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6. CRTTCIFER^. 
very narrow, fr.-st. patent. Cor. purplish, tipped ■mth dark 
purple. Curt. ii. 145. — Borders of fields. A. VI. — IX. E. I. 
2. F. conftlsa (Jord.) ; sep. ovate tootlied not f as long as 
cor., fr. rounded at the top its base very hroad, fr.-st. patents- — 
Sep. often persistent. Cor. large, dull white or pinkish, tipped 
with dark purple. Fr. regularly rounded vertically ; apical pits 
broad and shallow; base nearly as broad as the fruit. — Borders 
of fields, chiefly in the West. A. VI.— IX. E. I. 
3. F. murdlis (Sond.) ; sep. ovate toothed not a as long as the 
cor.,/r. ohovate rounded at the top its hose ohconic narrow, fr.- 
st. erect-patent. — Fl. Dan. 2473. — More lax than Sp. 1 and 2, 
cor. smaller and nearly black at the tip. Fr. uniformly rounded 
at the sides and top, nearly pyriform if taken with its base ; 
apical pits very faint. — Borders of fields. A. VI. — IX. E. 
** Officinales. Lower petal spathulate. 
4. F. officinalis (L.) ; se]). ovate-lanceolate acute toothed nar- 
rower than the cor.-ttibe, fr. ohovate-retuse, bracts much shorter 
than the fr-uitstalks, Its. flat.— i/. B. 589. Curt. i. 14.— St. erect 
or diffiise. Raceme long, many-flowered. Sep. broader than 
the pedicel, about \ the length of the corolla. Pet. rose-co- 
loured. Fr. rugose, broader than long. — Common. A. V. — IX. 
E. S. I. 
fS. F. micran 'tha (Lag. ) ; sep. large roundish dentate broader 
than the cor. -tube, fr. subglobose subapiculate, bracts longer 
than the fr.-stalks, Its. linear channelled.— -E. B. S. 2876. — St. 
branched, diffuse. Pet. pale purple. Fr. rather longer than broad. 
—Fields. A. VI.— IX. E. S. 
6. F. parvi/Uh-a (Lam.) ; sep. minute ovate acute cut, fruit- 
stalk shorter than the obovate pointed fr. and emtalling the bract, 
Its. linear channelled. — E. B. 590. R. iii. 1. — Foliage yellowish 
green glaucous. Lts. ascending. Fl. whitish, afterwards pale 
pui-ple. — Fields in Kent, Essex, Camb. A. VI. — IX. E. 
7. F. Vaillant'ii (Lois.) ; sep. very minute triangular, 
longer than the obovate pointed fr. and twice longer t/uin the 
bract, Its. naiTow flat. — F. B. S. 2877. H. iii. 1. — Foliage gi-eyish 
gi-een glaucous. Lts. spreading. Fl. purplish, afterwards 
whitish. — Fields in the South and East, rare. A. VI. — IX. E. 
Order VI. CRTJCIFER^. 
Sep. 4. Cor. crucifonn, of 4 petals. Stam. 6, tetradynaraous ; 
2 shorter opposite the lateral petals. Ovary free, with mai'ginal 
placentas meeting in the middle. Stigmas 2, opposite to the pla- 
centas (or rather, alternate with them, lobed and combining). 
Fruit a silique or silicic, the valves opposite the aliorter stamens. 
