CRUCIFER^;. LIII. CHORISPORA. LIV. MALCOMIA. 



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Straight-podded Chorispora. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 i to J foot. 



2. Flaviflorce. Flowers yellow ; petals emarginate. 



3 C. SIBI'RICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 437.) pods and leaves 

 smoothish ; leaves all sinuately-pinnatifid. Q. H. Native of 

 Siberia and Altaia on the banks of the river Oby ; frequent in 

 the upper region of the river Yenissei. Raphanus Sibiricus, 

 Lin. spec. 925. Mnrr. comm. goett. 1775. p. 48. t. 11. Choris- 

 permum Sibiricum, Andrz. cruc. ined. Flowers yellow, nearly 

 the size of those of Bunias crucago. Seeds oval, brown, com- 

 pressed. Plant very variable in height. 



Siberian Chorispora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. from 

 1 inch to 2 feet. 



4 C. IBE'RICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 437.) pods hairy, hardly 

 longer than the style ; leaves linear, runcinately-toothed. O-H. 

 Native of Iberia in stony places about Chinalug, in eastern Cau- 

 casus. Raphanus Ibericus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 129. suppl. p. 

 451. Chorispermum Ibericum, Andrz. cruc. ined. Flowers 

 like those of Chorispora tenella, but yellow. The whole plant 

 possesses a very powerful nauseous odour, when bruised. 



Iberian Chorispora. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1822. PL to $ foot. 



Cult. This is a genus of rather pretty annual plants ; they 

 only require to be sown in the open ground, and treated as other 

 hardy annuals. 



SUB-ORDER II. NOTORHI'ZE^ (from VUTOQ, notos, the back, 

 and pia, rhiza, a root ; radicle at the back of the cotyledons, 

 f. 45. j. e.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 438. prod. 1. p. 186. Cotyledons 



Radicle dorsal (f. 45. t. e.). 



flat, incumbent (f. 45. i.). 

 not margined. 



Seeds 



Tribe VII. 



SIS Y'MBRE^ (plants agreeing with Sisymbrium in many im- 

 portant characters,) or NOTORHI'ZE^E (see Sub-order II.) 

 SILIQUO'SiE, (siliqua a long pod ; pods long.) Silique 2-cell- 

 ed, opening longitudinally (f. 46. p.) with concave (f. 46. p.) or 

 keeled valves. Seeds ovate or oblong, not margined. Cotyle- 

 dons flat, incumbent, contrary to the dissepiment (f. 45. z.). A 

 very distinct tribe from the characters of the seeds, but with the 

 habit nearly of Arabidece. 



LIV. MALCO'MIA (named after a William Malcolm, F.L.S. 

 a celebrated cultivator.) R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 

 121. D. C. syst. 2. p. 438. prod. 1. p. 186. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliqvbsa. Silique roundish. Stigma 

 simple, much pointed. Annual or perennial herbs, usually sca- 

 brous or velvety from stellate hairs. Leaves oblong or oval 

 entire, toothed or sinuately-pinnatifid ; pedicels bractless, dis- 

 posed in racemes. Flowers either purplish or white, sometimes 

 very small, never becoming double in gardens. 



1 M. AFRICA'NA (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 121.) 

 stem branched, diffuse ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat toothed, 

 beset with 2 or 4- parted hairs ; pedicels shorter than the per- 

 manent calyx ; pods scabrous. O- H. Native of vineyards and 

 sandy places in the north of Africa, Sicily, Spain, south of 

 France, Iberia about Gandsha. Hesperis Africana, Lin. spec. 

 928. Hesperis difFusa, Lam. fl. fran. 2. p. 504. Cheiranthus 

 scaber, Moench. meth. 254. Hesperis hispida, Roth. cat. bot. 1. 

 p. 78. Buxb. cent. 4. p. 26. t. 44. Bocc. sic. 77. t. 42. f. 1. 

 Flowers small, purplish. Seeds oblong-ovate, rufous. 



African Malcomia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1747. PI. to i ft. 



2 M. TARAXACIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 439.) stem erect, 

 simple ; leaves oblong, deeply-toothed ; hairs 3~parted ; pedicels 

 shorter than the deciduous calyx ; pods smooth, somewhat 4- 

 sided. O H. Native ? Cheiranthus taraxacifolius, Balb. 

 cat. hort. taur. app. 1814. p. 10. Flowers small, purplish. 



Dandelion-leaKcd Malcomia. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt.1795. PL J to i ft. 



VOL. I. PART HI. 



