RESEDACEiE. 



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Enarthrocarpus lyratus, DC, has abounded in this locality 

 for some years. This plant is enumerated among the excluded 

 in Grenier and Godron's ' Flore de France/ with the following 

 remark : " Introduites accidentcllement dans cette localite : Ju- 

 venalj pres de Montpellier, oii elles ont depuis longtemps dis- 

 paru." It cannot be permanent in the Surrey locality, for the 

 space will probably be soon occupied with buildings. 



Several other Crucifers grew with the above, but we have not 

 yet been able to identify them with the described species of 

 authors. 



RESEDACE^, DC. The Mignonette Family. 



Annual, biennial, or perennial, herbaceous plants, with alter- 

 nate, sessile, entire or cleft or pinnate leaves. Flowers in ter- 

 minal, spike-like clusters, perfect, irregular. Sepals 4-7, un- 

 equal, united at their base, persistent. Petals 4-7, veiy unequal, 

 the upper ones parted, the lateral ones cleft or trifid (cleft into 

 three), the lower very small, entire. Stamens 10-30, on an 

 oblique, almost unilateral disc. Anthers two-lobed, introrse. 

 Ovary composed of 3-5 carpels, united and forming a one-celled 

 ovary, with parietal placentas, rarely with distinct carpels. Stig- 

 mas 3-6, nearly sessile. Fruit capsular, one-celled, opening at 

 the apex, consisting of 4-6 one-seeded follicular carpels. Seeds 

 reniform, without perisperm. Embryo cylindrical, plicate. Ra- 

 dicle approaching the hilum. 



Reseda, Lin. — Annual or biennial plants, sometimes slightly 

 woody at the base. Flowers yellow or white. Fruit capsular, 

 consisting of 3-5 united carpels, forming a one-celled, many- 

 seeded capsule, which opens at the apex. 



R. Luteola, Lin. Weld or Dyers' Weed. — e.b. 320. l.b.s. 125. 

 A. 17. C. 75. Lat. .50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 53-47°. 



Stem erect, angular, leafy, and branched. Leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering at the base, entire, undulate, especially the 

 lower ones. Flowers in long narrow clusters (almost spiked). 

 Sepals four, linear -lanceolate, entire. Petals cleft. Capsule 

 roundish, crowned by three usually elongated, tapering, conni- 

 vent teeth ; pedicels of the fruit much shorter than the bracts. 



Waste places. Common near chalk or limestone. Bien.; 

 June- August. 



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