Pirate XXVIII. 
MORICANDIA arvensis, DC. 
Natural Order Crucirera. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyz having two of the sepals saccate. Petals purple 
or pink, Stigmasconfluent. Siliqua one-nerved. Seeds in one or two 
rows ; cotyledons conduplicate. 
Spec. Cuar.—Sepals longer than the pedicel. Stigmas bilobed. 
Siliqua keeled. Leaves glaucous, amplexicaul. Stem often woody. 
Growth biennial. 
Moricandia arvensis, DC. Syst. ii. 626; Gren. et Godr. FI. de Fr. i. 
82; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 25. 
Hasitat.—Clay of conglomerate near Ventimiglia, nearly from 
shore-level to 1000 feet elevation. February to April. 
Remarks.—The genus Moricandia contains five species, which grow 
in the south of Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia (Hook. and 
Benth. Gen. Pl. i. 85). It is curious that the present species is so 
very rare a European plant, considering the profuse fertility of its 
pods and the readiness with which it comes from seed. The plants 
figured were gathered at Ventimiglia in February, where flowers may 
be found throughout the winter. Moricandia arvensis grows at Mar- 
seilles and in Sicily, but is rare at the former place. 
EXpLanaTION OF Pirate XXVII.—Fig. 1, a flower deprived of its 
petals and sepals. Fig. 2, the bilobed stigma. Fig. 3, the conduplicate 
cotyledons. Fig. 4, the ripe siliquas. All the figures, excepting the 
last, are magnified. 
