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IB È R I S carnosa.
Fleshy-leaved Candy-tuft.
Lmncan Class S Order. T E T R A D Y N A M IA S IL IC U L O SA .
Naturai Order. C llU C IF E R A Ì . D C . rey. veg. syst. nat. 2 .p . l i i ) .
Subordo I . P L E U R O R H IZ E JE . DC. loc. cit. p. 146
Tribus I I I . T h la s p id e j ì seu Pleurorhize® Angustiseptse.
cula bilocularis, bivalvis, septo angustissimo lineari ; valvis carinatis
aut iiavicularibus. Semina ovalia, compressa, s®pe marginata. Loty-
Zedones pian®, accumbentes. D C .lo c . eit. p .W lì. •
IB E R I S . Calyx basi ®qualis. P étala 4 m®qualia, 2 exteriora
maiora. Stamina libera, edeiitula. Silicula valvis carinatis navicu-
laribus depressissima, basi ovata, apice valvis nempe in lobulos pro-
ductis emarginata, stylo persistente filiformi apiculata. septo interdùm
bipartibili angustissimo, loculis latere interno axi adnatis, Espermis.
Semina ovata, péndula, /¿adtctifa ad latus embryonis exterius. Coty-
ledones interius adscendentes, accumbeiites.—Herb® «ai Suftrutices.
Caules teretes, scepiùs glabri, interdùm subcarnosi. ì olia, alterna, linearía
aut ohovata, integra dentata aut pinnatijìda, interdum crassius-
cula. Racemi nunc elongati, nunc p er anthcsìn corymhosi posted elon-
gati, nunc imo post anthesin corymboso-umbcllati. Pedicelli ebracteati.
Flores albi aut purpurascentes (nunquam lutei), exteriores corymbi
magis irregulares, interiores subregulares. DC. syst. 2. p. 393-
I . carnosa, basi suffrutescens puberula; ramis patentibus subdecum-
bentibus, foliis carnosis integerrimis ciliatis ; infenonbus obovatis
spathulatisve apice rotundatis basi attenuatis ; superioribus angus-
tioribus spathulato-linearibus, floribus coiifertis, stylis elongatis,
siliculis corymbosis sinu angusto acuto emarginatis, lobis acutis
' stylo duplo brevioribus.
Iberis carnosa. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 455. Pers. syn. 2. p. 186. Watdst.
et K ita ib . pl. rar. hung. 1.194. Lapeyr. abr. 369. Spreng. syst. 2.
Iberis spathulata. Be rg .ph y t. ic. B C .f l .f r . e d .S .v .A .p .lX Q . Regn.
veg. syst. nat. 2. p. 404. P rodr. 1. p . 179.
Iberis cepeaefolia. Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 321. non Wulf.
Iberis rotundifolia. Lamarck diet. 3. p. 221. non Lin.
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Stems suffrutescent at the base, branching, p urple:
branches spreading, somewhat decumbent, also more or
less tinged with purple, striated, smooth, or clothed
with a short thin pubescence, but becoming smooth by
age, from four to six inches in length in our specimen,
all terminated with a crowded corymb of flowers.
Leaves fleshy, bright green, very variable, at first pubescent
and ciliate, but the pubescence wears oft, and
the lower ones become smooth: lower ones obovate and
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