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CRUCIFERjE. I. MATHIOLA. 



4. p. 119. Hesperis aestiva, var. a, Lam. diet. 3. p. 324. Flowers 

 varying from single to double, from scarlet to purple and white, 

 or variegated with these colours. 



Ten-week or Annual Stock. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



3 M. GLABRA'TA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 165.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, smooth ; siliques somewhat 

 compressed, without glands. Jj . H. Native ? M. incana, 

 var. c, R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 119. Leucojum 

 album, Blackw. herb. t. 181. Chieranthus glabrus, Mill. diet, 

 no. 9. Ch. glaberrimus, Colla, antol. bot. 5. p. 861. Weinm. 

 phyt. t. 642. f. 2. Morr. hist. sect. 3. t. 8. f. 2, &c. Allied 

 to M. incana, but the whole plant is smooth and green, not 

 hoary. Flowers varying from single to double, from white to 

 purple and scarlet, never variegated. 



Wall-flower-leaved or Smooth Stock. Fl.My.Oct. Clt. ? Pl.l ft. 



4 M. GR^E'CA (Sweet, hort. suburb, lond. 147.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, leaves lanceolate, smooth ; siliques 

 somewhat compressed, without glands. Q, H. Native of 

 Greece and the neighbouring islands. Cheiranthus Grae'cus, 

 Juss. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 201. Hesperis aestiva, var. j3, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 324. Distinguished from M. dnnua in the leaves being smooth 

 and green, not hoary ; and from the rest of this section by its 

 being the only green leaved annual. Flowers purple. Perhaps 

 the four foregoing species have originated from one, and not un- 

 likely from this plant ? 



Smooth-leaved Annual or Grecian Stock. Fl. May, Oct. Clt.? 

 PI. 1 foot. 



5 M. FENESTRA V LIS (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 

 119.) stem suffruticose, erect, simple; leaves crowded, obovate, 

 downy, and revolute ; siliques pubescent, without glands, broadest 

 at the base. $ , H. Native of Crete on rocks by the sea-side. 

 Cheiranthus fenestralis, Lin. fil. dec. 31. t. 16. Jacq. hort. vind. 

 2. t. 179. Hesperis fenestralis, Lam. diet. 3. p. 324. Flowers 

 scarlet or pale purple, a little smaller than those of M. incana. 



Fenestrelles Stock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. 1 foot. 



6 M. ELLI'PTICA (R. Br. in Salt. voy. abyss, app. p. Ixv.) stem 

 suffruticose, twisted, branched ; leaves stalked, elliptical, hoary ; 

 siliques cylindrical, downy. 1[. T; . H. Native of Abyssinia 

 at the bottom of mount Taranta. Flowers sweet-scented. Dif- 

 fering but little from M. incana. 



Elliptic-leaved Stock. Fl. Feb. March. PI. 1 foot. 



7 M. SINUA'TA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 120.) 

 stem somewhat erect, herbaceous, branched ; leaves oblong, 

 downy, lower ones sinuated; siliques compressed, velvety, and 

 muricated with glands. $ . H. Native of the south of Europe 

 along the sandy sea coast, also in Britain on the coasts of Corn- 

 wall and Wales, near Pembroke, Abermeney, and Llanddwyn. 

 Cheiranthus sinuatus, Lin. spec. 926. Smith, engl. bot. t. 462. 

 Smith, fl. grsec. t. 640. Ch. tricuspidatus, Huds. angl. ed. 1. p. 

 450. Ch. muricatus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 507. Hesperis sinuata, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 323. Flowers of a dingy-red colour, about the 

 size of those of M. incana, sweet-scented in the evening. The 

 whole plant has an alkaline bitterish taste. 



Sinuated-lea.\ed or Great Sea Stock. Fl. Aug. Britain. PI. 2 ft. 



8 M. ACAU'LIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 168.) stem almost none; 

 leaves linear, sinuately-toothed, downy with stellate pubescence ; 

 flowers rising from the root. Q.H. Native of Egypt. Cheir- 

 anthus acaulis, Balb. in litt. Spreng. nov. prov. p. 10. no. 19. 

 The siliques are unknown, and therefore it is very doubtful what 

 genus it belongs to. Flowers purplish. A very small plant. 



Stemless Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. \ foot. 



9 M. ? PE'RSICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 168.) stem erect, suffru- 

 tescent at the base, hoary with velvety and glandular pubes- 

 cence at the apex ; leaves canescent, radical ones oblong, en- 

 tire, stalked ; siliques pubescent, without glands. If.. H. Na- 



tive of Persia. Cheiranthus Persicus, Pall, in herb. Lamb. 

