7. RESEDACEJ3. 8. CISTACE^E. 41 



2. R. marit'imus (Sm.) ; pods moniliform longer than the 

 short beak with thick ribs, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate. 

 Sy. E. B. 82. Root thick. Lobes of 1. usually so close as 

 to overlap each other. Pet. yellow. Sea-coast in South and 

 West, rare. B. ? VI. VIII. Sea-Radish. E.S.I. 



Order VII. KESEDACE^E. 



Sep. 4 8, persistent. Cor. irregular, pet. 4 8 entire or 

 deeply cut. Stam. many, filaments variously united, inserted 

 on a glandular irregular 1 -sided hypogynous disk. Ovary 3- or 

 6-lobed, 1-celled, with 3 or 6 parietal many-seeded placentas ; 

 or of several 1-celled carpels. Fruit opening nearly at the end. 

 Stip. 0? 



1. RESEDA. Cal. many-parted. Pet. entire or variously cut, 

 unequal. Stam. many. Fruit of one cell opening at the 

 top. Styles 36. 



1. E/ESE'DA Linn. Mignonette. 



1. R. lutea (L.) ; sep. 6 linear, pet. very unequal, ped. longer 

 than the cal., 1. Z-deft or pinnatifidE. B. 321. R. ii. 100. 

 St. 2 feet high, branched, smooth. L. very variable. Two 

 upper pet. with two wing-like lobes, lateral pet. with a single 

 wing, lower ones nearly entire. Fl. yellow. Fr. oblong, wrinkled. 

 Waste chalky and limestone places. B. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



J2. R. suffruticul6sa (L.) ; sep. 5 linear-lanceolate, pet. 5- 

 nearly equal 3-fid longer than the calyx, ped. shorter than the 

 cal., /. all pinnatifid, segments linear acute sometimes wavy. 

 E. B. S. 2628. R. ii. 101. St. 1^2 feet high, rather shrubby 

 below. Fl. white. Fr. oblong, wrinkled. Sometimes there 

 are 6 sep. and pet., when it is R. alba (L.). Waste sandy places 

 near the sea, rare. B. or P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. R. Luteola (L.) ; sep. 4, pet. 4 or 5 very unequal longer 

 than the calyx, /. long-lanceolate undivided. E. B. 320. R. ii. 

 J)9. St. 2 feet high. Pet. usually 4, upper one 3-, 4-, or 6-cleft, 

 2 lateral 3-cleft, segments linear, lower one (or two) linear 

 entire. Fr. broad, depressed. Waste places, particularly on 

 chalk or limestone. B. VII. VIII. Weld. E. S. I. 



Order VIII. CISTACE^. 



Sep. 5, two outer smaller sometimes wanting, 3 inner twisted 

 in the bud. Pet. 5 ; crumpled and twisted in tne bud the con- 



