6. CBXroIFEE^. 21 



about J the lengtli of the corolla. Pet, rose-coloured. Fr. 

 rugose, broader than long. — Common. A. V. — IX. E. S. I. 



t5. F. densifldra (DC.) ; sep, ]!a%6 roundish dentate broader 

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

 than the fr.-stalks, Its. linear channelled. — F. mierantha Lag. 

 E. B. S. 2876.— St. branched, diffiise. Pet. pale purple. Fr. 

 rather longer than broad. — Fields. A. VI. — IK. E. S. 



6. F. parmfi&ra (Lam.) ; sep. minute ovate acute cut, fruit- 

 stalk shorter than the obovate pointed fr. and equalling the bract, 

 Its. linear channelled. — E. B. 590. R. iii. 1. — Foliage yellow- 

 ish green glaucous. Lts. ascending. Fl. whitish, afterwards 

 pale pui-ple. — Fields in Kent, Essex, Camb. A. VI.— IX. E. 



7. F. VaiUan'tii (Lois.) ; sep. very minute triangular, fr.-st. 

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

 hract, Its. narrow flat. — E. B. 8. 2877. R. 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. CEUCIPEE^. 



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

 2 shorter opposite the lateral sepals. 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 2-ceEed and 2-valved caps, or pod, the valves 

 opposite the shorter stamens, deciduous, from the placentas. — 

 Stipules 0. 



Suborder I. SILIQUOS^. 



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

 lanceolate, openingby 2 valves throughout ; dissepiment narrow, 

 hut in the broadest diameter of the pod. 



Tribe I, ARABIDEjE. Cotyledons accumbent (radicle late- 

 ral), seed compressed. 



* Stigma 2-lobed. 



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

 erect gibbous or homed at the bach. 



2. OHBiaANTHTJS. Pod compressed or 2-edged, with an de- 



