Ueseda.] * eesedACBAE. 39 



Var. stellatum. Not branolied. Leaves narrow linear-spathulate ; petioles pubescent. 

 Flowers numerous, on long 1-flowered peduncles. Mount Eintoul, ]?. O. Oibbs I W. H. Bryant I 



In the autumn leafy stems 3in.-5in. long are occasionally developed. 



* IBERIS, Linn. 



Sepals equal at the base. Petals 4, the two outermost longer than the others. 

 Pod orbicular or ovate, much compressed ; valves keeled or winged. Stigma notched. 

 Seeds 1 in each cell. Cotyledons accumbent; radicle horizontal or -ascending. 

 Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes suffruticose. Flowers corymbose. 



*I. amara, L., Sp. PL 649. Annual, erect, 6in.-12in. high, glabrous. Leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, toothed, sessile. Racemes terminal, elongating. 

 Pods orbicular, on spreading pedicels, flat, emarginate, narrowly winged; style 

 exceeding the notch. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : Sparingly naturalised in waste places ; rarely in cornfields. 

 Candytuft. Nov. to Jan. Western Europe. 



*RAPHANUS, Linn. 

 Sepals erect, lateral saccate at base. Petals narrowed into long claws. 

 Stamens tetradynamous. Pod elongated, terete, indehiscent, or moniliform, smooth 

 or ribbed; beak slender. Seeds oo. Cotyledons conduplicate. Annual or biennial 

 branched herbs ; root usually fleshy or succulent. 



*R. sativus, L., Sp. PL 669. Eoot fleshy. Stem much branched above. 

 Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid ; segments few, distant, nearly glabrous or with scattered 

 hairs. Pods on long erect pedicels, cylindrical, inflated, faintly constricted; beak 

 long and narrow. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : Naturalised in many places ; often abundant. Eadish. Dec. 

 to Feb. Europe. 



Oedee— * RESEDAOEAE. 



Flowers often irregular. Calyx 4-7-partite, imbricate in biid. Petals 4-7, 

 hypogynous, entire or lobed, equal or the posterior larger. Disc 1-sided, hypogynous, 

 between the petals and stamens. Stamens 3-co, inserted on the disc. Ovary of 2-6 

 coherent carpels ; ovules few or many, amphitropous or campylotropous, on 2-6 

 parietal placentas. Capsule 3-6-lobed, opening at the top before the seeds are 

 matured. Seed without endosperm. Herbs, rarely shrubs, with alternate leaves. 

 Stipules or glandular. 



* RESEDA, Linn. 



Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx irregular. Petals 4-7, cleft, unequal. 

 Disc broad, dilated behind. Stamens 10-40, on one side of the flower. Leaves 

 entire, lobed or pinnatifid. 



*R. Luteola, L., Sp. PL 448. An erect herb, lft.-2ft. high. Leaves entire, 

 linear-lanceolate. Flowers in erect terminal racemes, yellow. Pedicels longer 

 than the calyx. Calyx 4-partite. Petals 4, the upper 3-5-fid, the lateral 3-fid, the 

 lower entire, linear. Stigmas 3. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : Naturalised in waste places, &c., but not general. Dyer's 

 weed. Weld. Dec, Jan. Europe. 



*R, alba, L., Sp. PL 449. Erect, l|ft.-2ft. high. Leaves pinnatifid, glaucous. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes, white. Pedicelg shorter than the calyx. Sepals 5-6. 

 Petals 5-6, 3-fid, exceeding the calyx. 



SOUTH Island : Naturalised, but local. Tree-mignonette. South Europe. 



