CRUCIFERjE. XL. IBERIS. XLI. THYSANOCARPUS. 



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161. CONFE'RTA (Lag. varied. 2. no. 22. 1805. p. 213.) stem 

 suffrutescent, dwarf; leaves subradical much crowded, somewhat 

 linear, acute, smooth ; scape naked, racemiferous. Jj . H. Na- 

 tive of Spain in the mountains of Leone, and among bushes near 

 Arva. Flowers white, younger ones corymbose, afterwards 

 becoming racemose. Stems diffuse, procumbent, glaucous, 

 as well as younger leaves. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 54. 



CVon-rferf-leaved Candy-Tuft. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. \ foot. 



171. GARREXIA'NA (All. ped. no. 920. t. 40. f. 3. and t. 54. 

 f. 2.) frutescent ; leaves oblong, narrowed at the base, blunt, 

 quite entire, smooth ; flowers corymbose. ^ . H. Native of 

 sunny mountainous stony places in Piedmont about Garrexius 

 and Tenda, in the Apennines and in the eastern and central 

 Pyrenees. Iberis sempervirens ft, Willd. spec. 3. p. 453. Iberis 

 sempervirens, Lapeyr, abr. p. 370. Barrel, icon. t. 734. Mor. 

 oxon. 2. p. 297. sect. 3. t. 18. f. 26. Flowers white. Inter- 

 mediate between /. sempervirens and /. saxdtilis, with the 

 character of the first, but assuming the habit of the latter. Stems 

 branched. 



Garrexian Candy-Tuft. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. i to f ft. 



18 I. SEMPERVIRENS (Lin. spec. 905.) frutescent; leaves ob- 

 long, blunt, narrowed at the base, smooth ; flowers in long 

 racemes ; pods emarginate, with a narrow notch. \i . H. Native 

 of Crete on rocks. Smith, fl. grsec. t. 620. Ib. sempervirens var. 

 ft, Lam. diet. 3. p. 220. var. y, Willd. spec. 3. p. 453. Barrel, 

 icon. t. 214. Flowers white. 



Evergreen Candy-Tuft. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1731. PI. i to 1 ft. 



191. SUBVELUTI'NA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 397.) frutescent; leaves 

 linear, acute, quite entire, somewhat velvety on both surfaces 

 from short hairs ; flowers becoming racemose. Tj . H. Native 

 of Spain in dry mountainous places about the town of Aranjuez 

 and elsewhere. Iberis sempervirens, Lag. elench. hort. madr. 

 p. 19. no. 253. Like /. sax&tilis and /. Garrexiana, Stems 

 much branched. Flowers white. 



Velvety Candy-Tuft. Fl. April, June. PI. to 1 foot. 



20 1. PUBE'SCENS (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 43.) frutescent ; 

 leaves ciliated, blunt, linear-spatulate, lower ones toothed at the 

 top ; flowers corymbose, afterwards becoming somewhat race- 

 mose. Tj.H. Native of? Flowers shewy, pale-violet. Stems 

 many, rising from the root, procumbent. 



Pubescent Candy-Tuft. Fl. Ap. June. Clt. 1821. PI. \ foot. 



21 I. SAXA'TILIS (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 321.) frutescent; leaves 

 linear, quite entire, somewhat fleshy, acute, ciliated; flowers 

 corymbose. T?.H. Native of the south of Europe on hills in 

 places exposed to the sun, particularly in the Pyrenees, Pro- 

 vence, and Sicily, &c. Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 177. f. 1. Iberis 

 Garrexiana, Scop. del. ins. 1. p. 16. t. 7. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 

 298. sect. 3. t. 18. f. 31. Garid. aix. p. 466. t. 101. Stems as- 

 cendant. Flowers white. 



Rock Candy-Tuft. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1739. PL | to \ foot. 



22 I. CORIFO'LIA (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 22.) frutescent ; leaves 

 linear, very entire, somewhat fleshy, blunt, smooth ; flowers 

 corymbose. J; . H. Native of Sicily on mount Ventosa. Iberis 

 saxatilis ft, corifolia, Sims, bot. mag. t. 164.2. D. C. syst. 2. p. 

 396. Clus. hist. 2. p. 1 32. icone, Iberis saxatilis, Lin. herb. 

 Stems decumbent. Flowers white. 



Cons-leaved Candy-Tuft. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1739. PI. to | ft. 



23 I. VERMICULA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 454.) frutescent ; leaves 

 linear, quite entire, somewhat fleshy, blunt, somewhat ciliated ; 

 flowers corymbose ; lobes of pod bluntish and somewhat dilated. 