 Habit ofMathlola, but the colour of the flowers is yellow ; there- 

 fore it is possibly a species of Hesperis or Cheiranthus. 

 Persian Stock. PI. | foot. 



SECT. II. LUPE'RIA (from X7ri/pos, luperos, melancholic, sad ; 

 colour of flowers.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 169. prod. 1. p. 133. Back 

 of stigmas thick, not horned. Petals oblong, from dirty yellow 

 to a livid purple colour, sweet-scented in the evening. 



10 M. TENE'LLA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 169.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, almost simple ; leaves oblong, sinuately-toothed, drawn out 

 at the base, canescent with stellate pubescence ; siliques pubes- 

 cent, without glands. Q. H. Native of the island of Cyprus. 

 Flowers the colour of M. tristis, but paler. 



Slender Stock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL | foot. 



11 M. TORULO SA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 169.) stem erect, a little 

 branched, flocculosely-scabrous ; leaves linear, nearly entire, 

 downy ; siliques rather torulose, beset with scabrous glandular 

 and velvety pubescence. ^ . G. Native of Cape of Good 

 Hope. Cheiranthus torulosus, Thunb. prod. 108. Habit very 

 near to that of Hesperis. Flowers small, of a dirty purplish-yellow. 



ZWufose-siliqued Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 or 2 ft. 



12 M. TATA RICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 170.) stem erect, nearly 

 simple, glabrous ; leaves hoary-tomentose, irregularly and run- 

 cinately-toothed ; siliques very smooth, cylindrical, somewhat 

 torulose. If. . H. Native of the south of Tartary on rocks. 

 Hesperis Tatarica, Pall. itin. 1 . app. 117. t. O. Flowers of a 

 livid purplish-yellow colour. Root fusiform, fleshy. 



Tartarian Stock. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1 826. PI. 1 or 3 feet. 



13 M. ODORATI'SSIMA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 

 4. p. 120.) stem erect, branched ; leaves downy or pubescent, 

 toothed or pinnatifid ; siliques compressed, somewhat hoary. Tj . 

 G. Native of the calcareous mountains of Tauria and on rocks 

 in eastern Caucasus, and in Iberia about Tiflis. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 1711. Hesperis odoratissima, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 195. 

 Chieranthus odoratJssimus, Bieb. casp. 116. no. 22. Flowers 

 dirty cream-coloured, or when old purplish-brown, sweet-scented 

 in the evening. 



Var. /3, Tanakensis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 170.) plant covered with 

 appressed pubescence ; siliques one-half shorter than those of 

 the species. Cheiranthus fragrans, Fisch. cat. hort. gor. 1812. 

 p. 51. I? . G. Native on the cretaceous hills at Tanaim. 



Sweetest-scented Stock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. /3 in 1822. 

 Shrub 1 or 2 feet. 



14 M. VA V RIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 171.) stem erect, almost sim- 

 ple, and nearly naked : leaves linear, blunt, quite entire, hoary ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; siliques compressed ; petals oval, waved. 

 Tj . G. Native of south of Europe in many places, particularly 

 in the region of the Mediterranean. Cheiranthus varius, Smith, 

 fl. graec. t. 636. Ch. tristis Suffren, Curt. bot. mag. 729. Flower 

 nearly the same colour as those of M. tristis, but they are 

 larger. 



Far. /3, Cheiranthus tristis, var. Sabauda. All. ped. no. 991. 

 Cheiranthus Vallesiacus, Gay. ined. in herb. Gaud. Native of 

 Vallais. 



Variable Stock. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. i foot. 



15 M. TRI'STIS (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 120.) 

 stem suffruticose at the base, erect, branched ; leaves downy, 

 linear, entire, or toothed ; flowers nearly sessile ; petals oblong ; 

 siliques nearly cylindrical. Tj .G. Nativeof stony places exposed to 

 the sun in the south of Europe by the sea-side, viz. Portugal, Spain 

 about Madrid, Greece, Piedmont, Mauritania, &c. Cheiranthus 

 tristis, Lin. spec. 925. Ch. fruticulosus, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 925. 

 but not of his Mantissa. Hesperis angustifolia, Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 322. Barrl. icon. t. 803. Bocc. mus. 148. t. 111. Flowers 

 dirty-yellow or greenish-brown, sweet-scented in the evening. 



