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KONI'GA. * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia f, Silicllo's \ +. 
Natural Order. Cruci'ferjE§, Juss. Gen. FI. p. 237. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 138. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 153. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 498. — Crucifers; subord. Pleurorhize.e|| ; tribe, Alys- 
sinea? ; Lindl. Syn. pp. 20, 21, & 25. ; Introd to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
pp. 14 to 18. — Loud. HoYt. Brit. pp. 498 & 499. ; Mag. Nat. Hist, 
v. i. pp. 143 & 240. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
pp. 146 & 147. — Mack. FI. Hibern. pi. i. p. 16. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th ed.) p. 397. — Rosales; subord. Rhoeados.e; sect. Rhjea- 
dinae; type, Bra ssicaceve ; subtype, Arabidje; Burn. Oiftl. of 
Bot. pp. 614,784, 847, 854, & 856. — Siliquosas, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 4, egg-shaped, concave, 
spreading, deciduous sepals, equal at the base. Corolla (fig. 2.) 
cruciform, of 4, inversely egg-shaped, entire, flat, spreading petals, 
with short claws. Glands 8, hypogynous. Filaments (fig. 4.) 6, 
tetradynamous, about as long as the calyx, all toothless. Anthers 
of 2 roundish lobes. Germen (fig. 5.) somewhat egg-shaped, com- 
pressed. Style short. Stigma simple, small. Silicula f pouch J 
(fig. 6.) sessile, somewhat egg-shaped, laterally compressed, tipped 
with the style, of 2 cells ; valves flattish ; dissepiment (partition) 
(see figs. 7 & 8.) membranous, of the same shape and breadth as 
the valves. Seeds (see fig. 7.) one or many in each cell, mostly 
bordered, their umbilical cords adhering by the base to the disse- 
piment. Cotyledons (see figs. 9 & 10.) accumbent (o=.) 
Distinguished from other genera, with accumbent cotyledons, in 
the same class and order, by the entire, nearly equal petals ; and 
the dehiscent, nearly entire pouch , of 2, 1- or many-seeded cells, a 
broad dissepiment (septum), and nearly flat valves. 
One species British. 
KONFGA MARI'TIMA. * Sea-side Koniga. Sweet Alyssum. 
Sea Alysson. Sweet Cameline. 
Spec. Char. Cells 1-seeded. 
Koniga maritima. Brown in Append. Denh. and Clapp. Exp. Afr. p. 9. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 301. — Don’s Gen. Syst, of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 175. — Bab. FI. 
Bath. p. 5. — Dick. FI. Abr. p. 45. — Alyssum maritimum, Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. 
pt. i. p. 459. — Engl. Bot. t. 1729.— Brown in Hort. Kew. (2nd ed.) v. iv. p. 95. — 
With. (7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 750. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 699. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 
161 . — Alyssum minimum, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 908. — A. halimifolium, Cnrt. Bot. 
Mag. t. 101. — Clypeola maritima, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 910. — Glyce maritima', Lind. 
Syn. p. 26. — Thlaspi narbonense Lobelii, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 267. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. A Petal. — Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil. — 
Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. A Pouch. — Fig. 7. Pouch with the 
valves removed, showing the dissepiment, and the seed. — Fig. 8. The same, with 
seed removed. — Fig. 9. A Seed, with the testa or skin taken off, to show" the 
accumbent cotyledons, and the radical. — Fig. 10. Transverse section of the same. — 
All, except fig. 5, more or less magnified. 
* Konig of Adanson ; Koniga of Dr. R. Brown ; so named in honour of 
Charles Konig, F. R. S. F. L. S. Superinteudant of the Natural History depart- 
ment in the British Museum. Don. 
t See fol. 38, n. +, ; See fol. 107, n. t. 1 See fol. 38, a. || See fol. 141, u, jj. 
