682 426. Matthiola. 80. CRUCIFER^. P/. ex. thai 



Herb woolly, hairs stellate, entangled; stem branched; 

 leaves blunt; flowers light violet, odoriferous in the ewen- 

 mg; petals notched; stigma 4-cut; seeds margined. 



X. 427. HESPERIS. Pliny. Dames-violet. 



Siliqucc 'h-sided or 2-edged; 5//o'W2a nearly sessile, Jobes 

 Gonnivent; cotyledons incumbent, ilat; calyx close. 



Hesperis inodora. Scentless dames-violet. 



Petal-limb reverse-ovate ; siliquce upright, torose, edges 

 plain. 



Hesperis sylvestris inodora, Dillen in Rail Syn. 293, !. 



Hesperis Pannonica inodora, Park. QiS, descr. 1G82, fig. 



Viol.i inatronaiis flore purpureo, sive albn, Ger, em. 462, 1. 



Hesperis niatronalis, Lin. S. P. 9il. 



Hesperis inodora, Lin. S. P. 929. 



Damask violets. Winter gilliflowers. Rogues' gilUJlowers. Close sciences. 



Pastures and rivulets; perennial; May and June. 



Stem branched above, hairs simple or forked ; leaves 

 rough, woolly on both sides ; jlowers large, purplish red ; 

 peduncles expanded. 



B. Siliquce long, 2-valved, 1 -celled, beaked; cotyledons 

 conduplicate ;j^o/rer5 mostly yellow; nectariferous glands 4. 



XL 428. BRASSICA. Pliny. Coleiuort. 



SiliqucB 2-valved, beaked ; beak barren or 1-seeded; coty- 

 ledons conduplicate; calyx closed. 



1. Brassica macrorhiza. Lovg-rooted colewort. 



Root fusiform, stemforming; leaves smooth; upper leaves 

 heartshaped, lanceolate, embracing the stem ; lower leaves 

 lyrate. 



Napus sylvestris, Raii Syn. 295, 1. 

 Bunias sylvestris Lobelii, Ger. f»!. 235, 2. 

 Bunias seu Napus sylvestris nostras, Park. 865. 

 I'rassica Napus, Lin. S. P. 931. 

 Brassica gongjlodes. Miller Diet. 

 Wild navew. Wild rape. 



Corn-fields and hedges ; biennial ; May. 



Stem branched, bald ; leaves glaucous, especially beneath ; 

 upper leaves scarcely cut, much spread; pe/a/i gold-yellow ; 

 siliquce- spreading; beak angular. 



|3. sativa. Root thick. 



Bunias, Ger. em. 235, 1. 



Napus salivus. Park. Par. 507. 



Rapa Napus, Miller Diet. 



Navew gentle. French turnep, Colsa. Mowing cabbage. Rape. 



