22 6. CRUCIFEE.E. 



f5. F. densi-flora (DC.) : sep. large roundish dentate broader 

 than the eor.-tube, fr. subglobose subapiculate, bracts longer 

 than the fr.-stalks, Its. linear channelled. F. micrantha Lag. 

 E. B. S. 2876. St. branched, diffuse. Pet, pale purple. Fr. 

 rather longer than broad. Fields. A. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



6. F. parviflora (Lam.) ; sep. minute ovate acute cut, fruit- 

 stalk shorter than the obovate pointed fr. and equalling the bract, 

 Its. linear channelled. E. B. 590. R. iii. L Foliage yellow- 

 ish green glaucous. Lts. ascending. Fl. whitish, afterwards 

 pale purple. Fields in Kent, Essex, Camb. [&c. ]. A. VI. IX. 



E. 



7. F. Vaillan'tii (Lois.) ; sep. very minute triangular, fr.-st. 

 longer than the obovate pointed fr. and twice as long as the 

 bract, Its, narrow flat. E. JB. S. 2877. R. iii. 1. Foliage 

 greyish green glaucous. Lts. spreading. Fl. purplish, after- 

 wards whitish. Fields in the South and East, rare. A. VI. 

 IX. E. 



Order VI. CEUCIFEE^l. 



Sep. 4. Cor. cruciform, of 4 petals. Stam. 6, tetradynamous ; 

 2 shorter opposite the lateral sepals. Ovary free, with marginal 

 placentas connected by a false septum. Stigmas 2, opposite to 

 the placentas (or, rather, alternate with them, lobed and com- 

 bining). Fruit a 2-celled and 2-valved caps, (or pod), the 

 valves opposite the shorter stamens, deciduous from the pla- 

 centas. Stipules 0. 



Suborder I. SILIQUOS^S. 



Pod (silique) long, not dividing transversely, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, opening by 2 valves throughout ; dissepiment narrow, 

 but in the broadest diameter of the pod. 



Tribe I. ARABIDE^E. Cotyledons accumbent (radicle late- 

 ral), seed compressed. 



* Stigma 2-lobed. 



1. MATTHIOLA. Pod round or compressed. Lobes of stig. 

 erect gibbous or horned at the back. 



2. CHEIRANTHUS. Pod compressed or 2-edged. icith an ele- 

 vated longitudinal rib upon each calve. Lobes of stig. patent. 

 Seeds in a single row in each cell. 



