a:thionema heterocar pa. 
VARIOUS-PODDED JETHIONEMA. 
Class. 
TKTRADYNaMIA. 
Order 
SILIQULOSA. 
Natural Order. 
CRUCIFERi. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introtl need 
Uncertain. 
6 inches. 
August. 
Annual. 
in 1841. 
No. 826. 
The Greek aitho, to scorch, and nemo, a thread 
or filament, are the words from which, there is but 
little doubt, the present generic name was deduced. 
It seems to allude to a burnt appearance of the 
stamens. 
At No. 334, we gave a figure of .Ethionema 
membranacea, a pretty low border perennial, which 
is very desirable in a dry and shady situation, but 
it does not bear exposure on wet or stiff' soil in 
winter. The present very singular little subject is 
an annual, therefore it presents none of the diffi- 
culties of preservation. Mention of it was made 
in the St. Petersburg Catalogue of seeds, for 
1837; but we believe that it was not introduced 
to this country prior to the spring of 1841, when 
seeds were received at the Birmingham Horticul • 
tural Society’s garden, from Berlin ; from which 
plants were raised by Mr. Cameron, and obligingly 
handed to one of our artists (Mr. Mills). 
Although its flowers are very diminutive, its low 
stature renders it a suitable plant for the front of 
flower compartments ; and the dense growth of 
its singular silicles, gives it a pleasing effect. 
