34 CRUCIFEKiE. 



CULTIVATED FJTOTIOS. 



22. HESPERIS. Linn. Rocket. 



Gr. Msperis, ovening ; when the flower is most fragrant. 



Calyx closed, furrowed at the base, shorter than the 

 claws of the petals. Petals bent obliquely, linear or obo- 

 vate. Pod 4-sided, 2-edged or sub-terete. Seeds not mar- 

 gined. Stigmas forked, with the points converging. — Per- 

 ennials. 



1. H. MATRoifins. Rocket. Sky Rocket. 



Stem simple, erect; leaves lanceolate, ovate, denticulate: petals emarginate mt»- 

 eronate ; pedicels as long as the calyx. A fine gasden perennial. Stem 3 to 4 feet 

 high. Flowers purple, sometimes double and white. Said to be found native 

 about Lake Huron. 



2. H. APitiCA. Siberian Rocket. 



Stem a foot high, erect, simple, pubescent; leaves oblong obtuse, entire, ciliiate- 

 hispid; pedicels as long as the calyx. Flowers purple. May and June. From 



Siberia. 



23. MATTHIOLA. R. Brown. 



In honor of P. A. Matthiela, physician to Ferdinand of Austria. 



Calyx closed, 2 of the sepals gibbous at the base. Pe- 

 tals dilated. Pods terete. Stigmas connivent, thickened 

 or connate at the back. — Herbaceous or shrubby oriental 

 plants, clothed with a hoary stellate pubescence. 



1. M. anxuus. Ten Wsek Stock. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, branched, 2 feet liigh; leaves hoary canescent. lanceolate, 

 obtuse, aubdentate ; pod sub-cylindrical, without glands. A fine garden flower 

 from South Europe. Flowers variegated. 



2. M. racAxus. Purple July Flower. 



Stem shrubby at the base, erect, branched, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves lanceolate, 

 «ntire, hoary-canescent. Pods sub-cylindrical, truncate and compressed at the 

 apex, without glands. Flowers purple and crimson. A popular garden flower, na- 

 tive of England. 



24. BRASSICA. Lian. 



Celtic oresic; the cabbage. 



Sepals equal at the base, (mostly) erect. Petals obo- 

 vate. Filaments without teeth. Pod sub-compressed; 

 valves concave, with a central vein. Style short, subterate, 

 obtuse. Seeds globose in a single (sometimes double) row, 

 — Flowers yellow. 



