3i8 DODECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Reseda. 



R. n. 1058. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 12. 



Luteola. Rail Sijn. 366. Ger. Em. 494./. 



L. herba, salicis folio. Baith. Pin. 100. 



Pseudostmthium. Matih. Valgr. v. 2. 643 f. Camer.Epit. 356. f. 



Dalech. Hist. 822./. 

 Antirrhinoii. Trag. Hist. 362. f. 

 /3. Luteola minima, polygalse folio. Dill, in Rail Syn. 367 ? 



In waste ground, especially on a chalky soil, as well as in fallow 

 fields, and on walls. 



/3. In corn-fields on Mount Ephraim, Tuiibridge Wells. Mr. Du 

 Bois. 



Annual. July. 



Root tapering. Stem wand-like, striated, leafy, somewhat branched, 

 smooth like the rest of the herb, 2 or 3 feet high. Leaves ses- 

 sile, of a darkish green, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, single- 

 ribbed, occasionally undulated ; frequently furnished with a 

 small tooth on each side at the base. Clusters terminal, erect, 

 many-flowered, dense, pointed. Bracteas small, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, solitary at the base of each short simple partial- 

 stalk. Flowers small, without much scent. Petals greenish 

 white, naturally 3 ; the uppermost variously lobed ; lateral ones 

 of 3 acute equal lobes ; but there are occasionally 2 small un- 

 divided petals at the base. Nectary green. Stam. numerous, 

 with yellow anthers. Styles 3. Caps, short, depressed. 



From the description of Du Bois in Ray's Synopsis, the variety ^ 

 might be suspected to be R. Sesamoides of Linneeus ; but it is ex- 

 presslv said not to belong to the genus Sesamoides of Tourne- 

 fort. 1 have seen no specimens. 



R. Luteola is rather foetid when bruised. It serves for dyeing wool 

 yellow, or, with indigo, green ; the v\-hole plant, when about 

 flowering, being boiled for that purpose. 



'-2. R. l/f/ea. Base Rocket. Wild Mignonette. 



Leaves deeply three-lobed ; lower ones pinnatifid. Calyx 

 in six divisions. 



R.lutea. Linn.Sp.Pl.6A'^. irdld.v.2.879. H. Br. 5\3. Engl. 



Bat. V. J. (. 321 . Hoolc. Scot. 147. Jacq. Austr. t. 353. Bull. 



Fr. t.28\. BcLuh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 467./, bad. Dalech. Hist. 



11 99./, not much better. 

 R. n. 105G. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 11. 

 R. vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 100. Rod Si/n. 366. 

 R. Plinii. Ger. Em. 277. /'. Lob. Ic. 222. f. 

 Base Dyer's Weed. Pet] H. Brit. t. 37./. 1 1 . 

 /3. Reseda crispa gallica. Bocc. Sic. 77\ ^ 41 ./. 3. Dill, in Raii 



Syn. 366. 



On chalky hills and waste places, abiindantly. 

 Annual, or, in mild winters, perennial. July, August, 



