34 vr. crucifers: sisymbrievE. [ Ilesperis . 
old Arabic word, applied probably to this or some allied 
genus. 
1 . C. maritima Scop. ( purple S.) ; joints of the pouch two- 
edged, the upper one with two teeth at the base, leaves fleshy 
pinnatifid somewhat toothed. Bunias Cakile L. : E. B. t. 231. 
Sandy sea-shores, frequent. ©. 6,7. — Bushy ; branches crooked 
and, as well as the whole plant, succulent. Flowers purplish, rarely 
white. Fruit thick, fleshy, at length somewhat woody ; the upper 
joint is in reality the beak of the fruit, the pouch itself being usually 
abortive. 
Sub-Ord. II; NOTORRHIZEfE. Cotyledons incumbent (o [(). 
Tribe Y. Sisymiirie.’e. Pod elongated, with the valves convex 
or keeled , dissepiment linear . Cot. o||. (Gen. 18 — 21.) 
18. Hesperis Linn. Dame’s Violet. 
Pod 4-sided or 2-edged. Stigma nearly sessile ; the lobes 
elliptical, connivent. Cal. erect. — Named from io-epoe, the 
evening ; at which time the flowers yield a powerful fragrance. 
1. H. matrondlis L. ( common D.) ; stem erect, leaves ovato- 
lanceolate toothed, limb of the petals obovate, pods erect toru- 
lose their margins not thickened. H. inodora L. : E. B.t. 
731. 
Hilly pastures, in several parts of Great Britain, but perhaps al- 
ways escaped from cultivation. ©. 5 — 7. 
( Malcolmia maritima Br. has been found near Deal, Kent, by Miss 
Harvey, and in Jersey by the late Dr. R. Graham, but in neither 
place truly wild.) 
19. Sisymbrium Linn. Hedge-Mustard. 
Pod rounded or 6-angular ; valves convex or 3-angled 
3-nerved (rarely with the lateral nerves inconspicuous or want- 
ing). Hypogynous glands none between the longer filaments. 
Seeds smooth, their stalks slender. Stigma entire. Cal. slightly 
spreading, equal at the base. — Name: oiavpfipiav, given by the 
ancients to several plants, one of which is supposed to be a kind 
of cress ; perhaps from aw, ivith, and j Spinpog, food, because so 
eaten. 
1. S. officinale Scop, (common H.) ; pods subulate pubescent 
close-pressed to the main stalk, leaves runcinate hairy, stem 
hispid. Erysimum L. : E. B. t. 735. 
Waste places and by way-sides, plentiful. ©. 6, 7 — One or two 
feet high, branched. The deep and cut serrate lobes are not always 
sufficiently uecurved to constitute a runcinate leaf; the terminal lobe 
