RESEDACE.&. I. RESEDA. II. OCHRADENUS. 



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Sweet-scented Mignonette. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1752 or 1739. 

 PI. diffuse. 



15 R. PHYTEU'MA (Lin. spec. 645.) leaves lanceolate, spatu- 

 late, upper ones sometimes a little divided ; calyx 5-parted, 

 spatulate, ciliated, much longer than the petals. Q. H. NaT 

 tive of France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and the Levant. 

 Jacq. aust. 2. t. 132. Plant decumbent, scabrous from short 

 bristles. Flowers with white petals, which are very finely 

 fringed, and yellow anthers. Capsules 3-toothed. 



Phyteuma Mignonette. Fl. May, Sept. Cl. 1752. PI. decumb. 



16 R. RAMOSI'SSIMA (Pour, in Willd. enum. p. 499.) leaves 

 linear, undivided, sometimes trifid ; stem erect, much branched ; 

 calyx 6-parted ; capsules obovate, 3-toothed. If. . H. Native 

 of Spain. R. recta, Lag. Flowers with white petals, which 

 are variously jagged, and yellow anthers. 



Much-branched Mignonette. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 2 ft. 



3. Leaves all trifid. Petals usually bifid or trifid, when the 

 last is the case the middle segment is very narrow, the lateral ones 

 always falcate. Torus much dilated on one side. 



17 R. SAXA'TILIS (Pour, in Willd. enum. p. 500.) leaves all 

 trifid ; segments linear, but those of the lower leaves are lan- 

 ceolate and wavy ; stem simple ; calyx 6-parted ; flowers pen- 

 dulous ; capsules erect, clavated, 3-to'othed ? $ . H. Native 

 of Spain. R. stricta, Pers. ench. 2. p. 10. Petals white, very 

 finely fringed or trifid ? Stem erect. 



Rock Mignonette. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



18 R. PRUINOSA (Delile, ill. aegypt. 15.) hispid and pruinose ; 

 leaves all trifid ; segments sometimes bifid, sometimes trifid, all 

 obtuse, lateral ones narrow, middle one broad and rounded at 

 the apex ; stem and leaves covered with pruinose papillae, most 

 evident towards the top ; calyx 6-parted ; petals bifid or trifid ; 

 capsules bluntly 3-toothed. 7. H. Native of Egypt. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Frosty Mignonette. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 foot. 



19 R. IX.VIGATA. ; leaves all trifid; segments linear or lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, upper ones finely ciliated or serrulated ; 

 stem much branched ; calyx 6-parted, linear. $ . H. Native 

 of Egypt. A smooth much-branched plant. Stem with a very 

 few minute bristles on the angles. Flowers yellow ; petals bifid 

 or trifid. Capsule bluntly 3-toothed. Leaves sometimes simple. 



Smoothed Mignonette. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1828. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



20 R. GRA'CILIS (Tenore, prod. app. fl. nap. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea 3. p. 1 00.) stem diffuse, much branched ; leaves all tri- 

 fid ; Segments linear, slender, intermediate one rarely bifid ; 

 capsules clavated, elongated, sharply tricuspidate. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Calabria and Lucania. Like R. lutea, but differs in the 

 stems being more branched, as well as in the leaves being all 

 trifid. It differs from R. saxatilis, in the stem being branched 

 and diffuse, not simple and straight. 



Slender Mignonette. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



21 R. LU'TEA (Lin. spec. 645.) smooth ; lower leaves pinna- 

 tifid, upper ones 3-parted ; segments narrow, entire, or wavy ; 

 calyx 6-parted; lower petals simple? capsule 3-toothed. . 

 or If. . H. Native of many parts of Europe, abundant in 

 Britain on chalky hills and waste places. Jacq. aust. t. 353. 

 Smith, eng. bot. t. 321. Flowers yellowish. Ray and Haller 

 remark, that this plant has an oleraceous taste resembling that 

 of cabbage. Petals bifid or trifid. 



Yellow Mignonette or Base Rocket. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



I 3. Leaves all pinnate or pinnatifid. Petals S-parted or 3- 

 lobed. 



