CliUCIFERiE, 27 



CULTIVATED EXOTICS. 



7. ALYSSUM. Linn. 



Or. o, privative ; lussa, rage : supposed by the ancients to allay rage. 



Calyx equal at the base. Petals entire; some of the 

 .stamens with teeth. Silicle orbicular or oval, with valves, 

 fiat or convex in the centre. Seeds 1 to 4 in each cell. 

 Perennial 



A. s ax at i le Rock Alyssum. Madwort. 



Stem suffruticose at the base, subeorymbose : leaves lanceolate, entire, downy; 

 << rate-orbicular. 2-secded : seeds margined. An early flowering garden annual. 

 Kative of Candia. Stem 1 foot high. Flowers numerous, yellow,, in close corym- 

 bose clusters. 



A. maxitimtxm, Lam. Sweet Alyssum. 



SUm somewhat shrubby and procumbent at the base : leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, somewhat hoary : pods oral, smooth. A sweet-scented garden plant, with 

 fine leaves and small white flowers. June — Oct. Stem 1 foot high- 



8. LUNARIA. Linn. Honesty. 



Lat. lima, the nicon : from the broad round s 



Sepals somewhat bi-saccate at the base. Petals nearly 

 entire. Stamens not toothed. Silicle pedicellate, ellip- 

 tical or lanceolate, with flat valves; funiculus adhering to 

 the dissepiments. 



1. L. bieztxis, DC. Honesty, 



Stem erect; leaves cordate, with obtuse teeth; silicic? oval, obtuse at both ends. 

 A biennial plant. Native of Germany. Stems 3 to 4 feet high. Fl-jwers lilae- 

 oolored. Naturalized near Philadelphia. Nutt. 



2. L. HXDivivA. Satin Flower. 



St m erect, branching: leaves ovate, cordate, petiolate, mucronatcly serrate: 

 filicles lanceolate, narrowed at each end. A pretty perennial from Germany. 

 Ste:n 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers light purple. 



9. IBERIS. Linn. Candy-tuft. 



Petals, the two outside larger than the two inner. Sili- 

 cles compressed, truncate, emarginate ; the cells 1-seeded. — 

 Ornamental garden annuals. 



1. I. umbehata. Purple Candy-tuft. 



Herbaceous, smooth; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate; lower ones serrate; 

 upper ones entire. Silkies umbellate, acutely 2-lobed. A pretty border flower. 

 Native of South Europe. June, July. Stem 1 foot high. Filters in simple 

 terminal umbels. This species as well as the rest is remarkable for having the 2 

 outer petal* larger than the 2 inner ones. 



