Iberis Nudicaulis. Naked-Stalked Candy- Tuft, 
or Rock-Cress. 
IBERIS Linn. Gen. PI. Tetradynamia Siliculosa. 
Cor. irregularis, petalis 2 exterioribus majoribus. Silicula polyfperma, 
emarginata. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 21. Herba tetrapetala siliquosa et siliculosa. 
IBERIS nudicaulis herbacea, foliis firmatis, caule nudo fimplici. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 589. Sp. P/. 
p. 907. FI. Suec. n. 581. Lightfoot Scot. p. 346. Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 285. 
IBERIS foliis pinnatis, pinnis ovatis acutis. Hali. FUJI. n. 521. 
NASTURTIUM minimum vernum foliis tantum circa radicem. Magnol. Bot. Monfp. p. 187. cum fig. 
BURSA PASTORIS minor foliis incilis et Thai. Bauh. p. 108. 
NASTURTIUM petram m foliis Burfas Palloris. Bauh. p. 104. 
BURSA PASTORIS minor. Ger. emac. 251. Parkinf. 806. Raii Syn. p. 303. The lelfer Shepherd's 
Purfe, or Rock-Crelfe. 
RADIX annua, fibrofa, albida. 
CAULES vix palmares ; juniores decumbentes, adul- 
tiores adfcendentes, demum ere£ti ; plerum- 
que aphylli, interdum tamen foliis aliquot 
veftiti, fimplices, teretes, glabri. 
FOLIA radicalia petiolata, plerumque proftrata, in 
orbem polita, paulo ultra uncialia, lsevia, 
finuato-pinnatilida, obtufa; lobis in quibuf- 
dam oppofitis, in aliis alternis, terminali 
maximo, rotundato, caulina ubi adfunt feffilia, 
inferiora quinquelida aut trifida, fuperiora 
fimplicia, lanceolata. 
FLORES racemofi, parvi, albi, inodori. 
PEDUNCULI femunciales, patentilfimi. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis Iato- 
lanceolatis, concavis, aequalibus, rufefcentibus, 
deciduis, fg. 1. 
COROLLA tetrapetala, inaequalis, calyce major ; Pe- 
tala obovata, duo exteriora majora, paten- 
tia, duo interiora minora, inflexa, Jig . 2. 
STAMINA : Filamenta fex, fubulata, ere£la, alba, 
quorum duo lateralia breviora; Anthera 
fubrotundas, flavae, fg. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, compreflum ; 
Stylus fimplex, brevis; Stigma obtufum. 
PERICARPIUM : Silicula ere£la, fuborbiculata, 
emarginata, comprefla, parum concava, mar- 
gine acuto cinfta, bilocularis, fg. 5. diflepi- 
mento lanceolato ; valvulis navicularibus, 
compreflis, carinatis, fg. 6 . 
SEMINA in fingulo loculo plerumque duo, fubovata, 
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ROOT annual, fibrous, whitifh. 
STALKS fcarcely a hand s breadth in height, the young 
ones decumbent, riling as they grow older, 
finally upright, generally naked, but fome- 
times furnilhed with one or more leaves, 
fimple, round, and fmooth. 
LEAVES next the root, Handing on footftalks, gene- 
rally fpread circularly on the ground, fome- 
what more than an inch in length, fmooth, 
finuated and pinnatifid, obtufe, the lobes in 
fome oppofite, in others alternate, the termi- 
nal one very large and rounded, thofe of the 
flalk (if any) felfile, the lowermoft ones di- 
vided into five or three fegments, the upper 
ones fimple and lanceolate. 
FLOWERS growing in racemi, fmall, white, and 
without fcent. 
FLOWER-STALKS half an inch long, fpreading 
CALYX : a Perianthium of four leaves, broad lan- 
ceolate, concave, equal, reddilh, and deci- 
duous, fg. 1. 
COROLLA compofed of four petals, unequal, larger 
than the calyx ; Petals obovate, the two 
outer ones largeft, fpreading, the two inner 
ones leaft, bent in, fg. 2. 
STAMINA : fix Filaments, tapering, upright, white, 
the two fide ones fhorteft; Anthers round- 
ifh, yellow, fg. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, flattened ; Style 
fimple, fliort; Stigma obtufe. 
SEED-VESSEL : an upright Pod, fomewhat orbicu- 
lar, emarginate, flattened, a little concave, 
furrounded with a (harp margin, compofed 
of two cavities, fg. 5 . the partition lanceo- 
Jate, the valves boat-fhaped, flattened, keeled 
fg. 6 . ’ 
SEEDS : generally two in each cavity, fubovate 
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and generally on the edges of gravel-pits, where the foil has been dry and barren 1 ’ 
Gnaphalium montanum , Atra flexuofa , and Ornitbopus perpufllus. ^ 3 where ufually grew 
The ftalk is not always deftitute of leaves; the more luxuriant the nlant ,b- • jt r, 
them : Magnol obferves, that they are fometimes found entire on die edges, " dll £’° rcd t0 produce 
