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resedace^e 



inhabit Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia and Africa. Reseda 

 odordta (Mignonette), a native of Egypt, is a favourite garden 

 plant on account of the delicious perfume of its flowers. 



i. Reseda (Mignonette). — Flowers monosym metric ; petals 

 unequal, with a broad claw and ligule, the posterior ones with a 

 multifid limb. (Name from the Latin resedo, I calm, from 

 supposed sedative properties.) 



RAPHANUS RAPHAN1STRUM {Wild RadUh). 



i. R. Mtea (Wild Mignonette). — A bushy plant, i — 2 feet high ; 

 leaves 3-cleft, lower ones pinnatifid;y?<?z*/dr.y in short, broad, conical 

 racemes, yellowish ; sepals 6, linear ; petals 6, very unequal. — On 

 chalky soil. — Fl. June — August. Biennial. 



2. R. Luteola (Weld, Dyer's Rocket, Yellow-weed). — A taller 

 plant than the last, 2 — 3 feet high, with long, linear, blunt, 

 undivided, shining leaves ; long terminal racemes of yellowish 

 flowers ; sepals 4. — Waste places, especially on a chalk or lime- 

 stone soil. It was formerly used to dye wool yellow, or, with 

 indigo, green. — Fl. June — August. Annual or biennial. 



