180 



CRUCIFEILE. XXVI. ALYSSUM. XXVII. ANODONTEA. 



deciduous ; pods ovate-orbicular, smooth. O- H. Native of 

 Siberia on rocks. Flowers small ; petals almost linear. 



Minute Madwort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1827. PL 1 inch. 



8 A. MI'NIMUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 464. exclusive of Lin. syn.) 

 stems diffuse ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hoary ; pods orbicular, 

 emarginate smooth. O- H. Native in dry sandy fields and on 

 hills about Vienna, also of Podolia, and Tauria, &c. Tratt. 

 thes. p. 8. t. 35. Very like A. calyclnum, but the calyx is 

 deciduous. 



Smallest Madwort. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1791. PI. -J to | ft. 



9 A. GLOMEKA V TUM (Burch. cat. geog. pi. afri. austr. extratrop. 

 no. 1204.) stems ascendant; leaves lanceolate, blunt, villous ; 

 racemes crowded ; calyx permanent ; pods orbicular, smooth. 

 . H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope in Rogeweld, near 

 Riet river. Petals oblong, a little longer than the calyx. 



Glomerate-racemed Madwort. PI. ^ foot. 



10 A. DENSIFLO'RUM (Desf. cor. Tourn. p. 65. t. 48.) leaves 

 narrow-lanceolale ; flowers crowded into dense cylindrical ra- 

 cemes ; pods orbicular, pubescent, 1-2-seeded. O- H. Native 

 of Armenia. Flowers small, white. 



Dense-flowered Madwort. PI. -j foot. 



1 1 A. STRI'CTUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 464.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, downy ; flowers crowded into dense cylindrical racemes ; 

 pods elliptical, downy. O- H. Native of Armenia. Differing 

 from A. densijtorum, in the pods being elliptical and downy, not 

 orbicular, and pubescent. 



Upright Madwort. PI. ^ foot. 



12 A. STRIGO'SUM (Russ. in Schrad. journ. 1. p. 426.) stems 

 herbaceous, hispid with starry hairs ; leaves obovate, entire ; 

 calyx permanent. O- H. Native about Aleppo. 



Strigose-stemmed Madwort. PI -j foot. 



13 A. FULVESCENS (Smith, prod. fl. grsec. 2. p. ] 3.) stems 

 ascendant ; radical leaves stalked, obovate, grey, upper ones 

 oblong ; calyx permanent ; pods ovate-globose, smooth. O- H. 

 Native of the Morea and in the islands of Cyprus and Scio. 

 Petals obcordate, when dry brownish. 



Bronnish-netaMed Madwort. PI. |- foot. 

 Cult. Inconspicuous annual plants, the seed of which will 

 grow under any circumstances and in any kind of soil. 



XXVII. ANODO'NTEA (from a, priv. ocouc oSovroc, odous 

 odontos, a tooth ; stamens without teeth). D. C. syst. 2. p. 317. 

 prod. 1. p. 163. as a section of Alyssum. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle ovate, round- 

 ish or obovate, somewhat inflated, with convex valves, crowned 

 by the permanent style ; cells 1-2-seeded (f. 46. A.). Seeds girded 

 by a membranous wing. Petals obovate, entire, or bifid. Stamens 

 all toothless. Annual herbs or sub-shrubs, hoary from stellate 

 down. Flowers yellow or white, racemose. The authorities 

 given for the species are under Alyssum. 



SECT. I. VESICA'RIA (vesica, a bladder; inflated pods). 

 Flowers yellow. Silicles somewhat inflated. Species intermediate 

 between Adyseton and Vesicaria. Annual or biennial plants. 



1 A. EDE'NTULA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 95. t. 92.) stem 

 erect ; leaves oblong, somewhat sinuated, velvety, upper ones 

 linear ; calyx spreading ; petals bifid ; pods ovate, smooth. $ . H. 

 Native of Bosnia on calcareous rocks. Vesicaria edentula, Poir. 

 diet. 8. p. 572. Petals twice as long as calyx, bifid at the top. 

 Seeds 2 in each cell. 



Toothless-stameneA Anodontea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



2 A. DASYCA'RPA (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 469.) stems 

 erect ; leaves oblong, canescent ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; 

 pods nearly double the length of the style. O- H. Native of 

 Siberia at the rivers Kuma and Volga, at lake Inderkoi, and also 

 about Astracan. Vesicaria dasycarpa, Poir. diet. 8. p. 571. A. Si- 



biricum, Trev. in ges. nat. fr. berl. mag. 1816. p. 151. t. 2. f. 14. 

 et 17. but not of Willd. Flowers small, yellowish. 



