336 TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



C L A S S I S XV. 



TETRADYNAMIA- 



SILICULOSA. 



iMYAGRUM. Gen. pi j()6, 

 Silicula ilylo conico terminata \ loculo fubmono- 

 fpermo. 



Jativum*i. MYAGRUM filiculis obovatis pedunculatis poly- 



fpermis. Sp. pi. Sg/^, (Ger, em. 273./. ^. Moris. 



hift.f. 3. / 21,/. I. ordinis medii ad dextravi^ i^ 



f. 2. ordinis inferior is. ^ 

 Gold of Pkafure. Anglis, 

 It is now and then found growing among flax, but 



was probably at firft imported. G. Vl. VII. 

 The ftalk is a yard high, eredt and branched : the 



leaves are felTile, lanceolate and dented fparingly 



on the edges. The flowers are yellow, and grow 



in fpikes. 

 It is cultivated in Germany for the fake of the ittdis,^ 



from which an oil is exprefs'd, made ufe of to 



burn in lamps, &c. 

 It is faid that gcefe are very fond of the feeds. 



SUBULARIA. Gen. pL 799. 

 Silicula Integra, ovata : valvis ovatis, concavis, dif- 

 fcpimento contrariis. Stylus ficula brevior. 



SUBULARIA. 



