254 CRUCIFER^E. LXXXVII. ERUCA. LXXXVIII. VELLA. LXXXIX. BOLECM. XC. CARRICHTERA. XCI. SUCCOWIA." 



few of the strongest plants of the spring sowing to come into 

 flower. Any of the above varieties will answer. 



Garden, or Cultivated Rocket. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1573. 

 PI. rambling, either erect or prostrate, from .J. to 2 feet high. 



2 E. HISPIDA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 638.) leaves lyrately-pinnate- 

 parted, with toothed lobes, of which the terminal one is very 

 blunt ; stem hispid ; pedicels longer than the deciduous calyx. 

 O- H. Native of Naples, in the fields of Lucania. Brassica 

 hispida, Tenor, cat. app. hort. nap. p. 59. Stem beset with long, 

 stiff, spreading hairs. Flowers white, veined with brown. 



Hispid Garden Rocket. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 | to 1 foot. 



3 E. VESICA'RIA (Cav. ex Lag. D. C. syst. 2. p. 638.) leaves 

 pinnatifid, with acute almost entire lobes ; stem hairy ; calyx 

 permanent, somewhat bladdery. O- H. Native of Spain, in 

 corn-fields, and on the tops of the mountains of Leon. The 

 leaves are more elongated than in E, saliva, and the terminal 

 lobe is hardly larger than the lateral ones. 



Var. a, albtflbra (D. C. 1. c.) flowers white, lined with black. 

 Brassica vesicaria, Asso. syn. arrag. 88. t. 4. Native of Syria, 

 about Aleppo, and of Spain, in Arragon. 



Var. ft, flaviflbra (D. C. 1. c.) flowers yellow, lined with 

 black. Brassica vesicaria, Lin. spec. 933. Native nearly 

 throughout the whole of Spain, in corn-fields. 



Bladdery-calyxed Garden Rocket. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. to 1 foot. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border, and the plants afterwards treated as other hardy 

 annuals. 



Tribe XIII. 



VE'LLE^E (plants agreeing with V'ella in important cha- 

 racters) or ORTHOPLO'CEjE (see sub-order III.) LATI- 

 SE'PT^E (from latus, broad, and septum, a partition ; dissepi- 

 ment broad,) D. C. syst. 2. p. 639. prod. 1. p. 223. Silicle 

 with concave valves opening longitudinally, and with an ellip- 

 tical dissepiment (f. 47. c.). Seeds globose. Cotyledons folded 

 together (f. 45. j./.). 



LXXXVIII. VE'LLA (latinized from Velar, the Celtic name 

 of the Cress.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 639. prod. 1. p. 223. Veils, spe. 

 Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculbsa. Larger stamens con- 

 nate. Style ovate, tongue-shaped, flat, at the end of the silicic. 

 An erect branched hispid shrub. Leaves alternate, obovate, 

 entire, rough with hairs. Racemes erect, elongated ; pedicels 

 very short, lower ones generally bracteate, the rest naked. 

 Flowers yellow, and are as well as the pods erect. 



1 V. PSEUDOCY'TISVJS (Lin. spec. 895.) f? . F. Native of 

 Spain on gypsaceous hills about Aranjuez, Lam. ill. 555. f. 2. 

 Cav. icon. 1. p. 32. t. 42. Vella integrifolia, Sal. prod. 265. 

 Lob. obs. 505. f. 1. icon. 2. p. 49. f. 1. I. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 

 374. f. 2. Petals yellow, with long dark purple claws. Larger 

 stamens perfectly connate by pairs. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



False-Cytisus or Cress-rocket. FL April, May. Clt. 1759. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. This shrub, although generally kept as a green-house 

 plant, is hardy enough to live through the winter in a dry warm 

 south border. Young cuttings will strike root if planted in sand, 

 under a hand-glass. 



