20 6. CETJOIPEB^. 



tS. F. dmsiflora (DC.) ; sep. large roundish dentate broader 

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

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

 E. B. 8. 2876.— St. branched; diffuse. Pet. pale purple. Fr. 

 rather longer than broad.'— Fields. A. VI. — IX. E. S. 



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

 stalk shorter than the obovate pointed /r. a7id equalling the bract, 

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

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

 pale purple. — Fields in Kent, Essex, Camb. A. VI. — IX. E. 



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

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

 bract, Its. narrow flat.— --B. B. S. 2877. iJ. iii. 1.— Foliage 

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

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

 IX. E. 



Order VI. CRUCIFEE.^. 



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 2-celled and 2-valved caps, or pod, the valves 

 opposite the shorter stamens, deciduous from the placentas. — 

 Stipules 0. 



Suborder! SILIQUOS^. 



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

 lanceolate, opening by 2 valves throughout ; dissepiment narrow, 

 but in its broadest diameter. 



Tribe I. ARABIDEM. Cotyledons accumbent (radicle late- 

 ral), seed compressed. 



* Stigma 2-lobed. 



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

 erect gibbous or horned at the bach. 



2. CHBiRANTHrns. 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. 



** Stigma a disk or head. 



3. Nasturtium. Pod subcylindrical ; valves convex, veinhss. 

 Seeds irregularly in 2 rows. 



4. Babbabba. Pod terete ; valves convex, xoith a prominent 

 longitudinal rib. Seeds in a single row. 



