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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS XI. 
BISCUTELLA, Lin. THE BUCKLER MUSTARD. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA S1LICULOSA. 
Generic Character. —Silicle flat, biscutate. Cells adnate laterally to the axis. Style long, permanent. Embryo inverted.— (G. Don.) 
1.—BISCUTELLA HISPIDA, Dec. THE HAIRY BUCKLER MUSTARD. 
Synonymes. —B. macrocarpa, Hort. ? B. auriculata, Lin .; ? B. 
erigerifolia, Dec. B. coronopifolia, Hort. 
Engraving. —Bot. Mag. t. 2444. 
Specific Character. — Calyx acutely 2-spurred. Pod smooth, 
rough in the centre from elevated dots, not overhanging the style at the 
top. Stem hispid.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A little plant, with bright yellow flowers, very much like those of the common mustard, 
and very curious seeds, that look like two little shields fastened together. There are several kinds named in the 
seed catalogues, but they all appear to be varieties of one kind. The seeds should be sown in a light sandy soil, 
at any time during the spring and summer, and they will generally flower six weeks after sowing. Seeds may 
be procured in any seed-shop, as they ripen abundantly. 
. GENUS XII. 
MENONVILLEA, Dec. THE MENONVILLEA. 
Lin. Syst. TETRAD YNAMI A SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character. —Style somewhat stipitate, biscutate. Cells with the margin expanded into a wing, ending in the parallel disk.— (G. Don.) 
1.—MENONVILLEA FILIFOLIA, Fisch. et Meyer. THE THREAD-LEAVED MENONVILLEA. 
Engraving. —Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard., Second Series, t. 371. 
Specific Character. —Leaves thread-like, undivided or laciniated. 
Description, &c. —A slender but rigid plant, growing erect about a foot high. The flowers are white, and 
of no great beauty ; the leaves are long and narrow like grass. It is a native of Chili, and was introduced in 
1837 by A. B. Lambert, Esq., who received the seeds from the Botanic Garden at St. Petersburg. It requires a 
light loamy soil, and similar treatment to Schizopetalon, but we do not know where to procure seeds. 
GENUS XIII. 
CAKILE, Tourn. THE SEA ROCKET. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. _Silicle two-jointed, compressed, upper joint ensiform. Seeds solitary in the cells, upper one erect, lower one 
pendulous.—(G. Don.) 
1.—CAKILE MARITIMA, Scop. THE COMMON SEA ROCKET. 
Synonymes. —Bunias Cakile, Lin. Isatis pinnata, Forsk. Rapis- Specific Character. —Upper joint of pod ensiform. Leaves pinnate- 
trum maritimum, Berg. parted.—(G. Don.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot. t. 231 ; 2nd. Edit., vol. v. t. 891. 
Description, &c.— A very ornamental British plant, found on the sea-shore. Its stem is much branched 