LXXXIX. BO'LEUM (from /3wXo f , bolos, a bowl ; in allu- 

 sion to the form of the valves of the pods,?) Desv. journ. bot. 3. 

 p. 163. t. 26. D. C. syst. 2. p. 640. prod. 1. p. 223. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Larger stamens con- 

 nate by pairs. Style slender, beak-shaped, somewhat conical 



at the end of the silicle. A suffruticose, erect, branched plant, 

 hispid from stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong, linear ; lower 

 ones somewhat divided. Racemes erect, elongated ; pedicels 

 very short, lower ones bracteate. Flowers yellow, and are as 

 well as the pods erect. Perhaps not sufficiently distinct from 

 vella, 



1 B. A'SPERUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163 and 175. t. 6.) 

 Tj . H. Native of Spain in rugged places ; in Arragon between 

 Villa Franca and Lerida ; in Granada on mount Sierra-Nevada. 

 Vella aspera, Pers. ench. 2. p. 185. Stems twisted. Petals 

 cream-coloured or whitish. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. 



Rough Boleum. Fl. April, May. PL -| to 1 foot. 



Cult. This pretty little shrub will answer well for ornament- 

 ing rock-work. Cuttings will root freely if planted under a 

 hand-glass, but if it ripen seed freely, this will be unnecessary. 



XC. CARRICHTE'RA (probably without meaning.) D. C. 

 syst. 2. p. 641. prod. 1. p. 224. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Stamens all free. Style 

 ovate, flat, leafy (f. 47. c.). An annual erect, branched, smooth, 

 or somewhat hairy herb. Stems round. Leaves pinnate-parted, 

 with linear toothed or deeply pinnatifid lobes. Racemes opposite 

 the leaves, erect, elongated ; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers 

 small, cream-coloured, streaked with purple. Pods pendulous 

 from the inflexed pedicels. 



1 C. VE'LM; (D. C. syst. 2. p. 642.) 0. H. Native in 

 sandy and waste fields, and along way and wall sides, in Spain, 

 Balearic Islands, Mauritania, Sicily, Greece, and Syria. It is 

 also said to have been found in England on Salisbury plains near 

 Stonehenge, but it has never been met with since. Vella annua, 

 Lin. spec. 895. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 886. t. 141. Lam. ill. t. 555. 

 f. 1. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1442. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1759. t. 

 178. Seeds 4 in each cell. M. De Candolle remarks, that 

 the seeds become covered with a glutinous exudation on being 

 immersed in warm water. The whole herb is acrid and pungent 

 to the taste. 



Annual CYe&s-rocket. Fl. Feb. March in gardens. Ju. July. 

 Britain. PL i foot. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 

 open ground or on rock-work. A light sandy soil suits it best. 



XCI. SUCCO V WI A (in honour of Professor Suckow, a bota- 

 nist of Heidelberg.) Medik. gen. pi. 1. p. 64. t. 1. f. 9. D. C. 

 syst. 2. p. 642. prod. 1. p. 224. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Stamens all free. Style 

 slender, conical. Valves of silicle echinated. An annual erect, 

 branched, smooth herb. Stems round. Leaves pinnate-parted, 

 with linear-toothed or cut lobes. Racemes opposite the leaves, 

 erect, elongated ; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers yellow- 

 Pods erect. Seeds solitary in the cells. 



1 S. BALEA'RICA (Medik. in Ust. new. ann. 1. p. 41.) Q. H. 

 Native of the Balearic Islands, Teneriffe, also in Sicily about 

 Palermo. Bunias Balearica, Lin. mant. 429. Jacq. vind. 144. 

 Gouan. ill. 45. t. 20. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1919. t. 189. 

 Myagrum Balearicum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 571. Biscutella Balea- 

 rica, Lher. diss. cak. ined. p. 10. Seeds pendulous, globose, 

 somewhat spotted, solitary in each cell. 



Balearic Succowia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1781. PL foot. 



Cult. The seeds of this pretty little annual only require to 

 be sown in the open ground or on rock-work. A light sandy soil 

 suits it best. 



XCII. SAVI'GNYA (in honour of M. Savigny, a profound 

 entymologist, and who also collected numerous plants in Egypt.) 

 D. C. syst. 2. p. 283. prod. 1. p. 157. 



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

 tical, with flat valves. Funicles short, free. Calyx equal at the 

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