34^ TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA, . 



IBERIS. Gen. pL 804. 



Cor. irregularis, petalisduobiis exteiioribus majori- 

 bus. Silictda polyfperma, emarginata. 

 nudicauUs i IBERIS herbacea, foliis finuatis, caule nudo fim- 

 plici. Sp. pi. 907. {Ger. em. 251./. 4, Moris, hijf. 

 / 3. /. 19./. 5. Oed. Dan. t. 323; 



Rock CreiTcs, Angles. 



On fandy banl^s and in gravelly foils, but rare. 



" ^ihhald. O.W VI. 



The leaves grow flat upon the earth, all round the 

 root : they are deeply finuated with two or three 

 pair of oval acute lobes, with an odd rounder 

 and larger one at the end : the ftalks arife from 

 ' . the ccncre of the leaves, unbranched, for the 



mod part naked, and from two to four inches 

 high : the flowers are white, and grow in tufts 

 at the top of the ftalks : the fllicula is nearly 

 heart-fhap'd, and furrounded v/ith a membrana- 

 ceous wing : each cell generally contains two 

 feeds. 



It is a neat little plant in its growth and appear- 

 ance, and is diftinguifned from the genus of 

 niafp!^ by having tlie two exterior petals larger 

 than the other tvv'o. 



SILIQUOSA. 



