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teeth pointed, the lowermost longest; upper ones nearly
sessile, or on very short footstalks, ovate, taper-pointed,
sharplj' toothed at the base, and entire from about
the middle. Racemes elongated, many-flowered,
thickly clothed with long villous hairs, and smaller
ones intermixed. Bractes none. Pedicles short,
scarcely half the length of the calyx, villous. Calyx
of 4 sepals, closed, 2-gibbous at the base, bearded at
the point; sepals linearly lanceolate, slightly keeled,
green, tinged with purple, villous. Petals 4, unguis
about the length of the sepals ; lamina oblong, undulate,
terminating in a very short bluntish mucro, a
little longer than the unguis, of a dull purple, reticulately
veined. Stamens 6, 4 long and 2 short, enclosed
in the calyx filaments obliquely flattened at the base,
and narrowing upwards; anthers sagittate. Siliqua
villosely hispid, terminated by 2 connivent 2-lobed
Stigmas.
Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated
to us by our friend, Mr. W. Anderson, Curator of the
Apothecaries’ Garden, at Chelsea, where it was raised
from seed sent him by Dr. Fischer, of the Royal
Botanic Garden, St. Petersburgh, under the nanie
that we have adopted ; we do not find it recorded in
either of the late publications of M. Decandolle, and
believe it has not been before published ; it is a hardy
biennial, flowering the second season after being sown.
I t may either be sown in the open ground, or in pots ;
and is particularly suited for the latter, as it can then
be moved into or near a room, as its agreeable fragrance
is delightful of an evening, though it is quite
destitute of scent during the day. It thrives well in a
rich garden soil, and is only to be propagated by seeds ;
the young plants should be transplanted as soon as
possible, or they will be likely to damp off.
1. Calyx. 2. Petal. 3. The 6 Stamens, 4 long, and 2 short,
young Siliqua terminated by its 2 bilobed Stigmas.
4. The