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and bushy, and its branches spreading or zigzag. Its leaves are of a bluish green, and its flowers, which are 
large and handsome, and produced in bushy racemes, are purple or white. It requires a sandy soil, and flowers 
from June till September. 
GENUS XIV. 
RICOTIA, Lin. THE RICOTIA, OR SYRIAN HONESTY. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character.— Silicle sessile, oblong, adult ones 1-celled, in consequence of the dissepiment having vanished. Valves flat. Calyx 
valvular, bigibbous at the base. Petals emarginate. Stamens toothless.—(G. Don.') 
1.—RICOTIA LUNARIA, Dec. SYRIAN HONESTY. 
Synonymes. —R. iEgyptiaca, Lam. Lunaria Ricotia, Gcertn. Car- 
damine Lunaria, L. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. 49 ; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard. Second 
Series, t. 411. 
Specific Character. —Leaves almost bipinnate. Lobes oblong, 
sinuated, angular.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A pretty little plant with dark purple flowers, resembling in every respect, except colour, 
those of the Virginia stock. It is a native of Syria, and was first introduced in 1757- It was soon after lost, 
and has since been frequently introduced, and lost after a season or two, from its not ripening its seeds. It is 
now grown successfully by Messrs. Booth of Hamburgh; Mr. George Booth having collected the seed on rocky 
situations in Palestine, where it flowers in April. The seeds should be sown very thickly on rock-work in 
autumn ; and in favourable situations, that is, such as are warm and dry, the rock-work will he covered with a 
profusion of flowers, which from their dark purple, and white centre, will have a very striking effect. 
GENUS XV. 
ERYSIMUM, Gcert. THE TREACLE MUSTARD. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. —Silique tetragonal. Calyx closed. Cotyledons flat, oblong.— (Dec.) 
1.—ERYSIMUM PEROWSKIANUM, Fisch. et Meyer. PEROWSKI’S ERYSIMUM, OR THE PALESTINE 
TREACLE MUSTARD. 
Engraving. —Floral Cabinet, vol. iii. p. 19. I Petals obovate. Seed-vessel bowed. Stigmata somewhat globose, 
Specific Character. —Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, remotely toothed. | fleshy.— (Know, et West.) 
Description, &c.— A rather coarse-growing plant, with very large and showy bright orange, or rather 
scarlet flowers. It is a native of Palestine, and was sent from St. Petersburg, to the Birmingham Botanic 
Garden, in 1838. The name is not in any of the London nurserymen’s catalogues, but seeds may probably be 
obtained of Messrs. Pope and Sons, Handsworth, near Birmingham. The plant is quite hardy, and requires no 
particular care in its cultivation. 
