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RES E' DA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. DonECA'NniuAf, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Reseda'ceyE. Dc Candolle. — Lindl. Syu. p. 
219; Introd. lo Nat. Syst. p. 1 0(3. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 500. — 
Loud, llort Brit. p. 500. — Cappa'rides, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 242. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p 140. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 2.) inferior, of one sepal, deeply di- 
vided into several narrow, irregular, permanent segments. Corolla 
(fig. 1) of 3, 4, 5, or 6, unequal, deciduous Petals, which are vari- 
ously cut or divided (see fig. 3. a, b b, c.). Nectary (fig. 3. d.) 
a flat, upright, permanent, coloured gland, between the uppermost 
petal, or petals, and the stamens. Filaments (fig. 1.) short, hair- 
like, drooping, variable in number, from 11 to 15, sometimes more. 
Anthers oblong, upright. Germen (fig. 2.) superior, angular, un- 
equally tumid. Styles 3, sometimes 4, terminal, short, or scarcely 
any. Stigmas blunt. Capsule (fig. 4.) pitcher-shaped, angular, 
tumid, leathery, of 1 cell, open at the top between the styles. Seeds 
numerous, kidney-shaped, stalked, ranged along 3, sometimes 4, la- 
teral longitudinal receptacles or placenta;. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the variously cut petals, and the 1-celled gaping capsule. 
Three species British. 
RESE'DA LU'TEA. Wild Mignonette. Base Rocket. Rocket- 
Yellow- Weed. 
Spec. Char. Leaves deeply 3-cleft ; lower ones wing-cleft. 
Calyx in 6 divisions. Petal G, very unequal. 
Kng. Bot. t. 321. — Jacquin’s Flora; Austriacre, 353. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 645. — 
Hods. FI. Ansi. (2nd ed.) p. 207. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.513. — Lngl. FI. v. ii. p. 
348.— With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p.584. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p.666. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 219. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.218. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 249. — Sib. FI. Oxun. 
p. 151. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 105. — Hell). FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 190. — Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 147. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 105. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 133. — Mack. Cat. 
of PI. of Iteland, p. 46. — Reseda vulgaris, Kay’s Syn. p. 366. — Reseda Plinii , 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p.277. 
Localities — Corn-fields and waste place', on a chalky and calcareous soil. 
Not common. — Oxfordsh. At Kensington, and 1 lenity : Dr. Sihthorp. In old 
stone-pits at Wheatley: Mr. J. Lovegiiove. Between Skimming-dish Gate and 
the bye road to Fringford, very scarce : G. Wooowakd, Esq. Bicester. Between 
Steeple Aston and Rousham : Miss Arms ■.tiuding.— Berks; About Reading : 
Mr. A. R. Bluer. — Redfordsh. Barton Hill: Rev. C. AnnoT. — Cambridgesh. 
In corn-fields and pastures: Rev. R. iil'i.iiAN. — Durham; Between Sunder- 
land and South Shields: Mr. Wonsan.— Gloucester sh. On a wall at Clifton near 
Bristol : Mr. Swayne. — Norfolk ; Frequent in the county : Mr. Woodward. — 
Suffolk ; On a chalky soil, frequent: Mr. Woodward. — In Surrey ; Mr. W. 
Pampi.in, jun. — Somersetsh. On Beacon Hill, Combe Down, near Burnt- 
house Gate, and other parts of the hill, in the neighbourhood of Bath : Mr. C. C. 
Bamngton, in FI. Bathoniensis. — Wilts ; Near Great Bedwyn : W. Bartlett, 
Esq. — Torksh. Near Rotherham: Air. L. Langley , in Loud. Mag. of Nat. 
Hist. v. ii. p.270. — SCOTLAND. Hills between Pettycur and Burnt Island: 
Fig. 1. Corolla. — Fig. 2. Calyx, Germen, and 3 Stigmas.— Fig. 3. Nectary 
and Petals, magnified ; a, 2 upper Petals, bb, 2 middle ones ; c, 2 lower outs; 
and d, Nectary. — Fig. 4. Seed-vessel. 
* From resedo, to allay or mitigate; from some supposed medical qualities. 
t The eleventh class in the Linnias Artificial System ; it comprehends those 
plants with perfect flowers, which hare from 12 to 19 stamens, both numbers 
inclusive. 
