THE CRUCIFORM FAMILY. 65 



Aye, mantling o'er each nameless mound, 

 Thy small green foliage clothes the ground, 



And thy white blossoms wave ; 

 Wet, with the late descending shower, 

 Beneath the yew's funereal bower 

 And mourners, at the evening hour, 

 Behold and bless the gentle flower, 



That decks the lov'd one's grave." 



A. STRICKLAND, (adapted.) 



III. TRIBE. (Thlaspidese.) Pouch compressed with the 

 dissepiment very narrow, in the narrowest diameter : valves 

 keeled or winged. 



CANDY- TUFT (Iberis amara) is the only plant in 

 this tribe, familiar to you probably ; and that, is sup- 

 posed to have been introduced into our corn-fields with 

 corn seed. Its name is from Iberia, (Spain,) where 

 many of the genus grow. The Petals being of unequal 

 size, and the flowers, collected in such close heads, 

 give it a different appearance from most cruciform 

 flowers but if you examine the flower you will see 

 that it has four separate Petals, six Stamens, and its 

 Fruit is a Pouch ; therefore it belongs to this family. 

 Its name Amara, signifies that it is very bitter. 

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