. H. Native of Tauria. Iberis saxatilis, Pall. Iberis saxa- 

 tilis y, vermiculata, D. C. syst. 2. p. 396. Stems ascendant. 

 Flowers white. 



Vermiculate-\ea.\e& Candy-Tuft. Fl. Ap. June. PI. to -| ft. 



24 I. CAPPADO'CICA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 452.) frutescent ; leaves 

 strigose, lower ones spatulate, upper ones linear acute ; flowers 



corymbose. ^ . H. Native of Cappadocia. Petals obovate, 

 white. Flowers at first corymbose. 



Cappadocian Candy-Tuft. PI. \ foot. 



25 I. GIBRALTA'RICA (Lin. spec. 905.) frutescent ; leaves 

 wedge-shaped, blunt, somewhat toothed at the top, rather ciliat- 

 ed ; flowers corymbose. ^ . G. Native of Gibraltar. Curt, 

 bot. mag. t. 124. Iberis dentata, Moench. suppl. 88. Very like 

 /. semperflorens. Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers white, with a 

 few of them suffused with red. 



Gibraltar Candy-Tuft. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1732. PI. -| to f ft. 



SECT. II. IBERIDA'STRUM (altered from Iberis.) D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 181. Radicle horizontal : Seeds somewhat margined. Dis- 

 sepiment almost double. Seed nearly as in Biscutella, and 

 therefore perhaps a proper genus (Andrz.) but from its habit it 

 is retained with Iberis. 



26 I. SEMPERFLORENS (Lin. spec. 904.) frutescent; leaves 

 cuneated or spatulate, rather fleshy, blunt, quite entire, smooth ; 

 flowers corymbose ; pods truncate, and somewhat emarginate at 

 the top, with obsolete lobules. Tj . G. Native of Sicily on rocks 

 about Palermo, &c., and flowering throughout the year in its 

 place of natural growth. I. cuneata, Moench. meth. 269. I. 

 humilis, Presl. ex Spreng. Weinm. phyt. t. 973. f. c. Seba. 

 thes. l.p. 2. t. 13. f. 4. Bocc. sic. 55. t. 29. f. a. j. Mor. 

 oxon. 2. t. 25. f. 5. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



Ever-flowering Candy-Tuft. Fl.Jan.Dec. Clt.1679. PI. lor 2 ft. 



} Species not sufficiently known, 



27 I. ? LINEARIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 405.) smooth; stem 

 erect ; leaves linear, quite entire ; pods bifid, racemose. Native 

 of New Holland at Swan River Lepia linifolia, Desv. jour, 

 bot. 3. p. 166 and 181. Flower white ? 



Linear-leaved Candy-Tuft. PI. 1 foot? 



28 I. PYRENA'ICA (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 370.) herbaceous, smooth ; 

 leaves elliptical, quite entire, lower ones opposite; pods broadly 

 emarginate, racemose. Q . H. Native of the Pyrenees in the 

 valley Gistain, near Sin. Flowers numerous, naked, white, 

 racemose. Stem reddish, branched, erect. 



Pyrenean Candy-Tuft. Fl. June, July. PI. to 1 foot. 



Cult. The whole of the species of this genus are very orna- 

 mental, and deserve to be cultivated in every garden. The 

 annual and biennial sorts may be all sown in open flower- 

 borders, where they will flower and ripen their seed : if sown at 

 several different times through the summer a succession of 

 flowers may be kept up, until the frost destroys them. Many of 

 the species will continue to bloom throughout a mild winter, if 

 the seeds are sown in August. The shrubby species are well 

 adapted for ornamenting rock-work, or the front of flower-bor- 

 ders, as they flower profusely. Cuttings of these will root 

 freely if planted under a hand-glass in common garden mould, or 

 they may be increased by seeds. The two green-house species 

 I. Gibraltdrica and /. semperflorens, grow freely in any light 

 rich soil, and young cuttings planted in the same sort of soil un- 

 der a hand-glass will root freely. 



XLI. THYSANO'CARPUS (from Qvaavoy, %zn<w, a fringe, 

 and Kapirof, karpos, a fruit ; broad fringed pods.) Hook fl. 

 bor. amer. t. 18. f. A. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle obovate, emar- 

 ginate at the apex, with a thick style in the recess, 1-2-celled; 

 cells 1 -seeded, with navicular keeled valves. Seeds not mar- 

 gined. Stamens naked. Petals much shorter than the sepals. 

 A small annual plant, with narrow, obtuse, runcinate, rosulate, 

 radical leaves, and a few linear-lanceolate entire, rather stem- 

 clasping cauline ones, one under each branch or raceme. 

 Racemes elongated. 

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