Volume V Part 5 (1/2)

_Cla.s.s and Order._

TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA.

_Generic Character._

_Filamenta_ quaedam introrsum denticulo notata. _Silicula_ emarginata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ALYSSUM _saxatile_ caulibus frutescentibus paniculatis, foliis lanceolatis mollissimis repandis. _Linn. Syst. Veg, ed. 14. Murr.

p. 590._ _Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 381._

ALYSSUM Cretic.u.m Saxatile, foliis undulatis incanis. _Tourn. cor. 15._

THLASPI luteum leucoji folio. _Bocc. muf. 79. t. 93._

[Ill.u.s.tration: No 159]

As this plant has very generally obtained in gardens and nurseries the name of yellow Alyssum, we have retained it; for though it is not the only one of the genus which produces yellow flowers, it may still be called yellow by way of eminence, such is the extreme brilliancy and profusion of its blossoms.

It is a native of Crete, and was first cultivated in this country by Mr.

MILLER, in 1731[3], at Chelsea garden.

It begins to flower about the latter end of April, and continues to blossom through great part of May; and it is not uncommon for it to flower again in autumn.

If it has a pure air and a dry situation, it will grow in almost any soil.

The usual mode of propagating it is by slips, or cuttings. As it is a small, shewy, hardy plant, and not disposed to over-run others, it is very suitable to embellish rock-work.

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PULMONARIA VIRGINICA. VIRGINIA LUNGWORT.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ infundibuliformis fauce pervia. _Calyx_ prismatico-pentagonus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

PULMONARIA _Virginica_ calycibus abbreviatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis. _Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 187._

PULMONARIA non maculosa, floribus tubulosis longis pulcherrimis caeruleis, in panicula pendula congestis, foliis teneribus glabris latis obtusis, ad margines aequalibus, pediculis dilute purpureis infidentibus, radice cra.s.sa instar symphyti. Mountain Cowslip.