20 6. CBUCIEEE^. 



than tlie fruitstalks, Its. flat. — Curt. i. 14. — St. erect or diffuse. 

 Raceme long, many-flowered. Sep. broader than the pedicel, 

 about I the length of the corolla. Pet. rose-coloured. Fr. 

 rug-ose, broader than long. — Common, A. V. — IX. B. S. I. 



t 5. F. micraritha (Lag.) ; sep. large roundish dentate broader 

 than the cor. -tube, fr. subglobose subapioulate, bracts longer 

 than the fr. -stalks. Its. linear channelled. — E. B. 8. 2876. — -St. 

 branched, difiuse. Pet. pale purple. Fr. rather longer than 

 broad.— Fields. A. VI.— IX. E. S. 



6. F. jxtri-ifldra (Lam.) ; sep. minute ovate acute cut, fruit- 

 stalk shorter than the obovate pointed /r. and equalling the bract, 

 Its. linear channelled. — JR. iii. 1. — Foliage yellowish green 

 glaucous. Lts. ascending. Fl. whitish, afterwards pale purple. 

 —Fields in Kent, Essex, Oamb. A. VI.— IX. E. 



7. F. Vaillan'tii CLois.) ; sep. very minute triangular, /r. -si. 

 longer than the obovate pointed fr. and twice as long as the 

 Irraet, Its. narrow flat.— .£". B. 8. 2877. B. iii. 1.— Foliage 

 greyish green glaucous. Lts. spreading. Fl. purplish, after- 

 wards whitish. — ^Fields in the South and East, rare. A. VI. — 

 IX. E. 



Order VI. CEUCIFEE^. 



Sep. 4. Cor. cruciform, of 4 petals. Stam. 6, tetradynamous ; 

 2 shorter opposite the lateral petals. Ovary free, with marginal 

 placentas connected by a false septum. Stigmas 2, opposite to 

 the placentas (or rather, alternate with them, lobed and com- 

 bining). Fruit a silique or silicle, the valves opposite the shorter 

 stamens. — I have not altered the arrangement of the Genera of 

 this Order, because their classification remains very unsettled. 



Suborder I. SILiaUOSJE. 



Pod (silique) not dividing transversely, linear or linear-lan- 

 ceolate, opening by 2 valves throughout ; dissepiment naiTow 

 but in its broadest diameter. 



Tribe I. ABABIDEJE. Cotyledons aceumbent (radicle late- 

 ral), seed compressed. 



* Stigma 2-lobed, 



1. Matthiola. Pod round or compressed. Lobes of stig. 

 erect gibbous or horned at the back. 



2. Cheieanthus. Pod compressed or 2-edged, with an ele- 

 vated longitudinal rib upon each valve. Lobes of stig. patent. 

 Seeds in a single row in each cell. 



