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Tribe VI. 
CAKILI'NE (plants agreeing with Cakile in important 
characters) or PLEURORHI’ZE (see Suborder I.) LO- 
MENTA'CEE (lomentum, aloment; pods). D.C. syst. 2. p. 
427. prod. 1. p. 185. Silique or silicle separating across into 
1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded joints (f. 46. 0.). Seeds not margined. 
Cotyledons flat, accumbent, parallel with the dissepiment, when 
there is any (f. 45. g. h. f. 46. c.). 
LI. CAKI'LE (an Arabic word employed by Serapio for 
this plant). Tourn. inst. 49. t. 483. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 287. 
t.141. D.C. syst. 2. p. 427. prod. 1. p. 185. 
Lin. syst. Tetradyndmia, Siliquosa. Silique 2-jointed, com- 
pressed (f. 46. 0.), upper joint ensiform or ovate. Seeds solitary in 
the cells, the one in the upper cell erect, the one in the lower cell 
pendulous. Smooth, fleshy, glaucous, annual, branched herbs. 
Leaves pinnatifid or toothed. Racemes opposite the leaves and 
terminal, erect; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers white or 
purplish. 
1 C. maritima (Scop. fl. carn. no. 844.) upper joint of pod 
ensiform; leaves pinnate-parted. ©. H. Native of Europe 
in the sand along the sea-coast from Sweden and Lapland to 
Gibraltar ; on both shores of the Mediterranean and along the 
Euxine Sea in Tauria. In Britain frequent on the sea-coast. 
Lam. ill. t. 554. f. 1. Hook. fl. lond. t. 160. Bunias Cakile, 
Lin. spec. 936. Smith engl. bot. t. 231. Fl. dan. 1168. Isatis 
pinnata, Forsk. ægyp. descr. 121. Rapistrum maritimum, Berg. 
phyt. 3. p. 173. icon. Cakile Serapionis, Geert. fruct. 2. p. 287. 
t. 141. f. 12. Cakile pinnatifida, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 485. 
A spreading plant with pinnate-parted leaves, with the lobes 
somewhat distant, entire or toothed. Flowers of a bright lilac- 
colour, disposed in dense corymbs. This plant is asserted to be 
an active cathartic by Anquillara, 
Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 C. Æecyrrtr aca (Willd. spec. 3. p. 417.) upper joint of pod 
ensiform ; leaves entire or dentately-sinuated, blunt. ©. H. 
Native of Italy, Barbary, and Egypt in the sand along the sea- 
coast. Horn. fl. dan. t. 1583. Isatis A gyptiaca, Forsk. egyp. 
descr. 121. but notof Lin. Bunias Cakile, var. B, Vahl. symb. 
2. p.78. Rapistrum Cakile of Berg. phyt. 3. p. 163. icon. Ca- 
kile maritima, var. a., Desf. atl. 2. p. 77. Cakile Serapidnis, 
var. 3, Lher. cak. diss. ined. p. 5. Cakile latifolia, Poir. suppl. 
2. p. 88. Cakile sinuatifolia, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 485. 
Cakile maritima £, sinuatifolia, D.C. syst. 2. p. 429. Leaves 
broader than those of Cakile maritima, never pinnate-cut. Flowers 
lilac, in dense corymbs. 
Egyptian Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
3 C. Americana (Nut. gen. amer. 2. p. 62.) upper joint of 
pod ovate, acute. ©. H. Native of North America along the 
sea-coast and on the shores of Lake St. Laurent, also on the 
shores of the Caribbee Islands, particularly St. Domingo. Bunias 
edéntula, Bigel. fl. bost. no. 43. Cakile Ægyptìaca, Tuss. ant. 1. 
f. 17. Leaves oblong, blunt, sometimes cuneated, sometimes 
almost linear, bluntish. A spreading herb with lilac flowers. 
Var. B, Cubénsis (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. & spec. amer. 5. 
p. 75.) leaves entire or scarcely sinuate-toothed, never pinna- 
tifid. Flowers lilac, smaller than those of C. maritima. 
American Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
4 C. maua'tis (Lher. herb. & diss. cak. ined. p. 1. with a 
figure) upper joint of pod somewhat 4-sided at the base and 
furnished with along beak at the end (f. 46. 0.). ©.H. Native 
of Martinique on the sea-shore. Stems diffuse, straggling. Leaves 
light green, entire and cuneated at the base, toothed at the top. 
