Peltaria
(from pelte, a small buckler; alluding to the form of the pods). ORD. Cruciferae. A genus comprising three species of hardy, tall, glabrous, perennial herbs, natives of South Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, and Persia. Flowers white, sub-corymbose. Pods large; fructiferous pedicels patent or recurved, filiform, ebracteate. Leaves entire; cauline ones cordate-sagittate at base. P. alliacea is a pretty little plant. It flourishes in any light soil, and may be increased either by seeds, or by division. P. alliacea (Onion-scented).* fl., calyx equal; petals entire. June. Pods flat, smooth. l., cauline ones sagittato amplexicaul. h. 1ft. Eastern Europe, 1601. The plant emits a Garlic-like odour. (J. F. A. 123.)