An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 200 RESEDACEAE. Vol. II. 3-6 carpels ; styles or sessile stigmas 3-6; ovules co. Fruit capsular in all but one genus, 3-6-lobed. Seeds reniform, without endosperm ; cot) ledons incumbent. Six genera and about 65 species, mainly natives of the Mediterranean region. I. RESEDA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 448. 1753- Erect or decumbent herbs, with entire
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 200 RESEDACEAE. Vol. II. 3-6 carpels ; styles or sessile stigmas 3-6; ovules co. Fruit capsular in all but one genus, 3-6-lobed. Seeds reniform, without endosperm ; cot) ledons incumbent. Six genera and about 65 species, mainly natives of the Mediterranean region. I. RESEDA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 448. 1753- Erect or decumbent herbs, with entire lobed or pimiatifid leaves, and small spicate or narrowly racemose fiov/ers. Petals 4-7, toothed or cleft. Disk cup-shaped, glandular. Stamens 8-40, inserted on one side of the flower and on the inner surface of the disk. Cap- sule 3-6-lobed, horned, opening at the top before the seeds mature. [Ancient Latin name, referring to the supposed sedative effects of some of the species.] About 53 species, all natives of the Old World. Type species: Reseda lulea L. Leaves entire ; upper petals lobed, the lower entire. i. Leaves lobed or pinnatifid. Petals greenish-yellow, 3 or 4 of them divided. z. R. lulea. Petals white, all of them cleft or divided. 3. R- alba. I. Reseda Luteola L. Dyer's Rocket. Yellow-weed. Fig. 2120. ReseJa Lulcola L. Sp. PI. 448. 1753- Glabrous, erect, simple, or sparingly branched above, i°-2J° high. Leaves lanceolate or linear, entire, obtuse, sessile or the lowest narrowed into a petiole; flowers greenish-yellow, i'-2' broad, in long narrow spikes; sepals 4; petals 4 or 5, very unequal, the upper ones lobed, the lower one linear, entire; capsule globose, 2'-^' in diameter, with 3 or 4 apical teeth and 6-8 lateral ridges. In waste places and in ballast. Massachusetts to New York and Pennsylvania. Mexico. Adventive from Europe. Cultivated for its yellow dye. Sum- mer. Dyer's-weed. Dyer's-mignonette. Weld. Yel- low or Italian rocket. Dutch pink. Wil
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