27. RAPHANUS (Radish}. 



1. R. Raphanistrum (Wild Radish). A bristlj or 

 almost prickly plant, with horizontal, lyrate leaves, and 

 rather large straw-coloured flowers veined with purple ; 

 well distinguished when in seed by its jointed 1 -celled 

 pods. A variety named R: maritime, which grows on 

 sea-cliffs, has its leaves composed of small and large 

 leaflets arranged alternately, but is not otherwise dis- 

 tinct. In both varieties the flowers are sometimes 

 almost white. 



ORD. VII RESEDACE^. THE ROCKET TRIBE. 



Sepals 4 6, narrow ; petals unequal, ragged or 

 fringed at the back ; stamens 10 24, inserted as well 

 as the petals on an irregular disc, which is placed on one 

 side of the flower ; stigmas 3, sessile ; ovary 3-lobed, 

 1 -celled, many-seeded, open at the summit ; seeds in 

 three rows. Herbaceous or somewhat shrubby plants, 

 with alternate leaves and minute stipules, having their 

 flowers in clusters or spikes. Most of the plants of this 

 order inhabit Europe and the nearest parts of Asia and 

 Africa. Reseda odordta, Mignonette, is a native of 

 Egypt, and on account of the delicious perfume of its 

 flowers is admitted into every garden. 



1. RESEDA (Rocket). Calyx many-parted; petals 

 entire, or variously cut, unequal ; stamens numerous ; 

 capsule 1 -celled, opening at the top. (Name from resedo, 

 to calm, from the supposed sedative qualities of some 

 species.) 



1. RESEDA (Rocket). 



1. R. Luteola (Dyer's Rocket, Yellow-weed, or Weld). 

 Leaves narrow, undivided ; calyx 4-parted. Waste 

 places, especially on a chalk or limestone soil. An erect 

 herbaceous plant, 2 3 feet high, with long blunt shining 

 leaves, and terminal spike-like clusters of yellowish 

 flowers, with conspicuous stamens, and short, flattened 



