tal with those above mentioned. 
11. SS A TIES: 
Gr. toala, to make equal ; supposed to remove roughness from the skin. 
Silicle elliptical, flat, 1-celled (dissepiment obliterated), 1-seeded, 
with carinate, navicular valves, which are scarcely dehiscent.— one of 
the species are IN. American. 
I. rincroria. Woad.—VSilicles cuneate, acuminate at base, somewhat spatu- 
late at the end, very obtuse, 3 times as long as broad.—@ The Woad is native 
of England. It is occasionally cultivated for the sake of its leaves, which 
“ina a dye that may be substituted for indigo. The plant grows about 4 f. 
gh, with large leaves clasping the stem with their broad bases. Flowers 
yellow, large, in terminal racemes. May—Jl. $ © 
Section 2. SILIQUOSE. (§ 80, note.) 
12. NASTURTIUM. R.Br. 
Lat. nasus tortus; from the effect of these acrimonious plants upon the nose. 
+ Sepals equal at base, spreading; silique subterete, mostly curved 
upwards, sometimes short so as to resemble a silicle; valves veinless ; 
seeds in a double row, 0=.— Aquatic herbs. 
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