ROCKET TRIBE. 



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capsules. It is used to dye wool yellow, or, with indigo, 

 green \ the whole plant, when in flower, being boiled 

 for that purpose. Fl. July. Biennial. 



RESEDA LUTEOLA. (Dyer's Rocket). 



2. R. Utea (Wild Mignonette ). Leaves 3-cleft, 

 lower ones pinnatifid ; calyx 6-parted ; petals 6, very un- 

 equal. On chalky hills and waste places. More bushy 

 than the last, from which it may be well distinguished 

 by the above characters, as well as by the shorter and 

 broader clusters. Fl. July, August. Biennial. 



* Another species, R. fruticulosa (Shrubby Kocket), 



