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and bushy, and its branches spreading or zigzag. Its leaves are of a bluish green, and its flowers, wliich are 
large and handsome, and produced in bushy racemes, are purple or white. It requires a sandy soil, and flowers 
from June till September. 
GENUS XIV. 
mCOTIA, Lin. THE RICOTIA, OR SYRIAN HONESTY. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Ofneric Character. — Silicle sessile, oblong, adult ones 1-celled, in consequence of the dissepiment having vanished. Valves flat. Calyx 
valvular, bigibbous at the base. Petals emarginate. Stamens toothle8s.^-(G. Don.') 
Stnonymes. — R. ^gyptiaca, Lam. Lunaria Ricotia, Gcertn. Car- 
daminc Lunaria, L. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. 49 ; Sweet's Brit. Flow. Gard. Second 
1.— RICOTIA LUNARIA, Dec. SYRIAN HONESTY. 
Series, t. 411. 
Specific Character. — Leaves almost bipinnate. Lobes oblong, 
sinuated, angular. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A pretty little plant with dark purple flowers, resembling in every respect, except colour, 
those of the Virginia stock. It is a native of Syria, and was first introduced in 1757. It was soon after lost, 
and has since been frequently introduced, and lost after a season or two, from its not ripening its seeds. It is 
now grown successfully by Messrs. Booth of Hamburgh ; Mr. George Booth having collected the seed on rocky 
situations in Palestine, where it flowers in April. The seeds should be sown very thickly on rock-work in 
autumn ; and in favourable situations, that is, such as are warm and dry, the rock- work wiU be covered with a 
profusion of flowers, which from their dark purple, and white centre, will have a very striking efiect. 
GENUS XV. 
ERYSIMUM, Gcert. THE TREACLE MUSTARD. 
Lin. Syit. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. — Silique tetragonal. Calyx dosed. Cotyledons flat, oblong. — (Z>ec.) 
1.— ERYSIMUM PEROWSKIANUM, Fisch. et Meyer. PEROWSKI'S ERYSIMUM, OR THE PALESTINE 
TREACLE MUSTARD. 
Engravings. — Floral Cabinet, vol. iii. p. 19 ; and oat fig. 10, in 
PI. 13. 
toothed. Petals obovate. Seed. vessel bowed. Sligmata some- 
what globose, fleshy. — [Know, et West.) 
Si'tciFic Characteh. — Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, remotely 
Description, &c. — A rather coarse-growing plant, with very large and showy bright orange, or golden yellow 
flowers. It is a native of India, whence it was sent to St. Petersburgh, and afterwards to English Gardens, in 1838. 
The name is uow in all the London nurserymen's catalogues, and seeds may probably be procured in every part of 
Great Britain. The plant is quite hardy, and requires no particular care in its cultivation. The specific name is 
pronounced Perofskianum. 
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