226 ORDER XII I. (RUCIFERiE. 



Genus VII.— ERYSIMUM. L. 14—2. 



(From the Creek <:ruo, to cure.) 



Silique columnar, 4-sided. Sepal* deciduous, closed. Style 

 short. Stigma small. Cotyledons oblong. 



1. E. ciiEiRANTHoi'mis, (L.) Stem simple or branched with a minute 

 appressed pubescence, somewhat scabrous. Leaves lanceolate, entire, 

 sometimes denticulate. Silique erect, about an inch long. Floicers 

 small. — Yellow. July and Aug. O. 1 — 2 ft. Along stream-. 



Genus VIH.— WA'REA. Nutt 14—2. 

 (In honor of Mr. Ware.) 



Silique flat, stiped, elongated, slender, curved, pendulous. 

 Sepals deflected, spatulate, or ligulate, colored, caducous. Pe- 

 tals spreading', with long claws. With six glands at the base 

 of the stamens. Leaves entire. 



1. W. amplexieo'lia, (Xutt.) Stem branched above, glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong, ovate, acute. Flowers in umbel-like racemes, much 

 crowded ; petals with the limb nearly orbicular, claw longer than the 

 limb. Siiique linear, stipe filiform, purplish. — Pale purple. 0. Flor. 

 1—:; feet 



2. AY. cuxeifo'lia, (Xutt.) Stem branched above, glabrous. Leaves 

 nearly senile, oblong, obtuse, upper ones oblong-linear. Racemes with 

 the flowers clustered at the extremities of the branches. Sepals mi- 

 nute. Petals with the limb nearly round, supported on a long claw. 

 Stamens longer than the petals. Anthers linear. Stigmas sessile. Si- 

 lique tiliform, nearly 2 inches long. — White, tinged with purple. **$. 

 June and Aug. Middle Geo. and Car. 1 — 2 ft. 



The last species is a beautiful plant, and would well repay the florist's care, if it im- 

 proved none by cultivation. 



Genus IX.— BRAS'SIOA. L. Id— 2. {Cabbage.) 

 (From the Celtic word bresic, which signifies cabbage.) 



Calyx erect, converging. Silique roundish, crowned with a 

 short style. Seeds in one row. Floivers in racemes, pedicels 

 filiform, bractless. Radical loaves lyrate or pinnatifid. Bien- 

 nial plants. 



1. B. \, (L.) leaves glaucous, fleshy, repand or lobed. — 0. 

 Yellow. England. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Collard, Brunei* Sprouts. 



2. i'-. ka'pa. Radical leaves lyrate, not glaucous, upper ones entire. 

 Roots napiform, or fusiform. — :;,. Europe. Turnips. 



TOB X.— SIN A 'PIS. L. 14—2. 

 (From the Creek plants resembling cabbage or turnip.) 



Silique Dearly terete, nerved. Style short, acute. Seeds 

 in a single series. S pah spreading. Leaves usually lyrate. 

 Flowers in elongated rao i 



