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It does not, however, agree with either of those genera in 

 habit, and it is easily distinguished from both by its simple 

 aw] filaments and other characters, which I shall notice here- 

 after. Is this plant, then, sui generis'^ ought it to be 

 imited with Alyssura, the character of that genus being modi- 

 fied to receive it? or does not Alyssum require subdivision, 

 and may not our plant be referred to one of the genera so 

 formed ? A brief result of the examination of these ques- 

 tions, so far as they are connected with the subject under 

 consideration, will be found annexed to the charaater which 

 is given of the genus formed by the union of Lunaria libyca 

 with Alyssum maritimum, a plant also in the collection, 

 from the neighbourhood of Tripoli. 



Alyssum maritimum, which is described both as an 

 Alyssum and as a Clypeola by Linnaeus, is the Konig of 

 Adanson, who founded his generic distinction on the mono- 

 spermous cells and supposed want of glands of the recep- 

 tacle, and M. Desvaux, admitting Adanson's genus, has 

 named it Lobularia. In the second edition of 'Hortus 

 Kewensis' I included this plant in Alyssum, which M. De 

 CandoUe has also done in his great work. 



Tor the genus here proposed I shall adopt Adanson's 

 name, altering only the termination, and wishing it to be 

 considered as commemorating the important services ren- 

 dered to Botany by my friend Mr. Konig, of the British 

 316] Museum.^ In comparing these two species of Koniga, 



' KONIGA. 



Konig. Adans. fam. 2, p. 420. Lobularia. Desvaux in J'ouruI'de Botan. 

 appl. 3, p. 173. Alyssi sp. Horf. Kew. ed. 2, vol. 4, p. 03. Be Cand. Syst. 

 Nat. 2, p. 318. Lunarise sp. Fiv. Lihijc. p. 34. Parsetiie sp. Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. 2, p. 871. 



Chab. Gen. _ Calyx patens. Vetala integenima. Qlandula: liypogynM 8 ! 

 Filamen/a omnia, edentula. SiUada subovata, valvis planiusculis, loculis 1- 

 polyspermis, funioulis basi septo (veiioso, nervo deliquescenti) adiiatis. Semina 

 (srepissime) marginata. Cotyledones accumbentes. 



Kerba^ {gnmiis v. perennes) puhe Mpartita appressu incaniE. Folia integerrima 

 sublinearia. Raoemi terminates, nunc hasi foliati. Plores alhi. 



Ca/y.-r basi suba3qualis. Pe/a/oram laminse diiatalaj. Antheris ovvX^. Glan- 

 dularum quatuor per paria filamenta longiora lateraliter adstaiites; reliquse 

 quatuor abbreviatse geminatim filamciila breviora stipantes. Lissepimentum, 

 prater awoto ultimas (laminae dupliois) transversim lineares parietibus (tubulis) 

 rectis subparallolis, venis crebre anastomozantibus a neroQ desccudenti e duobus 



