44 vii. resedacEjE. [ Reseda . 
termediate. Tlie character .derived from the leaves sometimes dis- 
appears. 
Ord. VII. RESEDACEiE De Cand. 
Calyx of several narrow sepals. Petals unequal, mostly laci- 
niate. Stamens 10—24, inserted upon a glandular irregular 
disk. Ovary sessile, 3 — 4-lobed, 1- celled, with 3 — 4 parietal 
placentas bearing many seeds (or of 4 — 6 verticillate 1 -celled 
carpels). Stigmas sessile, one to each placenta and alternate 
with it. Fruit opening in an early stage at the extremity along 
the line of placentas. — Reseda odorata is the sweet Migno- 
nette of our gardens. 
1. Reseda Linn. Dyer’s Rocket. Mignonette. 
Cal. of 1 piece, many-parted. Pet. more or less divided and 
unequal. Caps, of 1 cell, opening at the top. Stigmas 3 — 4. 
— Name from resedo, to calm , from its supposed sedative 
qualities. 
1. R. Luteola L. ( common D., Yellow-weed or Weld) ; leaves 
long lanceolate undivided, calyx 4-partite, stigmas 3. E. B. 
t. 320. 
Waste places ; frequent on a chalky soil. ©. 6 — 8. — Stem 2 — 3 
feet high, branched. Bacemes long’, of numerous yellowish flowers, 
with prominent stamens. Disk large, green, crenate, on the upper 
side of th a flower ; 3 of the petals 3-cleft, segments linear; two lower 
petals entire ; capsules broad, depressed. — Used in dyeing woollen 
stuffs yellow. 
2. R. lutea L. (base D., wild il/.); leaves 3-cleft or pinnatifid, 
calyx 6-partite, petals 6 very unequal, stigmas 3. E. B. t. 
321. 
Waste places and chalky hills. 0 or in mild winters V. 6 — 8. — 
T.eaves very variable, some bipinnatifid, lower ones often pinnate. 
Flowers deeper yellow than in the last. Two upper petals with 2 
wing-like lobes, lateral ones unequally bifid, lower ones entire. 
Capsule oblong, wrinkled. 
3. R. * fruticulbsa L. ( shrubby base D.) ; leaves all pinnate 
waved glaucous, calyx 5-partite, petals 5 nearly equal trifid, 
stigmas 4. E. B. S. t. 2628. R. suffruticulosa L. : Bab. 
Cornwall. Weston-super-mare, Somersetshire. Unenclosed sand- 
hills, Bootle, 4 — 5 miles from Liverpool. Coventry, Warwickshire. 
The following stations, either for this or B. alba, have also been com- 
municated: — about Dublin; between Cork and Glanmire; and 
near Gosport. $ or I/.. 6- — ft- alba of Continental writers chiefly 
differs from this by having the calyx 6-partite, and 6 petals ; Mr. 
Borrer, however, can only distinguish the B. alba of the Linnean Her- 
barium by its shorter flower-stalks, more cylindrical racemes, and the 
