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C L ASS XVII. 
S1LQ.U0US Plants, 'x'lth tcira^etalous Jlowers. 
Ray'j- Synoj), 2511. 
H E plants of this clafs have uniform tetrape- 
X talous flowers, fucceeded by oblong, or flat 
pods. 
Leucojum, The flower confilts of four petals, 
difpofed in the form of a crofs •, out of whofe 
empalement rifes the flyle, which turns to a 
long flat fruit or pod, divided into two cells 
by an intermediate partition, the valves on both 
fides adhering thereto : The feeds are fmooth, 
orbicular, and generally broad brimm’d. The 
fpecies are : 
1. Leucojum marinum majus^ R. 291, P. 622. 
Maritimum finuato folio ^ C. 201. Great Sea-ftock 
Gilly-flower, with a finuated leaf. It has broad, ftifF, 
hairy, and deeply jagged leaves, pierced through by 
the flalks : The flowers {lands upon flalks, a palm or 
a palm and a half high, and are of a purplifh, blue 
colour : The pods are much fhorter and fmaller 
than thofe of common Wall-flower, taper, and con- 
tain little oblong taper feeds. It grows near the fea. 
2. Leucojum luteum^ viilgo Cheiri fiore R'. 
291. Luteum vulgar e^ C. 202. Kciri five Leucojum 
vulgare luteum^ P. 625. Viola lutea^ G. 371. Wall- 
flower, or Wild Cheir. On walls. The flowers 
are yellow. 
Lunaria. The fi*uit is fmooth, divided into 
two cells by an intermediate partition ; and to it 
adhere parallel membranous valves, full of feeds, 
commonly broad brimm’d ^d kidney-fhaped. 
The fpecies are : 
Y 2 
^ I. Lu- 
