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It does not, however, agree with either of those genera in 

 habit, and it is easily distinguished from both by its simple 

 2U] filaments and other characters, which I shall notice here- 

 after. Is this plant, then, sui (jcneris^ ought it to be 

 united with Alyssum, the character of that genus being modi- 

 fied to receive it ? or does not Alyssum require subdivision, 

 and may not our plant be referred to one of the genera so 

 formed ? A brief result of the examination of these ques- 

 tions, so far as they are connected with the subject under 

 consideration, will be found annexed to the charaater which 

 is given of the genus formed by the union of Lunaria libyca 

 with Alyssum maritimum, a plant also in the collection, 

 from the neighbourhood of Tripoli. 



Alyssum maritimum, which is described both as an 

 Alyssum and as a Clypeola by Linnaeus, is the Konig of 

 Aclanson, who founded his generic distinction on the mono- 

 spermous cells and supposed want of glands of the recep- 

 tacle, and M. Desvaux, admitting Adanson's genus, has 

 named it Lobularia. In the second edition of 'Hortus 

 Kewensis' I included this plant in Alyssum, which M. De 

 Candolle has also done in his great w^ork. 



Por the genus here proposed I shall adopt Adanson's 

 name, altering only the termination, and wishing it to be 

 considered as commemorating the important services ren- 

 dered to Botany by my friend ]\Ir. Konig, of the British 

 215] Museum.^ In comparing these two species of Koniga, 



1 KONIGA. 



Konig. Adans. fam. 2, p. 420. Lobularia. Desvaux in JoimCde Botan. 

 appl. 3, p. 172. Aljssi sp. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. 4, p. 95. De Cand. S>/st. 

 Nat. 2, p. 318. Lunarise sp. Viv. Llbtjc. p. 34. I'arsetiee sp. Spreng. iSj/sl. 

 Veg. 2, p. 871. 



CiiAU. Gen. _ Calyx pateus. Vetala integernma. GlajidulcB liypogynte 8 ! 

 FUa menia omu'm cdentula. Sllicula subovata, valvis planiusculis, loculis 1- 

 polyspermis, funiculis basi septo (veiioso, nervo deliquescenti) adnatis. Semina 

 (saipissime) margiiiata. Coti/ledones accumbentcs. 



Kerba3_ {anmrn v. perennes) pube hiparlita appressa incan^. Polia hitegerrima 

 suhlinearia. Racemi terminalcs, nunc hasifoUatl. Elores albi. 



Calyx basi subasqualis. Petalorum lamina? dilaiatfs. Antherce ovatce. Gkiiu 

 dularum quatuor i)er paria filamenta longiora lateraliter adstantes; reliquas 

 quatuor abbreviatus geminatini filameula breviom stipautes. Dlssepimentum, 

 preeter^r<?o/^^ ultimas (iaminuj dupiicis) trausversim lineares parletibus (tubulis) 

 rectis subparallelis, venis crebre anastomozantibus a neno descendeuti e duobus 



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