6 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



I. MATTHIOLA. 



1. M. Incana (Stock). Stem one to two feet high, shrubby at 

 the base, erect, branched ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, hoary, entu'e. 

 Flowers in racemes ; sejoals erect, with two pouches at the base ; 

 petals with long claws ; pod three inches long, quarter inch broad, 

 roundish, terminating in the thickened lobes of the stigma. Dis- 

 tribution, Europe ; habitat seaside frequent. Flowers large, one 

 to two inches, purple ; JMay. Also cultivated in gardens together 

 with the double-flowered variety (M. Incana var : multiplex). 



II. SISYMBRItM. 



1. S. officinale (Wild mustard). Annual. Stem one to two feet, 

 erect, branched, hairy ; leaves toothed backwards, upper ones hal- 

 bert -shaped, hairy; sepals erect, equal at base; pods in long, 

 spreading, leafless racemes, narrow awl-shaped and pressed to the 

 stem on short, thick stalks. Seeds numerous ; one seriate. Distri- 

 bution, Europe and the United States ; habitat roadsides and waste 

 ground. Flowers small, one -tenth of an inch, yellow ; May. 



III. SINAPIS. 



1. S. nigra (Mustard). Annual. Stem two or four feet, rigid, 

 branched, glabrous ; lower leaves lyre-shaped, the terminal lobe 

 much the largest, toothed ; stem leaves stalked, lance-shaped, 

 entire. Flowers in long racemes ; sepals coloured equal at base, 

 spreading; petals with long claws; pods awl-shaped, smooth, 

 four-cornered, appressed to the stem. Distribution, Europe, in- 

 troduced into United States ; habitat fields, occasionally cultivated 

 as a vegetable. Flowers, bright yellow, half-inch in diameter ; 

 May to June. 



2. tS. arcensis (Charlock). Annual. Stem one to two feet, erect, 

 branched, hairy ; leaves all lyre-shaped, pinnatifid or toothed. 

 Flowers in racemes ; sepals spreading ; pods one and a half to two 

 inches, many angled, three times as long as tlie compressed two- 

 edged beak, on spreading stalks. Distribution. ! rope, introduced 

 into United States ; habitat fields, also cultivatt Flowers, bright 

 yellow, one-half to three-quarters of an inch ; ch to June. 



]{. Pod not much longer than broad, opening thru •jut its length, not 

 compressed at right angles to its division. 



IV. ALYSSUM. 



1. A. maritimum. Annual. Covered mth apprised hairs ; stems 

 one-half to one foot in length, half shrubby at tlic base, ascending; 

 leaves somewhat hoary, narrow, acute, one to two inches long, 

 one- sixth of an inch broad. Racemes lengthening in fruit ; sepals 

 deciduous ; petals obovate ; flower stalks slender and spreading, 

 one-quarter of an inch long ; pods nearly round, two- seeded, ter- 

 minating in the slender style. Distribution, Britain ; habitat road- 

 sides, near the sea. Flowers, small, white, sweetly odorous ; No- 

 vember to January. 



c. Pod short, much compressed at right angles to its division, which is 

 hence very narrow. 



