CRUCIFER^:. XIX. FARSETIA. XX. KONIGA. XXI. BERTEROA. 



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2. p. 675. Lunaria perennis, Mill. diet. no. 4. Alyssum luna- 

 rioides, Willd. spec. 3. p. 461. Tourn. itin. ed. gall. 1. p. 242. 

 t. 30. Flowers yellow ; limb of petals ovate ; sepals whitish. 

 Lunaria-like Farsetia. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 foot. 



5 F. ERIOCA'RPA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 288.) steins erect, shrubby 

 at the base ; leaves oblong ; pods densely clothed with silky-hairs, 

 (f. 46. g.) Tj '* Native of the island of Cyprus. Very like F. 

 clypeata, but differs in the pods being clothed with long, simple, 

 crowded white hairs, not with short hairs. Deless. icon. sel. 2. 

 t. 34. Flowers not seen. 



Woolly-podded Farsetia. PI. 1 foot. 



6 F. CLYPEA'TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 96.) 

 stems herbaceous, erect ; leaves oblong, repand ; pods velvety 

 from short down ; stigma capitate. $ . H. Native of rocky 

 hills and mountains in the south of Europe, on mounts Maronis 

 and Lebanon in Sicily ; frequent in Asia- Minor, Tauria, and in 

 Iberia, about Tiflis, &c. Sweet, fl. gard. icon. Alyssum clype- 

 atum, Lin. spec. 909. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1815. t. 181. 

 Draba clypeata, Lam. diet. 2. p. 328. Lunaria clypeata, All. 

 ped. 1. p. 245. no. 899. Lunaria canescens, Willd. enum. 2. p. 

 675. Lob. icon. t. 323. f. 1. Petals yellow, oblong, bluntly 

 truncate. 



Var. a, ebracteata (Bcerh. ined. alt. 2. 6. no. 7.) pedicels 

 without bracteas. 



Var. /3, bracteata (Bcerh. ined. alt. 2. 7. no. 10.) pedicels 

 furnished with bracteas. 



Buckler-podded Farsetia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1596. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



7 F. CHEIRANTHIFOLIA (Desv. journ. 3. p. 173.) stem erect, 

 herbaceous ; leaves lanceolate, hairy, quite entire ; pods velvety 

 with short down ; stigma bifid. <J . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Alyssum cheiranthifolium, Willd. spec. 3. p. 468. Very like F. 

 clypeata, but the leaves are less hoary. Flowers yellow. 



Wall-flomer-leaved Farsetia. PI. 1 foot. 



8 F. TRIQUE'TRA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 290.) stems at base suf- 

 fruticose ; branches triquetrous, ascendant ; leaves downy, radi- 

 cal ones obovate, stalked, cauline ones oblong-lanceolate ; style 

 long, deciduous ; stigma simple. Tj . F. Native of Dalmatia, on 

 rocks. Welden. icon. ined. t. 11. Pods elliptical. Flowers 

 yellowish. Stamens toothless. 



Triquetrous-branched Farsetia. Fl. April, May. PI. i de- 

 cumbent. 



Cult. The green-house kinds of this genus thrive well in a 

 mixture of sandy loam and peat ; and young cuttings strike root 

 readily in the same kind of soil, under a hand-glass, or they may 

 be raised from seeds, which sometimes ripen in abundance. 

 The hardy perennial kinds are well adapted for rock-work or 

 for the front of flower-borders ; or they may be grown in small 

 pots, in a mixture of loam and peat, and placed among other al- 

 pine plants, so as to be protected by a frame during severe wea- 

 ther ; they are readily increased by seeds, or by cuttings planted 

 under a hand-glass. The biennial species are also well adapted 

 for rock-work, or the front of flower-borders ; they should be 

 sown where they are intended to remain, or they may be trans- 

 planted. 



XX. KONI'GA (Konig of Adauson, and in honour of 

 Charles Konig, F.R.S. F.L.S. superintendant of the natural his- 

 tory department in the British Museum.) R. Br. in append. 

 Denh. and Clapp. exp. afr. p. 9. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle somewhat 

 ovate, with flatfish valves and 1 or many-seeded cells. Funicle 

 adhering to the base of the dissepiment. Seeds usually mar- 

 gined. Calyx spreading. Petals quite entire. Glands 8, hy- 

 pogynous. Filaments all toothless. Annual or perennial herbs 

 white from appressed forked down. Leaves quite entire, almost 



linear. Racemes terminal, sometimes leafy at the base. Flowers 

 white. 



