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27SMORICÁNDIA
aivensis.
Corn-field Moricandia.
Natural Order. C ru c ife ríe . DC. syst. veg. 2. p. I f i
Subordo I I I . O r t h o p l O C E M . Cotyledones mcumbentes, con-
duplicatse, nempè longitudinaliter medio plicatm et radiculam in pli-
caturà foventes, sa:pe apice emarginata. Semina smpius globosa.
Stylus smpà varié ampliatus basi loculatus et seminifer, loculo sty-
' " Ì H Z r ò “ " “ 0„k.p„c,. S i l i , » - . . S i l l , - .Iongata
v a l v i s longitudinalite r debiscentibus, septo lin e a ri. Semina globosa
Cotyledones oonduplicatae. DC. syst.2. p. o 8 l.
M O R IC A N D IA . CoZyx claiisus, basi bisaccatus. PeZaZamigui-
cnlata, limbo obovato patente integro. Stamma libera, edentula.
Gianduia inter stamina lateralia et ovarium. SRigua compressa aut
compresse-tetragona, valvis nempè mine planis nunc subcarinatis,
elongata, liuearÌs, bilooularis, bivalvis, septo membranaceo stylo
coropresso-conico aspermo aut rariùs 1-spermo. Semina ovata, par-
v ^ biserialia. Cotyledones conduplicatae.-Herbae annua aut bien-
ne's verennesve basi suffrutescentes, glabra, sapius subglauca. Caiiles
Teretes albidi, ereetiframosi. Eolia crassiuscula. Racemi termina-
les laxi. Pedicelli filiformes, ebracteati, etiam fru c tijeri eiecti.
Flores majusculi, purpurascenf.es. DC. syst. veg. 2. p. 62 >.
M. arvensis, siliquis subte tragonis, foliis caulinis cordato-amplexi-
caulibus integerrimis. DC. syst. veg. 2. p. 626. Prodr. I. p. 2-1.
Moricandia arvensis. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 9f4.
Brassica arvensis. Linn. mant. 9a. All. flor. ped. n. 966. Lam.
diet. 1. p. 798. Hoffm. germ. 241. Willd. sp. p l 3. p. 546. Sibtli.
Flor. grac. t. 644. Gmel f l . bad. 3. p. 93.
urritis arvensis. Brown hort. kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 1)8
Brassica sylvestris fabariae foliis. Bocc. sic. p. 49. Í. 2o. / . 3. 4.
Biennial, or sometimes lasting three years. Niem erect,
much branched, cylindrical, suffrutescent at the base : branches
slender, glaucous. Leaves glaucous, rather succulent ;
lower ones a little repand or waved, obovate, attenuated
towards the base ; upper ones cordate, tapermg to the point,
but scarcely acute, clasping the stem entire. Racemes
elongated, loose, several-flowered. Pedicles slender, a little
flattened, glaucous, from 2 to 4 lines long, but scarcely
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