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2.— AUBRIETIA PURPUREA, Dec. THE PURPLE AUBRIETIA. 
Synonymes Arabis purpurea, Smith; Draba hesperidifolia, I.am. Engraving. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 207. 
Spkcific Chahacter. — Pedicels shorter than the calyx. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This pretty little plant has the same advantage as the other, and is very much like it, 
with the exception that the flower is smaller, and it is less hardy ; it stands our winters very well unprotected, 
growing in light sandy soil. It may be propagated by cuttings under a hand-glass, or seed ; if the cuttings be kept 
in small pots until they have taken root, they will flower well in the open air. It is also more straggling 
than A. deltoidea. It is a native of Bithynia, whence it was introduced in 1821. 
GENUS VI. 
VESICARIA, Lam. THE VESICARIA. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Chahacter. — Silicle globose, inflated, with hemispherical or linear-entire, or somewhat sinuated. Racemes terminal. Pedicels 
valves. Seeds many, generally beyond 8, usually margined. Petals bractless, filiform. (G. Don.) 
entire. Stems shrubby at the base, branched, round. Leaves oblong, 
Description, &c. — This genus takes its name from vesica., a blister or bladder, in allusion to the inflated 
pods. There are several species, aU with yellow flowers ; but only a few of them are cultivated in gardens. 
1.— VESICARIA UTRICULATA, Lam. THE GLOBE-PODDED VESICARIA. 
Synonymes. — Alyssum utriculatum, Lin. ; A. Oederi var. 
Durand. ; Myagrum utriculatum, Berg. ; Bladder-podded Alyssum. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 130 ; and omi fig. 1 in Plate 17. 
Specific Character. — Calyx bisaccate at the base ; leaves somewhat 
oblong, quite entire, smooth ; lower ones ciliated, somewhat spatulate. 
(G. Don. J 
Description, &c — A very handsome hardy plant, the flowers and general appearance of which greatly 
resemble those of the wallflower ; except in being always yellow, and their being succeeded by membranaceous 
globular pods, which, each retaining iis needle-like style, have a very singular appearance. The species is a 
native of the Levant, whence it was introduced in 1739. It should be grown in a dry soil, and it may be 
propagated by cuttings, or seeds, which it ripens in great abundance. 
2.— VESICARIA ARENOSA, Rich. THE SAND VESICARIA. 
Synonyme. — V. urtica, Hook. I sinuate-toothed, grey with stellate down ; stem round, suffruticose tt 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 2882. I the base. Pods globose, pubescent. (G.Don.) 
Specific Charactfji. — Lower leaves somewhat rhomboid, obsoletely I 
Description, &c. — A pretty little plant, with small yellow flowers ; very suitable for rockwork, as it grows 
in spreading tufts. It is a native of North America, within the Arctic zone ; and it was introduced in 1829, 
OTHER SPECIES OF VESICARIA. 
Only two other species have fceen introduced, viz. : — V. Ludoviciana, a native of North America, in 1825 : 
and V. sintiata, a native of Spain, introduced before 1596. 
