CRUCIFERZ. 197 
punctured, surrounded by a pale narrow wing. Plant having a 
greyish or whitish tint from the close white stellate pubescence. 
Calycine Alyssum, Large-calyxed Madwort. 
French, Alysson @ Calices Persistans. German, Kelchfriichtiges Schildkraut. 
Suzn-Grenus II1.—LOBULARIA. Desv. 
Petals obovate, entire. Filaments without appendages. Pod 
ovoid, compressed. Cells 1- to 6-seeded. 
SPECIES IL—ALYSSUM MARITIMUM. Lamarck. 
Puate CXL.* 
Koniga maritima, Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. II. Zetr. Tab. XVIII. Fig. 4266. 
Alyssum maritimum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1729; and Brit. Fl. Vol. III. p. 162. Benth. 
Handbook Brit. Fl. p.94. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 118. 
Lobularia maritima, Desv. Journ. Bot. Vol. III. p. 162. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. et Helv. 
ed. ii. p. 65. 
Koniga maritima, 2. Brown. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 29. Hook. & Arn. Brit. 
Fl. ed. viii. p. 30. 
Glyce maritima, Lindley, Syn. Brit. Fl. p. 26. 
Whole plant covered with adpressed bipartite hairs, resembling 
simple hairs attached by their middle. Calyx not persistent. 
Petals spatulate, with a sub-orbicular entire limb. Filaments all 
without wings or processes. Pod globular-ovoid, a little attenuated 
towards the base, acute at the tip; style about a quarter as long 
as the pod; valves slightly convex, with a dorsal nerve. Raceme 
slightly elongated in fruit. Pedicels spreading, twice or thrice the 
length of the pod. 
On walls and waste places near the sea, but only where it has 
escaped from cultivation. I have seen specimens from Budleigh 
Salterton, Boweysand, and Stonehouse, Devonshire ; Weston-super- 
Mare, Somerset; Folkestone, Kent; Felixtowe, Suffolk ; Darsley, 
Gloucester; Montrose Links, Forfarshire; and it has been also 
reported from several other places. 
[ England, Scotland]. Annual or Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 
Stem almost woody, dividing near the base into several 
branches, which are again branched, and from 4 to 12 inches long. 
Leaves scattered on the stem, sub-sessile, narrowly elliptical or 
* The Plate is E. B, 1729, unaltered. 
