Class XV. TETRADYNAM I A. 539 
1443. JRaphanus. Silique transversely many-celled or dividing into several joints. 
4. Cotyledons incianbent, linear, spirally or rather circinately twisted. (0||||) Spiroloee^, Dec. 
1444. Bunias. Silicle nucamentaceous, indehiscent, 2-4i.celled. Cotyledons twisted spirally. 
■ 1445. Erucaria, Silique lomentaceous, 2-jointed j the lower joint having two cells, the upper being ensiform. 
Cotyledons replicate, somewhat spiral. 
5. Cotyledons incumbent, linear, with two legs, or a double plait, that is to say, plaited twice crosswise. Seeds 
depressed. (OJ|||l|) Diplecolobk.'E, Dec. 
1446. Heliophila. Silique elongate or rarely oblong or oval. Dissepiment linear or oval. Valves flat or in 
the long siliques somewhat convex. Calyx equal at base. ' 
1447. Subularia. Silicle oval. Dissepiment elliptical. Valves convex. Cells many-seeded. Stigma sessile. 
C. Cotyledons 2. Petals 4, not cruciate. Thalamus large, hemispherical or elongated. Stamens 4-6-00. 
1448. Cleome. A honey gland at each division of the calyx, except the lowest. Calyx 4-leaved. Tetab 
ascending. 
8945 Stem weak ccesious. Petals pinnatifid quickly perishable 
8946 Stem shrubby at base erect branched. Leaves lanceolate entire hoary. Pods subcylind. without glands 
8947 Stem herbaceous erect branched. Leaves lanceolate blunt hoary, Pods subcylindrical without glands 
8948 Stem half shrubby erect branched, Leaves lanceolate smooth, Pods somewhat compressed without glands 
8949 Stem herbaceous erect branched. Leaves lanceolate smooth. Pods somewhat compressed without glands 
8950 Stem § shrubby erect simple. Leaves close obovate downy, Pods downy without glands broadest at base 
8951 Stem somewhat erect herbaceous branch. Lvs. obi. downy ; lower smuated. Pods comp. velvety and gland. 
8952 Stem erect branched. Leaves downy or pubescent toothed or pinnatifid, Pods compressed downy 
,S Pods twice as short as a, 
8953 Stem erect nearly simple naked. Leaves linear blunt hoary entire. Flowers subsessile, Pods compressed 
8954 Stem a shrubby at base branched erect. Leaves downy linear entire or toothed, Fl. subsess. Pods roundish 
8955 Stem suberect branched, Leaves sinuate pinnatifid. Pods with three acute nearly equal points 
8956 Stem suberect branched. Leaves downy lanceolate repand toothed, Fl. sessile. Middle point of pod longest 
8957 Leaves lane, entire. Hairs 2-parted appressed or none. Pods linear. Stigmas with recurved lobes 
8958 Lvs. obi. lane, somew. toothed. Hairs 2-parted or none. Stem decum. branch. Pet obov. Pods erect pointed 
8959 Leaves linear entire somewhat silky. Stem half shrubby 
8960 Leaves hnear-lanceolate acuminate finely serrated downy with 2-parted hairs. Stem shrubby branched 
8961 Leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate entire downy with appressed 2-parted hairs. Stem shrubby branched 
8962 Leaves lin. lane, entire roughish. Stem shrubby branched. Pods compressed, Pedic. half as short as calyx 
8963 Leaves linear entire rough clustered. Stem shrubby branched. Pods roundish 3 times as long as calyx 
8964. Leaves pinnatifid. Segments ovate subcordate repand 
8965 Leaves pinnatifid. Segments lanceolate serrate or cut 
8966 Leaves pinnated-lobed, lobes confluent toothed smooth. Root fusiform. Petals as long as calyx 
S9fi7 Downy, Rad. lvs. toothed backwards, cauline sagittate oblong blunt. Stems erect branched from the base 
8968 Radical leaves stalked obovate toothed or lyrate : upper pinnatifid. Lobes linear entire 
and Miscellaneous Particulan 
popular flower of long standing, admired for its various colors and agreeable odor. Being an acrid and hardy 
evergreen, it is sometimes sown in pastures, along with parslej', thyme, &c. as a preventative of the rot in 
sheep. 
1383. Nasturtium, is said to have been so called from the effect its acrimony nroduces upon the muscles of 
the nose ; nasus tortus signifying a convulsed nose. Pliny. N. officinale is a well knoAvn popular salad, 
gathered wild in most parts where it is found, and since 1808, cultivated to a considerable extent in the neigh- 
bourhood of London. A running stream of clear water is essential to its cultivation ; in the bed of this 
stream the plants are inserted in rows in the direction of the current, and all that is necessary is to take up 
and replant occasionally, and to keep up the plants free of mud or any accumulation of extraneous matters, 
and to see that other plants, especially the Slum nodiflorum, a poisonous plant resembling the water-cress, do 
