﻿Localities. — On old walls and stony places. Very rare. — Oxfordshire-, 

 On the walls of Magdalen College, Oxford : Dr. Sibthorp (1794), and the Rev. 

 Mr. White, Fellow of Magdalen Coll. 1832. It grew formerly within the Old 

 Quadrangle : Rev. R. Walker, B. D. On the bank by the side of the Cher- 

 well, opposite to Magdalen Coll.: Rev. Mr. White, 1831. It has for many 

 years been naturalized on the walls of the Oxford Botanic Garden, in a shady 

 place near an old Hot-house: W. B. — Cambridgeshire; On Trinity, and St. 

 John’s College walls, Cambridge : Rev. R. Relhan. — SCOTLAND. Kinross- 

 shire ; On the Castle of Cleish : Mr. Arnott. 



Biennial. — Flowers in May and June. 



Root somewhat woody, tapering, simple. Stem from 1 to 3 feet 

 high, upright, simple, round, leafy, and clothed, like the leaves, 

 with fine, short, soft, starry hairs. Leaves inversely heart-shaped, 

 broad, toothed, rather acute, but not pointed ; those from the root 

 and on the lower part of the stem tapering downwards into/oo<- 

 stalks ; the rest heart-shaped at the base, and clasping the stem ; 

 gradually decreasing in size as they approach the top. Flowers 

 white or cream-coloured, small, in corymbose clusters. Flower- 

 stalks f peduncles J short, each with an oblong, somewhat pointed, 

 bractea at its base, a character very unusual in this order. Petals 

 with a spreading border. Glands, 2 at the inside of the shorter 

 stamens, and 2 at the outside of the longer. Style very short, 

 permanent, with a small, not dilated, stigma. Pods very long, 

 flat, smooth, strap-shaped, thickened at the edges, curved down- 

 wards as they ripen, chiefly towards one side ; their valves slightly 

 undulated, not at all keeled. 



The whole plant is of a light green colour ; it is a native of 

 Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, and Transylvania, on 

 mountains, in hedges, and coppices. In Britain it is one of our 

 very rarest natives, and may, probably, have escaped originally from 

 gardens. It is said to have been observed by Professor J. Martyn, 

 before the year 1732, on a wall at Lewisham, in Kent. 



Many of the exotic species of this genus, especially the peren- 

 nial ones, are interesting little plants to the Botanist, and are well 

 adapted for rock work. 



The fall of kings. 



The rage of nations, and the crush of states, 



Move not the man, who from the world escaped, 



In still retreats, and flowery solitudes, 



To Nature's voice attends, from month to month, 

 And day to day, thro’ the revolving year; 

 Admiring sees her in her every shape, 



Feels all her sweet emotions at his heart, 



Takes what she lib’ral gives, nor thinks of more. 



Thomson. 



