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MALCOMIA Chia.
D w a r f branching Malcomía.
Natural Order. C r u g i f e ræ . D C . Reg. veg. syst. nat.
V. 2. p. 139.
Subordo I I . NOTORHIZEÆ. D C . p. 150.
Cotyledones planæ, incumbentes. Radícula dorsalis. Semina
ovata, immarginata.
Tribus VII. SiSYMBREÆ sen N o t o r h i z e æ S i l i q u o s æ .
Siliqua bilocularis longitudinaliter dehiscens, valvis concavis
carinatisve. Semina ovata aut oblonga, immarginata. Cotyledones
planæ, incumbentes, septo contrariæ.
MA LCOM IA. Calyx clausus, nunc basi bigibbus, nunc
subæqualis. Pétala limbo obovata ant obtusissimè emarginato.
Stamina tetradynama, libera, edentula. Siliqua teres, 2-locula-
ris, 2-valvis, stigmate acutissimo simplici terminata. Semina
ovata, 1-serialia, immarginata. Cotyledones planæ, incumbentes.
Herbæ annua, aut perennes, pîlis stellatis sapius scabra aut
velutina. Folia oblonga aut ovalia, integra dentata aut sinuato-
pinnatifida. Pedicelli in racemum digesti, ebracteati. Flores
purpurascentes aut albi, interdum minimi, in hortìs non duplices
evadunt. DC. p. 438.
M. Cilia, caule erecto ramoso, foliis obovatis integris pube bipartita
adpressà, pedicellis calycis longitudine, siliquis tere-
tiusculis pubescentibus, stylo brevissimo. D C . p . 440.
Malcolmia Ghia. Link enum. p . 167.
Clieiranthus Chius. Lin. sp. 924. Mill. diet. n. 13. Willd.
sp. p i. 3. p. 518.
Hesperis Ghia. Lam. diet. 3. p. 324. Pers. syn. 2. p . 203.
Hesperis siliquis liirsutis flore parvo rubello. DHL elt. 180.
1 .147. / . 178.
Annual. R o o t slender, small, fibrous. Stems much
branched, from 6 to 12 inches high, cylindrical, pubescent,
the hairs close-pressed, and affixed by their
middle. Leaves pubescent underneath, the hairs
2-parted, entire, or rarely toothed; lower ones obovate,
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