TETRADYNAM’iA SILICULOSA. 14 ^ 
VELLA. Cresse Rocket. 
The cup is tetraphyllous, ere^l, cylindraceous, and 
the leaves are linear, obtule, and deciduous. The flower 
is retrapetalous and cruciform, and the petals obovate 
‘and patent, the ungues being the length of the cup. The 
fix filaments are the length of the cup, but the two op- 
pofite ones are ihorter than the refl:. The antherse are 
fimple. The germen is ovate, the ftyle is conical, the 
ftigma is fimple. The filicula is globofe, entire, bilocu- 
lar, the diffepimentum is twice as large as the filicula, 
it is ovate and ered:, containing fome roundifii feeds. 
Annua. CrcJJe Rocket with pinnatifid leaves, and pen- 
dulous- filiculaii. On i^alisbury Plain., not far from Stone- 
henge., Mr Lawson. R. Sy, An. June., 
SUBULARIA. Awl-wort. 
The cup is tetraphyllous, and the leaves are ovate, 
concave, patent, and deciduous. The flov/er is tetrape- 
talous and uniform. The petals are obovate, entire 
and fomewhat larger than the cup. There are fix 
filaments fliorter than the corolla, the two oppofite ones 
being fliorter, and the antherae are fimple. The germen 
is ovate with fcarce any ftyle and the ftigma is obtufe. 
The filicula is obovate, comprefled, entire, furnifhed 
v/ith a very fliort ftyle and is bilocular-, the valves are 
ovate and concave, the feeds are very fmall and round-- 
ifli. 
Aciuatica. Awl- wort. Per, 
D R A B A. Whitlow-grass* 
The cup is tetraphyllous, the leaves are ovate, con- 
cave eredo-patent, deciduous. The flower is tetrapeta- 
lous and cruciform the petals are oblong, fomewhat 
patent, with very fmall ungues. There are fix filaments 
the length of the cup, four of which are fomewhat long- 
er, and eredo-patent, having fimple antheraj. The ger- 
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