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Jagged-leaved Rocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1816. PI. 1J foot. 



5 H. VILLO V SA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 449.) pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx ; petals obovate-oblong ; leaves oblong, pointed, deeply- 

 toothed, and are villous as well as the simple stem. $ ? H. 

 Native of Apulia or Puglia. Cheiranthus villosus, Spreng. in litt. 

 Very nearly allied to Hesperis laciniata, but the hairs of the 

 stems are not glandular, nor the down on the leaves. Flowers 

 purplish or lilac. 



Fillous-Jiocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, June. PI. 14 ft. 



6 H. RUNCINA'TA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 220. t. 

 200.) pedicels longer than the calyx ; petals obovate, somewhat 

 mucronate ; leaves pubescent, lower ones lyrately- runcinate, 

 upper ones lanceolate, acuminated ; stem erect, panicled at the 

 top. $ . H. Native of Hungary in coppices. The whole plant 

 is covered with somewhat clammy short hairs. With the habit of 

 H. matronalis. 



Var. ft H. bituminbsa (Savi. hort. Pis. ann. 1808. perhaps also 

 of Willd. enum. suppl. 45.) Deilosma suaveolens, Andrz. cruc. 

 ined. Plant clammy. Pods somewhat incurved. Flowers of 

 both varieties from white to purple or lilac, about the size of 

 those of Hesperis matronalis. 



Runcinate-leaved Rocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, July. 

 Clt. 1804. PI. 1 to 2 or 3 feet. 



7 H. MATRONA'LIS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 321. ill. t. 564. f. 1.) 

 pedicels length of calyx ; petals obovate ; pods erect, torose, 

 smooth, not thickened at the edge ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed. % . H. Native of coppices and hedges nearly through- 

 out the whole of Europe. 



Far. a, hortensis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 450.) stem firm, straight ; 

 flowers usually sweet-scented ; petals frequently emarginate and 

 mucronate ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, never cordate. I/ . H. Hes- 

 peris matronalis, Lin. spec. 927. Mor. hist. 2. p. 251. sect. 3. 

 t. 10. f. 1. Lob. icon. t. 323. f. 2. The ladies of Germany have 

 pots of this plant placed in their apartments, whence it has ob- 

 tained the name of Dames' Violet. Parkinson calls the plants 

 Queens Gillqflorvers, and Gerarde Damask Violets. 



1 albifldra (D. C. 1. 1. c.) flowers single, white. Tab. kraut. 

 p. 692. f. 1. Dalech. lugd. 804. f. 1. Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 8. 

 t. 3. f. 2. 



2 albo-plena (D. C. 1. c.). Flowers double white. 



3 purpurea (D. C. 1. c.) flowers single, purple. Tab. kraut, 

 p. 692. f. 2. Dalech. lugd. 804. f. 2. Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 8. 

 t. 3. f. 3. Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f.b. 



4 purpureo-pleria (D. C. 1. c.) flowers double purple. 

 Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f. c. 



5 variegata (D. C. 1, c.) flowers double, variegated with 

 white and purple. Munt. phyt. cur. t. 186. 



6 foliiflora (D. C. 1. c. p. 451.) flowers double, green. 

 Moris, oxon. 2. p. 251. no. 2. Weinm. phyt. t. 572. f. a. 



Var. /3, sylvestris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 451.) habit much more 

 loose than var. a. Lower leaves only at the base more or less 

 cordate, and often coarsely toothed ; flowers always purplish or 

 lilac, rarely sweet-scented ; limb of petals blunt. Hesperis 

 inod6ra, Lin. spec. 927. Jacq. aust. t. 347. Fl. dan. t. 934. 

 Smith engl. hot. t. 731. Hesperis sylvestris, Crantz. austr. p. 

 32. Hesperis Sibirica, Vill. dauph. 3. p 316. Native of many 

 places in the north of Europe. In Britain in hilly pastures near 

 rivulets but rare: 



Var. y, H. Sibirica (Lin. spec. 927.) leaves narrower, 

 oblong- lanceolate, acuminated. Hesperis obtusa, Mcench. 

 suppl. 86. Native of Tauria. and Siberia. Flowers purple 

 or lilac. 



This is a very variable plant, as may be seen from its numerous 

 varieties. 



