152 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
SPECIES I—-MATTHIOLA SINUATA. BR. Brown. 
Pratt CIV.* 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. II. Zetr. Tab. XLV. Fig. 4350, 
Cheiranthus sinuatus, Zinn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 462. 
Stem herbaceous. Lower leaves usually toothed, or pinnatifid 
with projecting lobes. Pods cylindrical-compressed, dotted with 
glands. Stigmatic lebes thickened on the outside, and projecting 
laterally into a tooth. Seeds roundish-oval, with the wing less than 
half the diameter of the cotyledons. 
On sandy seashores. Kare. It occurs on the coasts of Cornwall, 
Devon, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Merioneth, Carnarvon, Anglesea, 
and Flint. Very common in the Channel Islands. 
England, Ireland. Biennial. Summer. 
Stem 9 inches to 2 feet high, slightly branched at the upper 
part. Root leaves in a radical rosette, strap-shaped, attenuated at 
the base, with a few projecting teeth or lobes; stem leaves narrowly 
elliptical, the uppermost usually quite entire. Flowering raceme 
1 to 3 inches long. Flowers nearly 1 inch across, pale lilac, turn- 
ing pink or rose-colour when dried. Fruit pedicels about 3 inch 
long. Pods about 4 inches in length; replum translucent, with, 
2 nerves. Seeds longer than broad, very much compressed, sur- 
rounded by a membranous wing broadest at the top, where it is 
about one-third the diameter of the solid part of the seed. Whole 
plant hoary, the stem, leaves, pedicels, calices, and pods being 
thickly covered with a felt of white stellate hairs, amongst which 
small glands are interspersed. 
Sea Stock. 
French, Matthiole Sinuée. 
The plant has an alkaline bitter taste. The flowers give out a pleasant perfume 
in the evening, and from its hardy, handsome appearance, it forms a very desirable 
decoration for the gardens and boundaries of marine residences. 
SPECIES II—MATTHIOLA INCANA. R Brown. 
Pirate CV.t 
Reich. 1c. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. II. Vetr. Tab. XLV. Fig. 4854. 
Cheiranthus incana, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1935. 
* The Plate is E. B. 462, with seed added by Mr. J. E. Sowerby. 
+ The Plate is from a new drawing by Mr. J. E. Sowerby, made from a dried 
specimen from the Isle of Wight. 
