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46. COCHLEARIA. 



6.. ofiBcinalis. Silicle globose, hai-dly veined. 

 Root L. subrotuudo-cordate. Stem L. rhombo- 

 ovate, dentate-angular ; uppennost amplexi- 

 caul. a. 5, 6. Sea-shore and mns. m. and 

 n. Em-. 



/3. grcenlandica. Silicle as long as stalk. L. 

 cordate ; upper pentagonal. 



7. pyrenaica. Silicle obovato-globose, as 

 long as stalk. Root L. cordato-renifoinn, en- 

 tire. Stem L. few, dentate ; uppennost sessile. 

 "Differs fram Sp. 6 chiefly in having almost 

 all the L. reniformr — Koch. b. 6. Very 

 high. Pyi-. Marienzell, Sty. 



8. danica. Silicle as long as stalk. Nearly 

 all the L. stalked. Root L. cordate. Stem L. 

 with 3-5 angles ; uppennost ovato-hastate. 

 a. 5, 6. Sea-coast, n. Eur. 



47. VESICARIA. 



1 . utricTilata. Calyx with two sacks. L. 

 oblong, quite entire, smooth ; lowennost ciliate, 

 somewhat spatulate. sS. 3-5. Cole, rocks. 

 Bm'g. Dauph. Berne. Vail. Pdm. 



2. sinuata. Sepals alike, spreading. L. 

 velvety, oblong, entire, or sinuato-dentate. 

 Stem herbaceous, p. 5, 6 

 Fiume. Not in Bertoloni. 



48. PARSETIA. 



1. clypeata. Herbaceous, erect. L. oblong, 

 repand. Silicle flat, velvety. Stigma capi- 

 tate, b. 4. Stony hills. Mtp. Nice. Verona. 

 Abruzzi. Sic. 



49. AUBRIETIA. 



1. deltoidea. L. obovato-cuneate, nearly 

 entii'c. Flower-stalk longer than calyx. Style 

 oblique, p. 4, 5. Bocky hills. Abruzzi. 

 Mte. Gai'gano. Nebrodes. 



2. ColumnEe. " L. obovato-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, fringed with long, simple or forked hairs. 

 Sihcle crowned mth a straight style as long or 

 longer than itself, p. 5, 6. MajeUa. Morone." 

 — Bert. 



50. BERTEROA. 



1. incana. Silicle downy at first, somewhat 

 ventricose. p. 5-10. TJncult. Vosges, rare. 

 Prov. Ger. Rhine. Pdm. 



2. obliqua. Silicle downy, elliptic, flat. 

 p. 6, 7. TJ7icult. s. It. 



Mte. Gargano. 



51. ALYSSUM. 



A. Shorter Stamens with an ohtiise tooth-like 

 callus at base. Flower yellow. Silicle 

 smooth. Seeds margined. 



1. saxatile. Stem shrubby at base. Silicle 

 obovato-orbicular, swelling in the middle. 

 Seeds 4. L. oblong, attenuate, entire, hoaiy, 

 with soft down. p. 4-7. Open hills. SU. 

 Eranconia. 



2. orientale. Stem shrubby at base, erect. 

 SiUcle oblately-suborbicular, slightly emargi- 

 nate. Rac. compound, panicled. Lower L. obo- 

 vato-lanceolate, repand, or laciniate. w. 8, 4. 

 Rocks. Luc. Cal. 



8. medium. Somewhat shnibby. Fr. in a 

 lengthened Rac. Silicle ovato-orbicular, swell- 

 ing in the middle. Seeds 8. L. of shoots ob- 

 long, attenuate, softly downy, p. 5, 6. Calc. 

 hills. Carinthia. Carniola. 



4. gemouense. Stem slirubby at base. Fr. 

 in a lengthened Rac. Silicle nearly circular, 

 sweUing in the middle. Seeds 4. L. lanceo- 

 late, nearly entire, hoaiy, velvety, p. Walls. 

 Sty. Carinthia. 



B. Shorter Stamens with a wing-like append- 

 age at base. Flower yellow. 

 i. Seeds 2, their sialics free. 



5. argenteuxu. Stem hoaiy, mth stellate 

 hairs. Rac. corymbose. Silicle ovato-orbicu- 

 lar, hairy, with broad border. L. oblongo-patu- 

 late, sUveiy. p. 0^e?^ rocks. Pdm. Verviers. 



6. corsicum. Stem somewhat shrubby at 

 base, hairless, very branched. Lower L. ovato- 

 spatulate, silvery on both sides. Silicle circular, 

 smooth, and shining. Seeds hardly bordered. 

 p. 5, 6. Bastia. 



7. alpestre. Stem somewhat shnibby at 

 base, diffuse, hoary. Rac. simple, coiymbose. 

 snide obovato-oblong, swelling in the middle. 

 Seeds wath a naiTow border on one side. L. 

 obovate, hoary, p. 7, 8. High exposed rocks. 

 Nicolaithal. Vail. rare. 



8. nebrodense. " Hoaiy, with stellate 

 bail's. SUicle elliptic and obovate. Valves 

 flat, longer than the slender styles. Stani. 

 toothed. Pet. entire. Rac. corymbose. Root 

 L. in rosettes ; these and lower L. subrotimdo- 

 cuneate ; upper obovato-spatulate. Stems some- 

 what shnibby, diflnse, and ascending, ■w. 5, 6. 

 High stony pastures. Madonie. Differs from 

 A. alpestre by its compound Rac, the shape of 

 its silicles, and in having L. hoary on both 

 sides." — Guss. 



