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GENUS XV. 
MORICANDIA, Dec. THE MORICANDIA. 
Lin. Sysl. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Charactrr. — Silique tetragonal, somewhat 2-edge<l. Seeds disposed in two rows in each cell; ovate, small, and a little margined. 
Description, &c. — This genus is named in honour of Signor Moricand, an Italian botanist. There is only 
one species which is a biennial, the others being annuals. 
1 MORICANDIA ARVENSIS, Dec. THE FIELD MORICANDIA. 
Synonymes. — Biassica arvensis, Lin ; B. purpurea, Mill.: B. 
perfoliata, var. fi. Lam. ; Turritis arvensis, R. Br. ; Crantzia 
frutescens. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 278 ; and our^^. S, in 
Plate 18. 
Specific Character. — Pods somewhat tetragonal ; cauline leaves 
cordate, stem-clasping, quite entire. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species, though called a biennial, will frequently last three or four years. The 
racemes of flowers are very loose, and the leaves, which are glaucous, and have no footstalks, sheath the stem at 
the base. The plant is a native of the south of Europe, and it was introduced in 1739, though it is very seldom 
seen in gardens, probably from its being frequently killed in severe winters. It should be planted in a warm 
open border, in a rich deep soil, and protected by turning a flower-pot over it in winter. It is propagated by 
seeds, which it ripens abundantly, and which should be sown in February or March. 
GENUS XVI. 
MORISIA, Gay. THE GROUND CRESS. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. Silique short, two-jointed ; joints two-celled, crustaceous, globose, wrinkled, upper one bearing the persistent style, 
l-seeded ; lower one larger, 3-seeded. 
Description, &c. — There is only one species, which was formerly included in the genus Erncaria. The 
present genus is named in honour of Professor Moris, who discovered the only plants of it yet known on the 
mountains of Sardinia. 
1.— MORISIA HYPOG.a;A, D. Don. THE UNDER-GROUND MORIsIA. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard 2nd ser. t. 290 ; and our I Specific Character. — Leaves pinnate ; leaflets aeeaile, ttiangululy 
fig, 8, in Plate 18. | falcate ; scape naked, 1-flowered. 
Description, &c. — A beautiful little plant, growing in a compact tuft close to the ground, with golden 
yellow flowers, in the shape of a Maltese cross. The leaves, which are very numerous, resemble those of the 
dandelion, and are of a deep glossy green. The whole plant is admirably adapted for rock-work, a little nest 
being made for it between the stones of light loamy soil, sufiiciently deep to give room for its root, which is 
long and fusiform. The species is propagated by seeds, which should be sown as soon as ripe ; the specific 
name of the plant, indeed, indicates this peculiarity, as the flower-stalk coils up as soon as the seeds are ripe, 
like those of the cyclamen, and buries the capsule in the ground, where it discharges its seeds. The plant is a 
native of Sardinia, and it was introduced in 1834. 