Flowers white. Pod linear, almost uniform. Seeds oblong, of 
a bay colours Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 57, 
CRUCIFERE. LI. Caxire. LII. Corpytocarrus. LIII. Cuorispora. 
Equal-podded Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Pl. 1 foot. © 
Cult. ‘These are rather pretty annual plants, and only require 
to be sown in open ground early in the spring or autumn, and ` 
treated as other hardy annuals. 
LII. CORDYLOCA’RPUS (from xopdudoe, cordylos, a club, 
and xapzoc, carpos, a fruit ; upper joint of pod). Desf. atl. 2. p.79. 
t. 152. D.C. syst. 2. p. 434. prod. 1. p. 186. but not of Smith. 
Lin. syst. TZetradynamia, _Siliqudsa. Silique roundish, 
torose, with many joints, upper joint thick, globose, echinated. 
Seeds all pendulous. An annual, branched, erect, smooth (or 
rarely furnished with scattered hairs) herb- Lower leaves some- 
what lyrate, upper ones lanceolate. Racemes erect; pedicels 
bractless, filiform, thicker than the fruct, not elongated. Flowers 
cream-coloured. 
1 C. murica‘tus (Desf. atl. 2. p. 79. t. 152.) ©. H. Native 
of Algiers on the edges of fields near Mayenne. Lower leaves 
ovate-oblong, running along the petiole. Petals pale-yellow. 
Pods spreading. 
Muricated-podded Cordylocarpus. FI. June, July. 
Pl. 4 foot. l 
Cult. Hardly worth cultivating, except in botanic gardens. 
It only requires to be sown in the open ground, and treated as 
other hardy annuals. 
Clt. 1823. 
LIII. CHORI'SPORA (from ywprc, choris, separately ; 
oropa, spora, a seed; in allusion to each seed being inclosed, 
separately in the pod.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 186. 
Lin. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliqudsa. Silique roundish, with 
many equal joints. Seeds all pendulous. Annual branched, 
slender, smooth, or puberulous herbs. Leaves either pinnatifid 
or nearly entire. Racemes opposite the leaves, erect, elon- 
gated ; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers violaceous or 
yellow. ` 
§ 1. Purpurascéntes. Flowers purplish ; petals entire. 
1 C. texnr'rLa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 435.) pods and leaves 
smooth, upper leaves lanceolate, toothed, lower ones pinnatifid. 
©. H. Native of Tauria among rubbish ; in the Caspian de- 
sert ; in craggy and nitrous places ; plentiful on the banks of the 
river Volga; also in the Kirghisian steppe, and at Tanais, 
even to the Ukraine. Ráphanus tenéllus, Pall. itin. 3. app. no. 
105. t. L. f. 3. ed. gall. 8vo. app. no. 356. t. 102. f. 2. 
Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1913. t. 202. Ráphanus Tataricus, 
Falck. itin. 2. p. 218. no. 786. t.13. Hésperis láxa, Lam. dict. 
3. p. 325? Chorispérmum tenéllum, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 
2. vol. 4. p. 129. Flowers purple. Stems erect. E 
Var. [3, taraxicifòlia (D. C., syst. l. c.) ©. H. Cheiránthus 
taraxicifòlius, Schrank. mem. soc. Ratisb. 1818. p. 164. Leaves 
smooth or somewhat pubescent on the under surface, some of 
them are furnished at the tops ofthe lobes with ciliæ. Flowers 
purple, almost like those of Malcòmia maritima or Arabis vérna. 
Var. y, arcuàta (D. C. syst. l. c.)` ©. H. Hésperis arcua- 
ta, Nocca. pl. sel. hort. Ticin. 1. p. 3. t. 2. Raphanus arcua- 
tus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 562. Chorispérmum arcuatum, Andrz: 
cruc. ined. Flower purple. Pods arched, not straight, as 1 
the two preceding varieties. 
Pliant Chorispora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. Pl. } to 5 foot. 
2 C. strYcra (D, C. syst. 2. p. 436.) pods, stem, and lower 
leaves hispid ; pods erect ; leaves linear, toothed. ©. H. Na- 
tive at Lake Inderskoe in the Kirghisian steppe, but rare. Rá- 
phanus strictus, Fisch. in litt. Bieb. suppl. fl. taur. p. 452. 
Herb erect. Flowers like those of preceding plant. Seeds oval, 
compressed, girded by a membranous wing, by which it differs 
from the rest of the genus. 
