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and HH. ; Koch 36, 1018. F. foil, tenuissimis , Jl. albis circa 
Monspelium nascens, Vaill. Bot. Par. 56. t. 10. f. 5. F. parviflora 
(3. albijlora Moris. FI. Sard. 1. 91. F. parviflora /3. Walp. Rep. 
1. 122 (excl. syn. F. Vaillantii Lois, and RFG. iii. t. 1. no. 4452). 
u F. leucantha Viv. FI. Cors.” ex. Moris. 1. c.; Be Heldreich! in 
HH. F. Vaillantii EBS. t. 2877 ; Bab. 17, 18 (not Loisel.). — 
Herb. ann. PS. reg. 1 ; cc. Vineyards and cultivated ground 
about the town and all along behind the beach towards P ta de 
Malhado, Apr., May. — Very glaucous leafy and bushy, with 
rather short branches 6-18 in. long. FI. white or greenish- 
white, very distinctly tipped with black and gr., very small, 
li-2 lines long. Rac. dense in fl., lax in fr. Sep. like miuute 
scales and scarcely visible without a lens, somewhat irregular in 
shape, narrower even than the pedicels. Ach. the size and 
shape of those of F. muralis , but with a minute abrupt projecting 
point or mucro at the apex, and strongly and distinctly granu- 
late. Herbage strongly smoky-glaucous pale or whitish. — This 
is certainly the true F. parviflora Lam. of almost all continental 
botanists, as Cosson! Bove! Schimper! Kotscliky! Hohenacker! 
Kralik! Boissier! Bourgeau! Webb! &c. in HH. And though 
not a question directly affecting the Mad. Fl., I am almost 
equally satisfied, by examination of numerous authentic speci- 
mens from different countries and authors in HH., together 
with a careful scrutiny of synonyms and figures, that not only 
F. parviflora EB. t. 590 (with larger fi. than usual), Sm. E. Fl. 
iii. 256 (which however comprehends the true white-flowered 
F. parviflora Lam.) and Bab. 17, but also that the true F. 
Vaillantii Loisel. (Not. 102, Fl. Gall. ii. 101 ; Vaill. Bot. Par. 
56. t. 10. f. 6 j RIB. p. 42. t. 50. f. 103 ; RFG. iii. t. 1. f. 4452 ; 
WB. 1. 53) are merely purple-flowered varieties, forms or modi- 
fications of the same sp. Little or no dependence can be placed 
on the laciniae of the 1. being more or less narrow (i. e. filiform 
or linear) as in EBS. t. 2877. Compare F. parviflora a. and /3. 
in Moris. Fl. Sard. 1. 91, with remark at the end. 
Order V. CRUCIFERiE. 
The Cabbage, Mustard and Cress Family. 
Sep. 4 deciduous, the 2 side ones gibbous at the base. Cor. 
regular cruciform ; pet. 4 alternate witli the sep. opposite each 
other. Stam. 6 (rarely 4) tetradynamous, the 2 shorter opposite 
the side pet., the 4 longer in pairs opposite the anterior and 
posterior sep. and stigmas. Torus with green glands between 
the pet. and stam. or stam. and ovary. Ov. free 1-2-celled with 
1, 2 or more ovules in each ; placentas parietal meeting in the 
middle and forming a false dissepiment. Stigmas 2. Fr. a 
silique (pod) or silicic (pouch) mostly 2-celled with a spurious 
