ime 41 3. Reseda. 75. RESEDACEiE, IH. ex, thai. 



perisperm very thin or 0; corculum roundish, bent; coty- 

 ledons thick; radicle above. — Stem herbaceous; leaves not 

 cut or pinnatifid; Jiowers racemose, yellow or white, brac- 

 teated. 



414. RESEDA. Pliny. Dyers-weed. 



Calyx 4 or 6-cut; petals 4 or 6, lobed; upper petal with 

 a nectary at the bottom; siame7is 10 to 20, declinate. 



1. Reseda solid folia. Willow-leaved dyers-uOeed. 



Leaves lanceolate, waved, not cut ; calyx 4-cut ; stein 

 upright. 



Reseda q. Luteohi, Rail Syn. 366, 2. 

 Luteola, Ger. em. 494. 

 Luteola vulgaris, Park. 602. 

 Reseda Luteola, Lin. S. P. 643. 

 Y^ellow weed. IVitd weld. Dyers loeed, 



Waj'sides and walls, also cultivated on poor soils; an- 

 nual ; June and July. 



Iloot fusiform; stem stiff, branched ; leaves bald; spike 

 many-flowered, bracteated; middle petal 'i-cnt; side petals 

 entire or 3-cut ; nectary crenated. — Plant affords a yellow 

 dye much used; also used to make the yellow paint, called 

 Dutch pink : on rich soils the stem becomes hollow, and 

 contains less colouring matter. 



/3. polygalcefolia. Flowers %mSi\\; capsides slender,' three- 

 toothed. 



Reseda q.Xuteola minima polygilK folio Du Jiois, Dillen in MaiiSyn. 



367,2.* 



' 2. 'Reseda lutea. Yellow dyers' weed. 



Lower leaves pinnatifid, waved ; upper 3-cut ; calyx six- 

 parted; capsules oblong, triangular, truncated at the tip. 



Reseda vulgaris, Raii Syn. 366, 1. 



Reseda Plinii, Ger. em. 211, 1. 



Reseda minor, seu vul2;aris, Park.\Sfi5. 



Reseda lutea, Lin. S. P. 613. 



Base rocket, Italian rocket. TVild mignonette. 



Chalky fields and hills; annual; July and August. 



Root woody ; :>teim branched ; leaf-lobes channelled, bald; 

 jp^'i^e upright; petals 6^ variously lobed; nectary jagged ; 

 capsvles wrinkled. 



'^. crispa. Leaves curled. 

 Reaeda crispa Gallica, Raii Syn. 366,2.* 



