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Reseda odorata. Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette.
Class and Order.
Dodecandria Trigynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 1-phyllus, partitus. Petala laciniata. Caps. ore dehiscens, 1-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
RESEDA odorata foliis integris trilobisque, calycibus florem æquantibus. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 449.
RESEDA foliis integris trilobisque, floribus tetragynis. Mill. Dict. t. 217.
Mignonette grows naturally in Egypt, it was unknown to the older Botanists; Miller says he received the seeds of it from Dr. Adrian Van Royen, Professor of Botany at Leyden, so that it is rather a modern inhabitant of our gardens.