VOL. II.] MUSTARD FAMILY. 



i. Alyssum alyssoides (I,.) Gouan. Yellow 

 or Small Alyssum. (Fig. 1787.) 



Clypeola alyssoides L- Sp. PI. 652. 1753. 



Alyssum alyssoides Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 321. 1762. 



Alyssum calycinum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 908. 1763. 



Densely stellate-pubescent, erect, simple, or branching 

 from the base, tufted, s'-io' high. Leaves linear-oblong or 

 spatulate, narrowed at the base, obtuse, entire, Z ff -i$ ff 

 long, the lower somewhat petioled; flowers yellowish- 

 white, i /x broad; pedicels spreading or ascending, 2" long 

 in fruit; pods orbicular, i^ x/ in diameter, margined, mi- 

 nutely pubescent, notched at the apex, tipped with the mi- 

 nute style; sepals persisting around the base of the pod; 

 seeds 2 in each cell; filaments of the shorter stamens 

 minutely toothed at the base. 



In fields, Ontario to southeastern New York, New Jersey < 

 Iowa, and in ballast about the seaports. Also in the Far W< 

 Naturalized or adventive from Europe. Summer. 



and 

 est. 



35. KONIGA* Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 420. 1763. 



[LOBULARIA Desv. Journ. Bot. 3: 172. 1813.] 



Perennial herbs or shrubs, pubescent or canesceut with forked hairs, with entire leaves, 

 and small white flowers in terminal racemes. Petals obovate, entire. Filaments slender, 

 not toothed, but with two small glands at the base. Silicic compressed, oval or orbicular. 

 Seeds i in each cell. Cotyledons accutnbent. [Name in honor of Charles Konig, a curator 

 of the British Museum.] 



About 4 species, natives of the Mediterranean region. 



i. Koniga maritima (I,.) R. Br. 



Sweet Alyssum. Seaside 



Koniga. (Fig. 1788.) 



Clyfteola maritima L. Sp. PI. 652. 1753- 

 Alyssum maritimum Lam. Encycl. 1:98. 1783. 

 Koniga maritima R. Br. in Denh. & Clapp, 

 Narr. Exp. Afric. 214. 1826. 



Procumbent or ascending, freely branch- 

 ing, 4 / -i2 / high, minutely pubescent with 

 appressed hairs. Stem-leaves nearly sessile, 

 lanceolate or linear, X /-2/ l n g> i // -2^ // 

 wide; basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed 

 into a petiole; flowers white, fragrant, about 

 2" broad; pedicels ascending, 3 // ~4'' / long in 

 fruit; pods glabrous, pointed, oval or nearly 

 orbicular, i // -i^ // long; calyx deciduous; 

 stamens not appendaged. 



In waste places, occasional. Escaped from 

 gardens. Adventive from Europe. Summer. 



36. BERTEROA DC. Mem. Mus. Paris, 7: 232. 1821. 



Annual or perennial herbs, pubescent or canescent with forked hairs, the leaves mostly 

 narrow and entire, and the flowers white or yellow in terminal racemes. Petals 2-cleft. 

 Filaments 2-toothed at the base. Silicles oblong or subglobose, little compressed. Seeds 

 several in each cell; cotyledons accumbent. [In honor of C. G. Bertero, a botanist of Pied- 

 mont, 1739-1831.] 



About 5 species, natives of Europe and Asia. 



* Originally spelled Konig. Latinized by R. Brown in 1826. 



