roots in autumn to obtain varieties, we must sow its seeds.




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IBERIS UMBELLATA. PURPLE CANDY-TUFT.


_Class and Order._

TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ irregularis: _Petalis_ 2 exterioribus majoribus: _Silicula_
polysperma, emarginata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

IBERIS _umbellata_ herbacea, foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis,
inferioribus serratis; superioribus integerrimis. _Linn. Syst. Veg.
ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 589. Sp. Pl. p. 906._

THLASPI umbellatum creticum, iberidis folio. _Bauh. Pin. 106._

DRABA S. Arabis S. Thlaspi Candiæ. _Dod. pempt. 713._

THLASPI creticum umbellatum flore albo et purpureo. Candy-Tufts, white