CLASSIS XV* 
TETRADYNA M I A. 
ORDO 
SILICULOSA. 

349. X-iHPIDIUM fativum. Linn. Sp. pl. S99, 
Mati m. 322. 
Nafturtium hortenfe* Blackw. Herb, t . 23* 
Dod, Pempt. 699 > Lob. Hift. 107. 
Pbarm. . NASTURTII HORTENSIS Herba vi- 
rens, Semina* 
Locus . Colitur ubique in hortis* Annuum «. 
FORMA, rec. Radix fimplex , fufiformi-cy- 
lindrica, delcendens, alba, fibrillofa. Caulis bi- 
pedalis, erectus, teres, glaber, rore glauco te- 
nuiter adlperlus, fuperne ramofus. Rami alter- 
ni , fimplices , eredi. Folia alterna , petiolata , 
glabra, (ubiucculenta, patentia* inferiora bipin-r 
nata: pinnis cuneiformibus, incilo dentatis, acutiu^ 
fculis ; fuperiora pinnata: pinnis fuboppofitis, li- 
neari- lanceolatis , acutis, flibd en tatis ; faprema 
feffilia, linearia, fubintegerrima , concaviufcu- 
la , acura, fubpubefcentia* Flores terminales % 
racemofi, nudi, pedunculati, erecti. CAL. Per< 
4-phyllum, viridefeens: foliolis lineari- ovalibus, 
obtufis, fubpubefcentibus, concavis, margine un- 
dique attenuato, albido, eredis; 2 oppofitis paul- 
io latioribus. COR. cruciformis, alba : petalis cu- 
neiformibus, obtufis, ungviculatis, calyce lon- 
gipribqs, patentibus. STAM. FU 6, alba, corolla 
