336 TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



C L A S S I S XV. 



TETRADYNAMIA. 



SILICULOSA. 



MYAGRUM. Gen, pi y^)6. 

 Silicula itylo conico terminata ; loculo fiibmono- 

 Ipertno. 



Jaiivum*!. MYAGRUM filiculis obovatis pedunculatis poly- 



fpermis. Sp. pi. Sg/\.. {Ger, em. 273./. ^. Moris. 



hifl.f. 3. / 21./. I. ordinis medii ad dexlram, l^ 



/. 2. crdtnis inferior is.) 

 Gold of Pleaiurc. Aii^lis. 

 It is now and then found growing among flax, but 



was probably at firft imported. O . Vl. VII. 

 The llalk is a yard high, ere6t and branched : the 



leaves are fcffile, lanceolate and dented fparingly 



on the edges. 7"he flowers are yellow, and grow 



in Ipikes. 

 It is cultivated in Germany for the fake of the feeds, 



from which an oil is exprefs'd, made ufe of to 



burn in lamps &c. 

 It is faid that gcefe are very fond of the feeds. 



SUBULARIA. Gen. pi. 799. 

 Silicida Integra, ovata ; valvis ovatis, concavis, dif- 

 lepin:ento contrariis. Stylus ficula brevior. 



SUBULARIA. 



