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Reseda alba, Linn. White Upright Mignonette. Straight- growing erect glabrous annual or biennial, 1—3 ft., weedy: lvs. numerous, long-stalked, deeply and irregularly pinnatifid, the segms. usually linear and sometimes toothed: fls. greenish white, in a very long slender spike; stamens about a dozen, and petals 5-6. S. Eu. G.C. III. 20:45. G.W. 8, p. 255.—A commendable plant for growing as an ornamental subject in the fl.-border with other plants. It bears many spikes on tall branches, making it a conspicuous plant; treated as a half-hardy annual; odor not pleasing. It occurs somewhat in this country as an adven- tive plant.
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