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Tuft, because it came from Candia ; and under these names we find both species frequently mentioned by our 
early florists. The name of Iberis is derived from Iberia, the ancient name for Spain. 7. pinnata is also found 
wild in the south of France and Italy. It requires no particular care in its culture, and it may be sown in 
March, April, or May. The heads of flowers do not become broader under careful culture, but have a ten¬ 
dency to elongate; so that their beauty, instead of being improved, is rather lessened. 
3.—IBEllIS ODORATA, Lin. THE SWEET-SCENTED CANDY TUFT. 
Engraving. —Brit. Flow. Card. t. 50. | dilated at the top ; pods roundish, emarginate, lobes acute, spreading, 
Specific Character. —Leaves linear, toothed, ciliated at the base, I shorter than the style_(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— This species is frequently confounded with I . pinnata , but though there is a general 
resemblance, there arc several points of difference. The flowers of 7. oclorata are whiter, and smaller and 
looser, than those of I. pinnata , and its calyxes are more purple ; its stem-leaves are only toothed, and its pods 
are acutely lobed ; its leaves are bordered with hairs, and it is very sweet-scented. It grows about a foot high. 
The small size and looseness of its heads of flowers, and its straggling habit of growth, prevent it from being- 
considered ornamental, and it is comparatively but little grown. It is a native of Crete, and was introduced in 
1804. It requires no particular care in its culture, but does best in a rather poor soil, as, in this case, the 
scent of its flowers is stronger; though this is perhaps no recommendation, as it is of rather a sickly sweetness, 
and not very agreeable. The seed ripens abundantly, but we do not know where it is to be procured true ; as 
that generally sold in the seed-shops for I. odorata is the seed of I. pinnata. 
4.—I. AMARA, Lin. THE BITTER CANDY TUFT. 
Engravings.— Eng. Bot. t. 52. i Flowers corymbose, finally racemose. Pods orbicular, narrowly ernar- 
Specific Character. —Leaves lanceolate, acute, somewhat toothed. | ginate.— (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A little plant about six inches high, with small tufts of white flowers, which have a 
tendency to form racemes. It is a native of England, and is found in considerable quantities in corn-fields, near 
Henley in Oxfordshire, Wallingford in Berkshire, and other places. It is also found wild in corn-fields in 
nearly every part of Europe. It is a pretty little plant, and looks well in a garden, from its low and compact 
habit of growth, and from the whiteness of its heads of flowers, which, though not large, are very numerous. 
The whole plant has a bitter taste, from which it takes its name. 
5.—IBERIS CORONARIA, D. Don. THE ROCKET CANDY TUFT. 
Engravings. —Brit. Flow. Card., Second Series, t. 359; and our 
fig. 5, in Plate 12. 
Specific Character. —Pubescent. Leaves wedge-shaped, obtusely- 
dentated. Pods corymbose, acutely 2-lobed, margins gnawed crenated. 
Seeds winged. Stem strictly branched.— D. Don.) 
Description, &c.— By far the most splendid of the genus. The plant, if carefully treated, grows about two 
feet high, branching widely, and each plant producing three or five racemes of flowers, the side ones being eight 