1 K. MARI'TIMA (R. Br. I.e.) cells 1 -seeded. Tj.G. Q.H. 

 Native along the Mediterranean Sea, in the sand, and in other 

 parts of the south of Europe. Alyssum halamifolium, Lin. spec. 

 907. Curt. bot. mag. t. 101. A. minimum, Lin. spec. 908. 

 Clyp&ola maritima, Lin. mant. 426. A. maritimum, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 98. Draba maritima, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 461. Lepidium 

 fragrans, Willd. m Ust. bot. mag. 11. p. 37. Lobularia mari- 

 tima, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 62. 



Var. ft, Canariensis ; stems longer ; cells usually 2-seeded. 

 tj . G. Native of the Islands of Teneriffe and Grand Canary. 

 Var. /, variegata ; leaves edged with white or yellow. ^ G. 

 Sea-side Koniga. Fl. Jun. Nov. Britain. PI. procumbent 

 or erect. 



2 K. LIBYCA (R. Br. 1. c.) cells many-seeded, usually six. 

 Tj . F. or O- H. Native of Africa near Tripoli. Lunaria Liby- 

 ca, Viv. fl. lib. spec. p. 34. t. 16. f. 1. 



Libyan Koniga. Fl. Jun. Nov. PI. erect. 



Cult. These plants will grow freely if sown in the open bor- 

 der as other hardy annuals. The striped variety of K. maritima 

 should be kept as a green-house shrub, and it should be increased 

 by cuttings, which strike root readily if planted under a hand- 

 glass. 







XXI. BERTERO' A (in honour of Charles Joseph Bertero, 

 a pupil of Balbis and friend of De Candolle, who speaks in high 

 terms of his merit.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 290. prod. 1. p. 158. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle sessile, ellip- 

 tical or obovate, with flat or concave valves. Calyx equal at the 

 base. Petals 2-parted. Smaller stamens toothed. Seeds oval, 

 flat, with narrow margins. Erect, branched herbs or sub-shrubs, 

 hoary with branched hairs. Leaves oblong-linear, entire or 

 somewhat sinuated. Racemes opposite the leaves and terminal, 

 many-flowered, corymbose, at length becoming elongated ; pedi- 

 cels filiform, erect, bractless. Flowers small, white. 



1 B. INCA'NA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 291.) pods pubescent, some- 

 what ventricose. <f . H. Native of many parts of Europe 

 among rubbish, sandy, and uncultivated places, exposed to the 

 sun. Alyssum incanum, Lin. spec. 978. Horn. fl. dan. t. 1461. 

 Draba cheirifolia, Berg. phyt. icon. Draba cheiranthifolia, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 328. Mcenchia incana, Roth. fl. germ. 1. p. 273. 

 Farsetia incana, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 97. Steve- 

 nia incana, Andrz. cruc. ined. Pods oval, oblong, with membra- 

 naceous convex valves which are, when ripe, smooth. The 

 whole plant hoary with pressed stellate hairs, but in moist 

 ground it becomes smooth. Flowers white. 



Var. /?, prolifera (D. C. syst. 1. c.) each calyx bearing three 

 flowers instead of one, the 2 lateral ones sessile, the middle one 

 stalked. Native of Tauria. 



Hoary Berteroa. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 B. MUTA'BIUS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 292.) pods compressed, 

 flat, elliptical, smooth. l/.H. Native of the island Corcyra. 

 Alyssum mutabile, Vent. eels. t. 85. Farsetia mutabilis, R. Br. 

 in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 96. Draba mutabilis, Desv. journ. 

 3. p. 172. Very nearly allied to B. incana, but the stems are 

 evidently shrubby at the base, and permanent, and the plants less 

 hoary. Petals when young white, adult ones pale rose-coloured, 

 with yellowish claws, bluntly bifid. 



Changeable-fiov/ered Berteroa. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1802. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 B. OBLI QUA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 292.) pods flat, elliptical, 

 pubescent. If. . H. Native of Rome, Naples, Sicily, and Calabria, 

 in fields. Alyssum obllquum, Smith, fl. graec. t. 623. Farsetia 

 obliqua, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 870. An intermediate plant between 

 the two preceding species, differing from B. incana in the valves 



