The 
BORE Tals 
HERBAL. a96 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root, but they are fmaller: they have no foot- 
ftalks; they are not at all dented at the edges, 
and they grow in little clufters from certain parts 
of the ftalks, leaving large naked fpaces between. 
The flowers ftand toward the tops; and they 
are large, and of a bright yellow: they are fup- 
ported fingly on long footftalks. 
The feed-veffel is large, of an oval inverted fi- 
gure, -and not at all comprefled, but on the con- 
trary {welled out: the feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and flowers 
in May. 
Alpinus calls it Lestcoinm luteum utriculato fe. 
mine. 5 : 
-3: Shrubby, prickly Alyffumi. 
Alyffum fpinofum fruticofum. 
The root is thick and fpreading. 
The ftalk is firm, woody, brown, and divided: 
into many branches. 
GE N 
The leaves grow on thefe in little clutters, two, 
three, or four together; and are fmall, narrow, 
and oblong: they have no footftalics ; they are 
not at all dented at the edges, and they are of a 
deep green. Among thefe there are difperfed a 
great many fharp and long thorns from. the old 
ftalks. : 
The flowers are fmall, and of a greenifh 
white: they ftand in clufters at the tops of the 
branches, 
_ The feed-veffels are fmall, and of 4 rounded 
fhape ; and each is terminated by a long point: 
The feeds are fall and brown. 
It is a native of Spain; and of other warm 
parts of Europe. - It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it. Thla/pi fruticofum Jpittofum. 
Others, Thla/pi [pinofum Hifpanicuin; and others, 
Leucoium Jpinojum. 
Us Il: 
Cin. PEO LA 
HE flower is compofed of four petals expanded crofs-ways: they are obldng and undivided, and 
have narrow bottoms longer than the cup. The cup is formed of four oblong leaves, which 
do not fall off with the flower, but remain with the feed-veffel. 
preffed, and dented at the extremity: the feeds are fmall and round. 
‘The feed-veffel is rounded; com- 
Linnzeus places this among the tetradynamia filicalofa ; the flower having four longer and two fliorter’ 
threads, and the feed-veffel being a regular filicule: 
1. Hoary Clypeola: 
~ Chpeola canefcens. 
~The root is long, lender, white, and furnifhed 
with a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are very {mall, and they quickly 
fade: they are fhort, broadeft in the middle, and 
pointed, at the end; and they-are of a greyith 
green, and hoary. ¢ ee, 
The ftalks rife in the centre of this little tuft, 
and ufually there are feveral together: thefe partly 
lean toward the ground, partly ftand upright ; 
and they are of a whitifh colour, and about five 
inches high. 
The leaves are very {mall, and have no foot- 
ftalks : they are of a whitifh colour, and are not 
at all indented at the-edges, but pointed at the 
ends. : 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are very fmall and yellow. 
The feed-veffels are round ; and they alfo ftand 
in little clufters, and make a fingular and very 
pretty appearance : the feeds are {mall and brown. 
It is common on barren grounds in the warmer 
parts of Europe, and flowets in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thlafpi clypeatum ferpylli 
folio, Columna, Jonthla/pi minimum lunatum. 
2. Long-leaved Clypeola: 
Chpeola folits longioribus acutis. 
The root is long and thick, and has a few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and have no 
footftalks : they are oblong; narrow, and fharp- 
pointed, not at all indented, and of a pale green, 
and fomewhat hoary. 
The ftalks are firm, round, of ‘a redifh co- 
Jour, not branched, and eight or ten inches 
high. 
The leaves 6n thefe are numerous, and placed 
itregularly : they are long; narrow, fharp-~ 
pointed, and of a greyifh green, foft to the 
touch, and a little hairy. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
are large and white. 
The feed-veffels are roundifh, but fomewhat 
approaching to oval: the feeds are {mall and 
blackifh. , 
It is frequent on the fea-coafts in the warmer 
parts of Europe, and flowers in July. 
C: Bauhine calls it Thla/pi alyffuin diftum mari- 
timum. Tabernamontanus, ; hlafpi narbonenfe 
centunculi anguftofolio. 
The virtues of thefe plants are unknown. 
The END of the SIXTEENTH CLASS 
