Koeniga
(name revived by Robert Brown, in commemoration of Charles Koenig, formerly of the British Museum). ORD. Cruciferae. A small genus of very pretty hardy plants, included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Alyssum, but which, for garden purposes, may be kept distinct. Flowers racemose or clustered; petals entire; pouch sub-ovate, with flattish leaves; cells one or few-seeded. The species are of easy culture in any ordinary soil, and may be increased by seeds, sown in spring.
K. maritima (sea). Common Sweet Alyssum. fl. white, small, very sweet-scented; racemes terminal, somewhat leafy at the base. Spring. l. quite entire, almost linear, hoary. h. 6in. to 9in. Europe. This elegant little, much-branched, self-sowing annual is an excellent bee plant. SYN. Alyssum maritimum. (Sy. En. B. 140.) K. m. variegata (variegated). l. edged with white or yellow. A very effective, half-hardy plant, requiring protection during winter. K. spinosa (thorny).* fl. white, in small terminal clusters. Early summer. l. lanceolate, acute, silvery. Stem shrubby; old branches and peduncles spiny. h. 4in. to 8in. France, 1683. A pretty alpine. SYN. Alyssum spinosum.