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Virginian, has never been explained; and it seems a very inappropriate name, as the plant is not found wild in 
America. It may possibly, however, be a corruption of Virgin’s Stock, the easiness of its culture rendering it fit 
for the care of young girls ; in the same way as the Garden Rocket was formerly called Dame’s Violet. Nothing 
can be easier than the cultivation. The seeds are generally all good, and wherever they are sown they will 
come up without any care being bestowed upon them. It is frequently used in cottage gardens as a border 
flower. 
MALCOMIA CHIA, Dec., 
differs very little from the common kind, except in having much smaller flowers. It is a native of the isle of 
Chio, and was introduced in 1732. 
MALCOMIA AFRICANA, R. Br. 
This species is a native of the south of Europe, and north of Africa, whence it was introduced in 1747- The 
flowers are small and purplish ; the leaves lanceolate ; and the pods scabrous. 
MALCOMIA ARENARIA, Dec. 
A native of the sandy plains of Mauritania, whence it was introduced in 1804. The flowers are violet- 
coloured, and the leaves long and narrow. Seeds of all these kinds may be procured in the seed-shops ; but 
M. maritima is the only kind worth growing. 
GENUS III. 
IBERIS, Lin. THE CANDY TUFT. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNOMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character. —Two outer petals largest. Silicle much compressed, truncately emarginate.— (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —The plants of this genus were called Candy Tuft, because their flowers are produced in 
tufts, and because Ileris umlellata, the first kind introduced as a garden flower, was brought from Candia. The 
English species, Herts amara, was long thought to be a species of Thlaspi , or wild mustard. The seeds of the 
Candy Tufts are all very pungent, and were formerly used for mustard; and the leaves and young stems both 
of the Candy Tufts and stocks may be boiled and eaten as pot-herbs. 
1.—IBERIS UMBELLATA, Lin. THE COMMON PURPLE CANDY TUFT. 
Synonymes. —Iheris corymbosa, Mcench. Thlaspi Umbellatum, 
Crant.z. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 106; and our fig. 1, in Plate 12. 
Varieties. — I. u. 2 allia, fig. 3, in Plate 12, only differs from the 
species in having white flowers. I. u. 3 sanguinea, fig. 2, in Plate 
12, has the flowers much larger than the species, and of a rich dark 
crimson. 
Specific Character. Smooth. Leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 
lower ones serrated, upper ones quite entire ; pods umbellate, very 
acutely 3-lobed.— (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —The Purple Candy Tuft is a plant growing to the height of about a foot, with spreading 
branches and large heads of purple flowers. The white and dark crimson varieties only differ in the size and 
