CRUCIFER^E. V. NOTOCERAS. VI. BARBAREA. 



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Diceratium prostratum, Lag. clench, hort. madr. 1815. p. 20. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 17. Very like N. Canariense, but differ- 

 ing by its smaller, more rigid, and more prostrate habit. 

 Spanish Notoceras. Fl. Year. Clt. 1820. PI. trailing. 



SECT. II. TETRACERA'TIUM (from rerpa, tctra, four-fold, and 

 pac, keras, a horn ; pods furnished with four horns at the apex,) 

 (f. 46. a.). D. C. syst. 2. p. 204. prod. 1. p. 140. Siliques 

 4-horned. Flowers small, perhaps without petals. Leaves sinu- 

 ately-toothed. Plants covered with soft-branched down. 



3 N. QUADRICORNE (D. C. syst. 2. p. 204.) pods 4-horned 

 (f. 46. o.) ; leaves sinuately-toothed ; down soft-branched. Q. H. 

 Native of Siberia, between the rivers Volga and Kuma, or Kama. 

 Erysimum quadricorne, Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 514. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 2. t. 16. 



Four- horned-podded Notoceras. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1817. 

 PL foot. 



SECT. ? III. MACROCERA'TICM (from fiaKpoe, makros, long, 

 and Ktpar, keras, a horn ; pods furnished with two long horns or 

 points at the apex.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 204. prod. 1. p. 140. 

 Siliques indehiscent, 2-horned. Seeds oblong, contrary to the 

 dissepiment. Flowers white. Leaves pinnate. Perhaps a pro- 

 per genus. 



4 N. ? CARDAMINEFOLIUM (D. C. syst. 2. p. 205.) pods 2- 

 horned; leaves smooth, pinnate. O- H. Native of Pontus, in 

 fields, at the Bosphorus, and in the Island of Cyprus. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 2. t. 18. Lepidium cornutum, Smith, fl. graec. t. 617. 

 Andrzejowskia Cardamine, Rchb. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 5. t. 9. 

 f. 1 . Stem simple or scarcely branched. 



Lady's-Smock-lcaved Notoceras. Fl. May, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. These plants may be sown in the open border, in com- 

 mon garden soil ; but, however, they answer better for rock- 

 work. Not worth cultivating for ornament. 



VI. BARBAREA (anciently called herb of St. Barbara.) 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 109. D. C. syst. 2. p. 205. 

 prod. 1. p. 140. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, SHiquosa. Silique 4-sided ; 2- 

 edged ; valves concave-keeled, awnless at the apex. Calyx 

 equal at the base. Seeds disposed in one series. Herbs peren- 

 nial, very smooth, with fibrous roots and erect stems. Racemes 

 terminal, erect. Pedicels bractless. Flowers yellow. 



1 B. VULGA'RIS (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol.4, p. 109.) 

 lower leaves lyrate, terminal lobe roundish ; upper leaves obo- 

 vate, toothed or pinnatifid ; silique tetragonal, linear, pointed 

 with the style. I/. H. Native nearly throughout Europe, in 

 moist waste places, about hedges and marshy meadows ; plentiful 

 in Britain, also in the islands of Unalaschka, Kamtschatka, and at 

 the mouth of the Columbia river. Erysimum Barbarea, Lin. 

 spec. 922. Far. a, and y, Oed. fl. dan. t. 985. Smith, eng. 

 bot. 443. Schkuhr. handb. no. 1834. t. 183. Schrank. mon. 

 2. t. 128. Erysimum lyraefblium, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 

 459. 



Var. ft, fare plena (D. C. syst. 2. p. 206.) flowers double, 

 yellow. 



Var. y, grdcilis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 206.) stem slender, sparingly 

 branched ; upper leaves somewhat cut. Tl . H. Native of Si- 

 beria and Kamtschatka. Perhaps a proper species. Plant inter- 

 mediate between B. vulgaris and B. prce'cox. 



The whole herb has a nauseous bitter taste, and is in some 

 degree mucilaginous, and it is sometimes cultivated as a spring 

 salad, but has nothing in flavour to recommend it. In Sweden 

 they boil the leaves as kale. In Germany the plant is called 

 Winterkresse, Barbenkraut, Rapunzel, Seuskraut, Habichtskraut, 



Gebber Beyfuss andfalscfie Bvmon. In Denmark, Vinterkars. In 

 Sweden, Vinterkrass. In France, La Barbaree, I'herbe Saint 

 Barbe, Roquelte, I'herbe aux Charpentiers. In Italy, erba di 

 Santa Barbara, Roquetta'. In Spain and Portugal, Heroa, or 

 Herba de Santa Barbara and Ruqueta. 



