36 HKSEDACEiE AND YIOLACEiE. 



3. CLEOME. Linn. 



Sepals sometimes united at the base. Petals 4, minnte 

 or roundish. Stamens 4 to 6. Pod subscssile or stipi- 

 tate. — Herbs or shrubs with simple on digitate leaves, and 

 raeemed or solitary flowers. 



C PtTNGENS. Sptdericort. 



Glandular pubescent. Stem simple, and -with the petioles covered with prickles; 

 Imvps 5 to 9 foliate, on longpetii I elliptic, lane at each end, 



obscurely denticulate; bracts simple ; flowers raeemed; sepals distinct; petals on 

 filiform claws ; stamens 6, twice as long as the petals. A common garden plant 

 with curious purple flowers. July and Augui t. 



Order 14. RESEDACEffi .— Mignionettes. 



Herbs with iinsymmelrical spiked, racemose, small flowers, and alternate leaves. 

 Calyx not closed in the bud; sepals somewhat united at the base, unequal, green. 

 Petals lacerated, unequal. Stamens 8 to 20 on the disk. Torus hypogynous. Pod 

 3 to 6 lobed, 3 to 6 horned, 1-celled with 3 to 6 pointed placenta, opening at the 

 top long before the seeds arc full grown. 



RESEDA. Linn. 



Lat. resedo, to calm ; the plants are said to relieve pain. 



Sepals many. Petals 4 to 7, often cleft, unequal. 

 Stamens 10 to 40, turned to one side. — Annual herbs with 

 very small flowers. 



1. R. Ltjteola. Dyer's Weed. 



Leaves lanceolate, entire with a tooth on each side at the base; calyx 4-cleft; 

 petals 4; the upper one 3 to 5 cleft; the two lateral 3-clcft; the lower one linear 

 and entire ; pods depressed. Scarcely naturalized ; flowering through the season. 

 Stem 2 feet high. Flowers greenish yellow, arranged in a long spike. Used for 

 dying yellow. 



2. R ODORATA. Mignionette. 



Leaves entire, 3-lobcd; sepals shorter than the petals. A well kr own and uni- 

 versal favorite of the garden; native of Egypt. Stem procumbent. Flowers very 

 fragrant. 



Order 15. VI0LAGE2E. 



Herbs with simple leaves usually alternate, sometimes opposite, stipulate, and acn% 

 lory nodding flowers with a somewhat irregular, 1-spurrcd corolla of 5-petals, 5 hypo- 

 gynous stamens pointed by their anthers, and a 1-cellcd 3-valced pod with 3 parietal 

 plaeentw. Sepals 5, persistent, slightly united, elongated at the base, the two la- 

 teral interior. Petals twisted, imbricate in the bud. Stamens with short and broad 

 filaments, prolonged beyond the anther cells, and more or less coherent over the 

 stigma; two of the stamens with spurs or appendages which are received into the 



