34^ TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



IBERIS. Ge?7. pL 804. 



Cor. irregularis, petalis duobus exteiioribus majori- 

 bus. Silicida polyfperma, emarginata. 

 nudicauUsi IBERIS herbacea, foliis finuatis, caule nudo fim- 

 plici. Sp. pi. 907. [Ger. em. 251./. 4. Moris, hiji. 

 f. 3. t. 19./. 5. Oed. Dan. /. 323 J 



RockCrefTes. Anglh. 



On fandy banl<s and in gravelly foils, but rare. 

 Sibbald. O. V. VI. 



The leaves grow flat upon the eartli, all round the 

 root: thev are deeply linuated with two or three 

 pair of oval acute lobes, with an odd rounder 

 and larger one at the end: the ftalks arife from 

 the centre of the leaves, unbranched, for the 

 mofl; part naked, and from two to four inches 

 high : the flowers are white, and grow in tufts 

 at the top of the fl:aiks : the fllicula is nearly 

 heart-fliap'd, and furrounded with a membrana- 

 ceous wing : each cell generally contains two 

 feeds. 



It is a neat little plant in its growth and appear- 

 ance, and is diftinguifhed irom the genus of 

 Thlafpi^ by having the tv/o exterior petals larger* 

 than the other two. 



SILIQUOSA. 