Herb St. Barbara, Common Winter- Cress, or Yellow Rocked. 

 Fl. May, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 or 1J feet. 



2 B. VR-ECOX (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 109.) 

 lower leaves lyrate, terminal lobe ovate ; upper leaves pinnate- 

 parted ; lobes linear-oblong, quite entire ; silique linear-elong- 

 ated, compressed 2-edged, crowned by a very short thickened style. 

 I/. H. Native of France, England, (most common in Devon- 

 shire) in watery, grassy places, or on the banks of ditches. Also 

 of North America, on banks of rivers ; abundant from Canada to 

 Lat. 68. Erysimum prse'cox, Smith, fl. brit. 2. p. 707. eng. 

 bot. t. 1129. Erysimum tenuifolium, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. 

 p. 460. 



This plant is called in German, Americanuher ; in French, 

 Cresson d'Amerique, or Roquette des Jardins, In English, 

 American-Cress, or Black American-Cress, French-Cress, or 

 Belle isle-Cress. It is generally liked as a winter cress, and 

 early spring salad, resembling in flavour the common water-cress, 

 but rather more bitter. It is in demand in some places through- 

 out the year. It is raised from seeds, and for every ten feet of 

 drill, a quarter of an ounce will be requisite. Sow in a bed of 

 light dry earth, rather in drills nine inches apart than broad- 

 cast. For winter and spring use make a sowing in the last fort- 

 night of August or beginning of September, on a warm sheltered 

 border. If wanted throughout summer sow every six weeks 

 from March to August, giving a sunny or shaded situation, ac- 

 cording to the advancement of the season. Water occasionally 

 in hot dry weather. At the approach of winter, shelter the 

 plants, by laying a few light twigs among them, so as not to in- 

 terfere with their growth, and upon these a covering of fern, 

 reeds, or dry litter. The plants being cut, or the outside leaves 

 stripped off, slfoot again for another gathering. Let a few choice 

 plants, raised in spring, run to seed ; which will be ready to ga- 

 ther before the decline of summer. 



Early Winter-Cress. Fl. April, Oct. Britain. PI. 1 to li feet. 



3 B. RUPI'COLA (Moris, stirp. sard, clench, fasc. 1. ex. bull, 

 sc. July, 1828. p. 348.) plant tufted ; lower leaves on long peti- 

 oles, simple or somewhat lyrate, with the terminal lobe cordate- 

 ovate ; upper leaves deeply pinnatifid ; siliques long, straight ; 

 petals obovately-spatulate. If. . H. Native of Sardinia, upon 

 rocks in the mountains. This species is very like B. preecox. 



Rock Winter-Cress. Fl.-Ap. Ju. PI. 1 foot. 



4 B. TAU'RICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 207.) radical and lower 

 leaves pinnatifidly-lyrate ; terminal lobe and upper leaves 

 ovate, toothed ; pedicels spreading ; pods ascending. If. . H. 

 Native of Tauria and Volhynia, in ditches and hedges ; also in 

 the Alps of Caucasus. Erysimum arcuatum, Presl. fl. cech. 138. 

 Barbarea arcuata, Andrz. in. litt. and Rchb. Root creeping. 



Taurian Winter-Cress. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1826. PI. 1J foot. 



5 B. IBE'RICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 208.) radical and lower 

 leaves pinnate-parted, lyrate ; lateral lobes ovate ; terminal one 

 cordate, entire ; upper leaves bluntly-auricled at the base. 

 I/ . H. Native of Siberia, at Achalgory ; also of Podolia ? 

 Cheiranthus Ibericus, Willd. enum. 2. p. 681. Cheiranthus 

 laevigatus, Willd. herb. Barbarea stricta, Bess. enum. volh. 

 no. 1551. Pods straight, pressed to the rachis. 



Iberian Winter-Cress. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. j foot. 



6 B. PLANTAGI'NEA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 208.) lower leaves 

 dentately-lyrate, lateral lobes tooth-like, terminal one large, 

 somewhat cordate ; upper leaves ovate ; pods somewhat in- 

 curved. Native of the Levant, Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 19. Si- 

 symbrium Barbarea, Lin. spec. 921. Very like B. vulgaris, but 



