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VI. CKUCiFEKiE: SiSYMBRIE^. 



iBesperis. 



old Arabic word. 



or 



genus 



maritima Willd. {jnirple S.) 



edged, the upper one with two teeth at the base, leaves fleshy 

 pinnatifid somewhat toothed. Bunia& Cakile X. ^ B. B. t. 23], 



Sandy sea-shores, frequent. 0. 6, 7. — Bushy; branches QrookQ^ 



and, as veell as the whole plant, succulent- Flowers purplish, rarely 



white. Fruit thick, fleshy, at length somewhat woody; the upper 



joint IS in reality the heak of the fruit, the pouek itself bt^in^ usually 

 abortive. ^ 



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Sub-Or». IL I^OTORRHIZEiE. Cotyledons incumbent (o 



Tribe V. Sisymbbie^. Pod elongated, with the valves convex 

 or keeled, dissepiment linear. Cot. oj|. (Gen, 18—21.) 



18. Hesperis Linn. Dame's Violet. 



Pod 4-sided or 2-edp^ed. Stigma nearly sessile ; the lohes 

 elliptical, connivent. Cal. erect. — Named from kG^r^poQ, the 

 evening ; at which time the flowers yield a powerful fragrance. 



1. H. matrondlis L. (common D.) ; stem erect, leaves ovato- 



lanceolate toothed, limb of the petals obovate, pods erect toru- 



lose their margins not thickened. H. inodora L. : E. B. t. 

 731. 



Hilly pastures, in several parts of Great Britain, but perhaps al- 

 ways escaped from cultivation. ©. 5—7. 



(Malcolmia maritima Br. has been found near Deal, Kent, by Miss 

 Harvey, and in Jersey by the late Dr. R. Graham, but in neither 

 place truly wild.) 



19. Sisymbrium Limi. Hedge-Mustard. 



Pod rounded or 6-angular; valves convex or 3-an^hd 

 3-nerved (rarely with the lateral nerves inconspicuous or want- 

 ing) Hypogynoiis glands none between the longer filaments. 



Seeds smooth, their stalks slender. _, 



spreading, equal at the base. — mmeT maviitpwv, given by the 



Stigma entire. Cat slightly 



ancients to several plants, one of which is supposed^'to be a kind 



of cress ; perhaps from aw, with, and l3pa>{xor,food, because so 

 eaten. 



^ 1. S. officinale L. (common H.) ; pods subulate pubescent 

 Ciose-pressed to the main stalk, leaves runcinate hairy, stem 

 hispid. Erysimum L. : E, B. t. 735. 



Waste places and by way-sides, plentiful. Q, 6, 7. 

 feet high, branched. The deep and cut serrate lobes are not always 

 sufficiently decurved to constitute a runcinate leaf; the terminal lobe 



One io two 



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