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the stems of the various plants of the cabbage tribe. Prince Maximilian, of 
Wied Neuwied, relates that the Brazilian Indians use a kind of cress, which 
in taste resembles that of Europe, as a good remedy for asthma. Travels, 1 . 
35. Their seeds universally abound in a fixed oil, which is expressed from 
some species, as the Rape, for various economical purposes. 
GENERA. 
§ 1. Arabide^e, DC. 
Mathiola, R. Br. 
Cheiranthus, R. Br. 
Psilostylis, Andrz. 
Nasturtium, R. Br. 
Brachylobos, Desv. 
Roupa, Scop. 
Leptocarpaea, DC. 
Notoceras, R. Br. 
Diceratium, Lga. 
Barbarea, R. Br. 
Streptanthus, Nutt. 
Stevenia, Adans. 
Braya, Sternb. 
Oreas, Cham. 
Orobium, Rchb. 
Eutrema, R. Br. 
Platypetalum, R. Br. 
Platyspermum, Hook 
Smelowskia, Meyer. 
Taphrospermum, Mey 
Turritis, Dillen. 
Arabis, L. 
Abasicarpon, Andrz. 
Macropodium, R. Br. 
Parrya, R. Br. 
Cardamine, DC. 
Pteroneuron, DC. 
Dentaria, Tourn. 
Neuroloma, Andrz. 
§ 2. Alyssine^e, DC. 
Lunaria, L. 
Savignya, DC. 
Ricotia, L. 
Farsetia, Turr. 
Fibigia, Med. 
Berteroa, DC. 
Aubrietia, Adans. 
Vesicaria, Lam. 
Schivereckia, Andrz. 
Alyssum, DC. 
Adyseton, Scop. 
Odontarrhena, Meyer. 
Glyce, Lindl. 
Koniga, R. Br.* 
Meniocus, Desv. 
Psilonema, Meyer. 
Selenia, Nutt. 
Discovium, Raf. 
Clypeola, Gaertn. 
Orium, Desv. 
Bergentia, Desv. 
Peltaria, L. 
Bohatschia, Crz. 
Peerocallis, R. Br. 
Draba, DC. 
Mathewsia, Hooker. 
Ptilotrichum, Meyer. 
Erophila, DC. 
Cochlearia, Tourn. 
Tetrapoma, Turcz. 
Kernera, Medik. 
§ 3. ThlaspidejE, DC 
Thlaspi, Dill. 
Pterolobium, Andrz. 
Hutchinsia, R. Br. 
Noccaea, Moench. 
Teesdalia, R. Br. 
Guepinia, Bat. 
Iberis, L. 
. Biscutella, L. 
Megacarpaea, DC. 
, Cremolobus, DC. 
§ 4. Euclidie^, DC. 
Euclidium, R. Br. 
Ochthodium, DC. 
Pugionium, Gaertn. 
§ 5..ANASTATICEiE,DC 
Anastatica, Gaertn. 
Morettia, DC. 
§ 6. Cakiline^, DC. 
Cakile, Tourn. 
Cordylocarpus, Desf. 
Chorispora, DC. 
§ 7. SiSYMBREiE, DC. 
Malcomia, R. Br. 
Triceras, Andrz. 
Oudneya, R. Br. 
Hesperis, L. 
Deilosma, Andrz. 
Andreoskia, DC. 
Hesperidopsis, DC. 
Dontostemon, Andrz. 
Sisymbrium, All. 
Redowskia, Cham. 
Hugueninia, Rchb. 
Alliaria, Adans. 
Erysimum, Gaertn. 
Coringia, Heist. 
Syrenia, Andrz. 
Cheirinia, Lk. 
Gorinkia, Presl. 
Leptaleum, DC. 
Stanley a, Nutt.* 
Warea, Nutt. 
§ 8. CAMELINEiE, DC. 
Stenopetalum, R. Br. 
Camelina, Crz. 
Monchia, Roth. 
Eudema, H. Bk. 
Hymenophysa, Meyer 
Neslia, Desv. 
Rapistrum, Gaertn. 
Vogelia, fI. Wett. 
.§ 9. Lepidine^, DC. 
Senebiera, Poir. 
Coronopus, Hall. 
Lepidium, R. Br. 
Lepia, Desv. 
Lasioptera, Andrz. 
Dileptium, Raf. 
Cardaria, Desv. 
Cardiolepis, Wall. 
Menonvillaea, DC. 
Hexaptera, Hooker. 
Subularia, L. 
Capsella, Vent. 
Rodschiedia, FI. Wett. 
Bivonaea, DC. 
, Eunomia, DC. 
.(Ethionema, R. Br. 
§ 10. ISATIDE^, DC. 
Aphragmus, Andr. 
Tauscheria, Fisch. 
Isatis, C. Bauh. 
Sameraria, Desv. 
Myagrum, Tourn. 
Sobolewskia, M.B. 
Tetrapterygium, F. et 
M. 
Dipterj'gium, Decais. 
Thysanocarpus, Hook. 
§ 11. Anchonie^, DC. 
Goldbachia, DC. 
Anchonium, DC. 
Sterigma, DC. 
Sterigmostemon, M. 
B. 
Arthrolobus, Stev. 
§ 12. Brassice^, DC. 
Brassica, L. 
Gunthera, Andrz. 
Sinapis, Tourn. 
Hirschfeldia, Mbnch. 
Bonannia, Presl. 
? Disaccium, DC. 
Moricandia, DC. 
Orychophragmus, Bge. 
Diplotaxis, DC. 
Eruca, Toui*n. 
Euzomum, Link. 
. Erucastrum, Rchb. 
Ramphospermum, 
Andrz. 
§ 13. VELLEiE, DC. 
Vella, L. 
Boleum, Desv. 
Carrichtera, DC. 
Succowia, Med. 
§ 14. PsYCHINEiE, DC. 
Schouwia, DC. 
Psychine, Desf. 
§ 15. ZlLLE^, DC. 
Zilla, Forsk. 
Muricaria, Desv. 
Calepina, Adans. 
§16. Raphane^e, DC. 
Crambe, Tourn. 
Didesmus, Desv. 
Rapistrum, Boerh. 
Enarthrocarpus, Lab. 
Raphanus, L. 
§ 17. BUNIADEiE, DC. 
Bunias, R. Br. 
Lcelia, Pers. 
§ 18. Erucarie^e, DC. 
Erucaria, Gaertn. 
Cordylocarpus, W. 
§ 19. SCHIZOPETALEiE, 
Schizopetalum, Sims. 
§ 20. Heliophilee, 
DC. 
Chamira, Thunb. 
Heliophila, L. 
Trentepohlia, Roth. 
Carponema, DC. Eckl. 
Leptormus, DC. Eckl. 
Ormiscus, DC. Eckl. 
Selenocarpaea, DC. 
Eckl. 
Pachystylum, DC. 
Eckl. 
Carpopodium, DC. 
Eckl. 
§ 21. Brachycarp-ee, 
DC. 
Brachycarpaea, DC. 
For another mode of arranging the genera, see Bartling Ord. Nat. p. 261. 
* In the opinion of Nuttall, Warea and Stanleya constitute a very distinct natural 
order, intermediate between Cruciferae and Capparidaceae. He calls it Stanley, Act. Acad. 
Phil. 7. 85. 
