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Flowers in April and May; its fruit 
reaches perfect maturity in July. 
Alyssum maritimum (Lamark). 
(Nat. Ord. Cruciferae). 
CLypEOLA MARiTiMA (Linnaous). 
A plant more or less tomentose, bran- 
ching at the base, with branches erect or 
prostrate-ascendent from one to two decim. 
in length, and less than two millim. in dia- 
meter, not very thick. It covers at times 
a large extent of uncultivated ground, gi- 
ving a peculiar odour, very similar to that 
of honey. 
Leaves linear, entire, upright, or curved, 
alternate, oblong or speculated, about two 
centim. long, covered with a downy nap 
nearly imperceptible in some of the plants, 
in others so marked as to give a silvery 
appearance to the whole plant 
