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late Miss Hutchins, of Bantrj, Ireland, who explored most suc- 

 cessfully the Botan-y of her native country, and added many 

 new species to its Cryptogamia. 



1. H. petrcB'a Br. (Rock H.)\ leaves pinnate, segments entire, 

 petals scarcely longer than the calyx, pouch obtuse at both ex- 

 tremities, stigma sessile. Lepidium E. B. t. 111. 



Limestone rocks ; west of England, and Wales, and Yorkshire. 

 Wall of Eltham churchyard, Kent, probably introduced. ©. 3—5. 



2 4 inches high. This genus has the fouch of a Teesdalia, but 



the"' stamens of Thlaspi: the British species has the appearance of the 

 former ; while most foreign ones, if they really belong to the genus, 

 have that of the latter. 



15. Teesdalia Br. Teesdalia. 



Pouch emarginate; the valves keeled; the cells 2-seeded. 

 Filaments having a little scale within at the base.— Named in 

 honour of Mr. Rolert Teesdale, a Yorkshire botanist. 



petals unequal. 



4 — 5, — Leaves 



1. T. nudicaidis Br. (naked 

 Iberis E. -B. t. 327. 



Sandy and gravelly banks In many places. ©. ^ 



almost entirely radical, lyrato-pinnatifid. Steyns 2—4 niches high, 

 with sometimes 1—2 small entire or cut leaves. Flowers white, two 

 of the petals nearly three times longer than the other two. 



16. Iberis Linn. Candy-tuft. 



PowcA emarginate ; t?aZu^5 keeled and winged ; ceZZ^ 1- seeded. 

 Petals unequal. — Named from Iberia, or Spain, where many 

 of the species grow. 



1. I. ""amdra L. (hitter C.); herbaceous leaves lanceolate 

 acute somewhat toothed glabrous, flowers racemose, pouch or- 

 bicular with a narrow notch. -B. B. t. 52. 



Chalky fields, rare, but either the outcast from gardens or mtro- 

 duced with seed-corn; now not unfrequent in Oxfordshire and Berk- 

 shire. 



0. 7. 



variable in their toothing, 

 bitter. 



Stems spreading, often a foot high. Leaves very 



Whole plant, as its name unports, very 



Tribe IV. Cakiline^. Fruit witliout valves or a dissepiment, 

 jointed, each joint with one or more seeds, all hut the upper one 

 often abortive. " " ^ ^ 



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(Gen. 17.) 







17. Cakile Goirf. Sea-Rocket. 

 T^mY short, angular, of 2, 1-seeded indehiscent joints; the 

 upper joint deciduous bearing an upright sessile jeed. the 

 lower one with an abortive or pendulous seed.— 



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