Common Rocket or Dames' Violet. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 



var. a and its varieties since 1597. ft. Native of Britain, y. 

 Since 1800. PI. 1 to 4 feet. 



8 H. HETEROPHY'LLA (Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 39.) pedicels 

 length of calyx ; petals obovate ; stem branched, diffuse, and is 

 as well as leaves covered with short pubescence ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed. 2. H. Native of Naples in shady fields 

 and in woods. Habit of plant very like the branched diffuse 

 varieties of Hesperis matronalis. Flowers purplish or lilac. 



Variable-leaved Rocket. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1825. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



9 H. ELA'TA (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 74.) petals blunt, very 

 entire and notched at the top ; leaves lanceolate -acuminated, 

 remotely toothed ; stems simple, erect. $ . H. Native ? 



Tall Rocket or Dames' Violet. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. 3 or 5 feet. 



10 H. GRANDIFLO'RA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2683.) pedicels longer 

 than the calyx ; petals obovate ; racemes many-flowered, crowded ; 

 radical leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, cauline ones lanceolate, ses- 

 sile. $. II. Native of Siberia? or Hungary ? Flowers dark 

 lilac. Stem simple. 



Great-flowered Dames' Violet or Rocket. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1817. PI. 3 feet. 



11 H. STEVENIA'NA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 452.) pedicels longer 

 than the calyx ; petals obovate ; stem and pods hispid ; radical 

 leaves stalked, runcinate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate, deeply- 

 toothed. I/ . '$ . H. Native of the south of Tauria. Claws 

 of petals longer than the calyx. Flowers purplish. This plant 

 is very like Hesperis matronalis, ft sylvestris. 



Steven's Rocket or Dames' Violet. Fl. May, July. PL 1 ft. 



12 H. APRfcA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 194.) pedicels beset with 

 glandular pili, length of calyx ; petals obovate ; leaves oblong, 

 blunt, and are as well as the simple stems hispid. Tj. . H. 

 Native of exposed fields in Siberia and Dauria. Cheiranthus 

 apricus, Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 518. Hesperis Cheiranthus, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 203. Cheiranthus hirtus, Schlecht. ex Stev. 

 obs. in herb. Willd. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 62. Flowers purple 

 or lilac, size of those of H. matronalis. 



Var. ft, dentata ; leaves grossly toothed. Perhaps a proper 

 species. 



Exposed Rocket or Dames' Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1821. PL i to | foot. 



13 H. BICUSPIDA'TA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 194.) pedicels length 

 of calyx ; petals blunt ; leaves lanceolate, acute, rather toothed, 

 and are as well as simple stem covered with stellate grey down. 

 !.? <J.?H. Native of Armenia. Cheiranthus bicuspidatus, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 519. Flowers purple or lilac ? 



Far. ft, Cappadocica (plant a little smaller, and with the pods 

 and flowers more spreading than in the species.) $ . 1. H. Na- 

 tive of Cappadocia. Both plants are rather woody at the base. 



Two-pointed-podded-Rocket, Fl. May, June. PI. 1J foot. 



14 H. RAMOSI'SSIMA (Desf. all. 2. p. 91. t. 161.) pedicels 

 rather shorter than the calyx ; petals elliptical-oblong ; pods 

 scabrous, torulose ; leaves oblong, velvety; stem much branched. 

 O- H. Native of Algiers near Arzeau, in the sand on the 

 shore, and in Egypt, near the Saqqarah Pyramids, also in Gala- 

 da. Flowers small, violet or lilac. 



Much-branched Rocket. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. \ to f ft. 



15 H. PYGM V A (Dili!, ill. fl. segyp. p. 19. no. 596.) pedicels 

 longer than the calyx ; petals elliptical ; pods very slender, 

 smooth ; leaves sinuated, scabrous from stellate hairs ; stem 

 branched. Q. H. Native of Syria and near Alexandria. 

 Flowers small, purplish. 



Pygmy Rocket. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1828. PL 2 or 3 inches. 



16 H. PULCHE'LLA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 455.) pedicels longer 

 than the calyx ; petals obovate ; leaves almost all radical, bluntly 

 pinnatifid, smoothish ; scapes numerous, scarcely longer than 

 the leaves. Q. H. Native of the Levant (Greece or Syria). 



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