3 M. LA'XA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 440.) stem branched, somewhat 

 pilose at the base ; leaves ovate, acute, angularly- toothed, and are 

 as well as the pods smooth ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 

 0. H. Native of Siberia. Hesperis laxa, Lam. diet. 3. p. 325. 

 Flowers small, purplish. Seeds small, oblong-ovate, rufous. 



Zoose-branched Malcomia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 to 2ft. 



4 M. CHI'A (D. C. syst. 2. p. 440.) stem erect, branched; 

 hairs 2-parted, appressed ; leaves obovate, entire ; pedicels 

 length of the calyx ; pods roundish, pubescent; style very short. 

 Q. H. Native of the island of Chio in rocky places, and pro- 

 bably of Crete, Spain, and Russia. Cheiranthus Chlus, Lin. 

 spec. 924. Cheiranthus subulatus, Moench. meth. 254. Hesperis 

 Qua, Lam. diet. 3. p. 324. Herm. parad. 194. t. 61. Dill, 

 elth. 180. t. 147. f. 178. Flowers purplish, one-half smaller 

 than those of Malcomia maritima. Plant downy. 



Chio, or Dwarf-branching Malcomia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 

 1732. PI. % to 1 foot. 



5 M. MARI'TIMA (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 121.) 

 stems erect, branched ; leaves elliptical, blunt, entire, narrowed 

 at the base ; hairs appressed, 2 or 4-parted ; pedicels somewhat 

 shorter than the calyx ; pods pubescent, furnished with a long 

 acumen at the apex. Q. H. Native of the south of Europe in 

 the sand by the sea-shore, particularly France, in the fields of 

 Narbonne, Balearic islands, Mauritania, Greece, and all the 

 islands in the Archipelago. Cheiranthus maritimus, Lin. amoen. 

 4. p. 280. spec. 924. Curt. bot. mag. t. 166. Cheiranthus litto- 

 reus, All. ped. 1. p. 273. but not of Lin. Hesperis maritima, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 324. Barrel, icon. t. 1127. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 

 235. sect. 3. t. 7. f. 6. Flowers pale, violet or lilac. Pods 

 roundish. An elegant diffuse plant, commonly cultivated in 

 gardens as a border annual. Plant downy. 



Sea-side Malcomia, or Branching Annual Stock. Fl. May, 

 July. Clt. 1713. PI. | to 1 foot. 



6 M. INCRASSA'TA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 441.) stems many, some- 

 what diffuse ; leaves oval, stalked, upper ones oblong ; hairs 

 appressed, 2-parted ; pedicels shorter than the calyx, which be- 

 comes thickened after flowering ; pods pubescent. () H. Na- 

 tive of the islands in the Archipelago on rocks by the sea-side ; 

 particularly in Scio and Tenedos. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 59. 

 Flowers purplish, a little larger, as Well as the pods being two 

 or three times thicker, than those of Malcomia maritima. An 

 elegant downy plant. 



Thickened-pedke\\ed Malcomia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 2 inches to J foot. 



7 M. ARENA* RIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 442.) stem erect, branch- 

 ed ; leaves lanceolate, acute, lower ones toothed, sessile ; hairs 

 stellate; pedicels very short ; pods torulose, subulate. Q. H. 

 Native of Mauritania in the sand on the sea-shore near Arzeau. 

 Hesperis arenaria, Desf. atl. 2^. p. 91. t. 162. Flowers violace- 

 ous, about the size of those of Malcomia maritima. An elegant 

 downy plant. 



Sand Malcomia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PL i to f foot. 



8 M. PARVIFL'ORA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 442.) stem erect, branch- 

 ed ; leaves oblong, blunt, almost entire ; hairs soft, starry ; 

 pedicels at last the length of calyx; pods pubescent. () H. 

 Native in sand on the sea-shore in Corsica, France, Provence, 

 Italy about Pisa, also in Calabria, &c. &c. Cheiranthus lacerus, 

 Gouan. ill. p. 44 ? Hesperis parviflora, D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. 

 p. 654. icon. gall. rar. p. 11. t. 35. Hesperis pumila, Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 194. Flowers small, lilac. Plant downy. 



Small-flowered Malcomia. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1816. PL J to J ft. 



9 M. LYRA'TA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 443.) stem erect, branched; 

 lower leaves lyrate, blunt, stalked ; hairs appressed, 2-parted ; 

 pedicels length of calyx ; pods pubescent. Q. H. Native of 

 the island of Cyprus. Cheiranthus lyratus, Smith, fl. graec. t. 

 635. Flowers purplish like those of Malcomia parviflora. 



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