22 R. UNDA'TA (Lin. spec. 644.) leaves- all pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, mucronate, waved, with scabrous mar- 



YOL. i. PART iv. 



gins ; racemes slender, spicate ; calyx 5-parted ; petals trifid ; 

 capsules 3-4-horned. $ . H. Native of Spain and Italy, and 

 other parts of the south of Europe. Barrel, icon. rar. 78. t. 588. 

 The leaves of this plant are sometimes interruptedly pinnate, the 

 intermediate leaflets much smaller than the others, and of a dif- 

 ferent form and more upright. The flowers are said to have 3- 

 4-5 styles ; the petals are white and the anthers are yellow. 

 Capsules large. 



Waved-leaved Mignonette. Fl. May, Sep. Clt. 1739. PI. 2 ft. 



23 R. PROPI'NQUA (R. Br. in append, to Clapp. and Denh. 

 trav.) this species comes near to R. undata. It is remarkable 

 in having the claws of all the petals simple ; that is, neither 

 dilated or thickened, nor having any process or appendage at the 

 point or union, with a trifid lamina, into which they gradually 

 pass. (R. Br. 1. c.) O ?H. Native near Tripoli and between 

 Tripoli and Mourzuk. Dr. Oudney. The remarkable structure 

 of the petals we think will be found in R. alba, undata, and 

 many others. 



Related Mignonette. PI. 1 to "2 feet. 



24 R. A'LBA (Lin. spec. 645.) leaves all pinnatifid ; segments lan- 

 ceolate, smooth, rarely waved ; racemes dense ; calyx 5-6-parted ; 

 petals S-lobed ; capsules 4-horned. $ . H. Native of the south 

 of Europe and north of Africa. R. fruticulosa, Jacq. icon. rar. 

 3. t. 474. The leaves are sometimes interruptedly pinnate, with 

 the intermediate ones smallest. Flowers in dense spikes, with 

 white petals and brownish anthers. Lob. icon. 222. In the 

 Fl. graec. R. dlba is figured with quinquefid petals ; we doubt 

 the correctness of this. 



'White Mignonette. Fl. May, Sep. Clt. 1596 or 1693. PI. 2 ft. 



25 R. FRUTICULOSA (Lin. spec. 645.) leaves interruptedly pin- 

 nate ; segments lanceolate, recurved, with scabrous margins ; 

 terminal segment large ; stem shrubby at the base ; calyx 5- 

 parted ; petals 3-lobed ; capsules 4-horned, with the horns 

 recurved. Tj 1- H. Native of Spain and Sicily. The racemes 

 are rather slender. The petals are white, and the anthers yel- 

 lowish. We suspect that this and the three preceding species are 

 only varieties. 



Small-*ArM% Mignonette. Fl. May, Sep. Clt. 1794. PI. 2 ft. 



26 R. BIPINNA'TA (Willd. enum. 500.) leaves bipinnatifid, very 

 scabrous ; stem suffruticose ; racemes densely spicate. >j . F. 

 Native of Spain on gypsaceous rocks near Aranjuez. Flowers 

 with white trifid petals and yellowish anthers. Very like R. dlba. 



Bipinnate-leaved Mignonette. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.1816. PI. 2 ft. 



27 R. MIRIOPHY'LLA (Tenore, fl. nap. app. prim. p. 28.) 

 leaves pinnate, with 12 pairs of segments, which are linear and 

 blunt, straight and approximate, entire, but the terminal one is 

 3-lobed; flowers tetragynous ; calyx 5-parted, erect. O- H. 

 Native of Naples. Flowers with white 3-parted? petals and 

 yellowish anthers. 



Thousand-leaved Mignonette. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



28 R. INCISA (Tenore, fl. nap. app. prim. p. 28.) leaves in- 

 terruptedly pinnate, with many pairs of segments ; these are 

 linear acute and cut, approximate ; flowers tetragynous ; calyx 

 5-parted, erect; petals 3-parted ? () H. Native of Naples. 

 Flowers with white petals and yellow anthers. 



Cut-leaved Mignonette. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



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

 the open ground, and the plants afterwards treated as other 

 hardy annuals and biennials. The suffruticose species require 

 shelter during winter ; these are either propagated by seeds or 

 cuttings. 



II. OCHRADE'NUS (from o x poc, ochros, yellow, and 

 aSriv, aden, a gland ; colour of the gland, or rather disk of the 

 flower.) Delile. ill. segypt. 15. 



