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CAMELl'NA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia f, Siliculo'sa 
Natural Order. Cruci'feras§, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 237. — Sm. 
Gram of Bot. p. 138. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 153. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 498. — Cruciferas ; suborder, Notorhizeje ; tribe, Came- 
linea? ; Lindl. Syn. pp. 20, 21, & 30. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
pp. 14 to 18. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 498 & 499.; Mag. Nat. Hist, 
v. i. pp. 143 & 240. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
pp. 146 & 149. — Mack. FI. Hibern. pp. 16 & 25. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th edit.) pp. 397 & 398. — Rosales ; subord. Rh(eaoosa3 ; sect. 
Rh.eadin.e ; type, Brassicaceaj ; subtype, Sisymbrid.-e; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 847, 854, and 858. — Siliquos.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, equal at the base, of 4 
elliptic-oblong, uniform, moderately spreading sepals. Corolla 
(fig. 2.) cruciform, of 4 inversely egg-shaped, undivided petals, 
their claws rather shorter than the spreading border. Filaments 
(see fig. 4.) 6, thread-shaped, simple. Anthers oblong-heart-shaped. 
Germen (see fig. 4.) roundish. Style cylindrical, upright. Stigma 
simple, blunt. Pouch (see figs. 5 & 6.) inversely egg-shaped, rarely 
globular, of 2 cells ; valves inflated, dehiscing along with part of the 
style. Seeds (see figs. 7 & 8.) numerous in each cell, oblong, com- 
pressed, not bordered. Cotyledons incumbent. (o||). Flowers yellow. 
The inversely egg-shaped, many-seeded pouch, with inflated 
valves; and the simple filaments ; will distinguish this from other 
genera, with incumbent cotyledons, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CAMELFNA SATFVA. Cultivated Camelina. Common Gold 
of Pleasure. Sesamum. 
Spec. Char. Pouch inversely egg-shaped, bordered, twice as 
long as the style. Stigma simple. Leaves spear-arrow-shaped. 
Camelina sativa Crantz, Aust. fase. 1. p. 17. — Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. (3ml 
edit.) v. iv. p. 93. — De Cand. Syst. v. ii. p. 515. ; Prod. v. i. p. 201. — Hook. FI. 
Lond. t. 70. — Sm. Engl. Ft. v. iii. p. 164. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 750. — Gray’s 
Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 698. — Lindl. Syn. p. 30. — Ilook. Brit. FI. p. 300. — Maor. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 20. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 214. — Hook. FI. Scot, 
p. 198. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 142. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 42. — 
Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 183. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 263. — Baines’ FI. of Yorksh. p. 9. — 
Leight. FI. of Shropsh. p. 310. — Mack. Catal l’l. of Irel. p. 60. ; FI. Hibern. p. 25. — 
Myayrum, Ray’s Syn. p. 302. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 273. — Myagrum sati- 
vum, Linn. Sp. I’l. p. 894. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. I. p. 408. — -FI. Dan. t. 1038. — 
Cavan. Ic. v. i. p. 47. t. 66. — Ehrh. PI. Off. p. 407. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) 
p. 277. — With. (2nd ed. ) v. ii. p. 665. — Liglitf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 336. — Pseudo- 
myagrum, Matth. Valgr. v. ii. p. 515. — Dalcch. Hist. p. 1137, with a figure. — 
Sesama, Trag. Hist, p 655, with a figure. — Moenchia sativa, Roth. Germ. v. i. 
p. 274. — With. 4th ed. — Alyssum sativum, Engl. Bot. t. 1254. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. 
p.679. — With. (5th ed.) v. iii. p. 693. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 260. — Gold 
of Pleasure, Petiv. H. Brit. t. 48. f. 11. 
Fig 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. A Petal. — Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil. — 
Figs. 5 & 6. Fruit. — Fig. 7. The same with the valves removed, showing the parti- 
tion, with the seeds attached. — Fig. 8. A Seed. — Figs. 9 6c 10. — The incumbent 
Cotyledons. 
* From chamoi, Gr. dwarf or humble ; and linum, flax. 
+ Sec folio 38, note -f. } See folio 107, note J. \ See folio 38, a. 