Thick-podded Anodontea. Fl.Jul. Clt. 1820. PL to ft. 



SECT. II. LOBULARIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 318. prod. 1. p. 

 164.) Flowers white. Seeds usually solitary in the cells. 

 Stems fruticulose, at least at the base. 



3 A. RUPE'STRIS (Tenore, fl. nap. t. 60.) stem suffruticose at 

 the base, rather erect ; radical leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 silvery, cauline ones few, linear ;. pods obovate, flocculose, mu- 

 cronated with a short style. fj . H. Native of the south of 

 Italy on rocks. Flowers larger than those of Koniga maritima. 



Rock Anodontea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1824. PI. i foot. 



4 A. ARENA'RIA (Presl. ex. Spreng. syst. app. p. 239. under 

 Alyssum.) stem suffruticose, procumbent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, rather hoary ; silicles elliptical, somewhat inflated, rather 

 pilose, 1 -seeded, mucronate by the short style. >j . H. Native 

 of Sicily. 



Sand Anodontea. Fl. June, July. PI. procumbent. 



5 A. HALIMIFO'LIA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 460.) stems suffruti- 

 cose, ascendant ; leaves oblong, blunt, narrowed at the base, covered 

 with scaly hairs ; pods orbicular, smooth, twice as long as the 

 style. Jj . H. Native of Italy, Piedmont, about Nice, &c. on 

 rocky mountains exposed to the snn. Lunaria halimifblia. All. 

 peel. no. 900. t. 54. f. 1. Bocc. mus. 45. t. 39. Flowers like 

 those of A ' . spinosum. 



Halimus-leaved Anodontea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1820. PL i ft. 



6 A. SPINO'SA (Lin. spec. 907.) stem shrubby, old branches 

 and peduncles spiny ; leaves oblong-linear, silvery ; pods orbi- 

 cular, smooth, terminated by the short style. ^7 . F. Native of 

 Arragon and south of France on calcareous rocks exposed to the 

 sun. Barrel, icon. t. 808. Draba spinosa, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 461. 

 Flowers a little larger than those of Koniga maritima. Seeds 2 

 in each cell. A little tufted shrub. 



Spiny Anodontea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. PL J foot. 



7 A. MACROCA'RFA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 321.) stem shrubby; 

 branched, somewhat spiny ; leaves oblong, blunt, silvery ; pods 

 obovate-orbicular, somewhat emarginate, smooth, pointed with 

 the style, containing 8 ovula(f. 46. /(.). ^ . H. Native of the south 

 of France, especially in the Cevennes, on calcareous rocks. Very 

 like A. spinosa halimifblm and A. Pyrenalca, but different. _ 

 Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 41. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



Large-podded Anodontea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1828. PL | ft. 



8 A. PYRENA'ICA (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 371. suppl. 91.) stem 

 shrubby, branched, not spiny ; leaves obovate, narrowed at the 

 base, hoary ; pods elliptical, rather villous, pointed with the 

 style. J? . F. Native of the Eastern Pyrenees on rocks, parti- 

 cularly on Mount Conat, about Font de Combs. A. halimifo- 

 lium ft, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 594. 



Pyrenean Anodontea. Fl. June, Aug. PI. ^ foot. 



9 A. CANE'SCENS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 322.) stem shrubby, as- 

 cendant ; leaves oblong-linear, hoary ; pods elliptical, velvety, 

 crowned with the long style. T? . F. Native of Siberia, Tauria, 

 Kamtschatka, on rocky mountains. 



Var. a, albreviata (B.C. syst. 1. c.) racemes short, corym- 

 bose. A. montanum and A. minutum, Patrin. herb. 



Var. ft, elongata (D. C. syst. 1. c.) racemes more elongated. 

 Leaves more hairy. A. Dauricum. Schlecht. in herb. Willd. 



Canescent Anodontea. Fl. April, Sept. PL \ to \ foot. 



10 A. TENUIFO'LIA (Steph in Willd. spec. 3. p. 460.) stem 

 fruticulose, erect ; leaves linear, acute, clothed with starry villi ; 

 pods oval, hairy, crowned by the style. \ . F. Native of 

 Siberia about Doroninsk. Petals obovate, blunt, spreading, with 

 filiform claws. 



Slender-leaved Anodontea. PL \ to foot. 



Cult. The whole of the species of this genus are very proper 



