CRUCIFERZ. LXIX. SENEBIERA. 
Common or Star Wart-Cress. 
trailing. 
7 S. serrata (Poir. dict. 7. p. 76.) leaves oblong, deeply 
serrated; pods compressed, rough. ©? H? Native of Brazil 
about Monte Video, where it flowers in November. Cordnopus 
serratus, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163. Cordnopus myriceefdlia, 
Smith, herb. Flowers very small. Pods compressed, somewhat 
orbicular at the base, with rough, glabrous reticulated valves. 
Stems branched, procumbent, pubescent, smooth at the top. 
Deless. icon, sel. 2. t. 71. 
San-leaved Wart-Cress. 
Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. 
Fl. Nov. Pl. 1 foot long. 
Secr. III. Coryxr’scus (from xorvAn, kotyle, a hollow ; valves 
of silicles concave). D.C. syst. 2. p. 526. prod. 1. p. 203. 
Silicles not crested on the back, not emarginate at the top, hence 
they are concave or nearly flat. 
8 S. Nizo’tica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 527.) radical leaves pinnate- 
parted; lobes deeply-serrated ; upper leaves almost entire ; pods 
compressed, rather boat-shaped. ©.H. Native of the islands 
in the Nile in Lower Egypt. Cochlearia Nildtica, Delile ill. fl. 
ægyp. p. 19. descr. p. 101. t. 34. f. 2. Cotyliscus Niléticus, 
Desv, journ. bot. 3. p. 164. and 175. t. 25. f. 13. Corénopus 
Nilóticus, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 853. Herbsmooth. Stems erect, 
lower branches very long and spreading. Pods reniform, pointed 
with the sessile stigma. This plant is eaten as a salad in Egypt. 
Nile Wart-Cress. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
- Cult. As these plants possess no beauty, they are not worth 
cultivating, except in botanical gardens. They only require to 
be sown in the open ground, in any kind of soil. 
LXX. LEPIDIUM (from Aeric Aericoc, lepis lepidos, a 
scale ; in allusion to the form of the pods, which resemble little 
scales). R.Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 85. D. C. syst. 2. 
P. 527. prod. 1. p. 203. 
Lin. syst, Tetradynamia, Siliculosa. Silicle ovate, or some- 
what cordate, dehiscent, with keeled (f. 47. a.) or rarely ventricose 
valves, and 1-seeded cells. Seeds somewhat triquetrous or com- 
pressed. Herbs or small sub-shrubs. Stems round, branched. 
Leaves simple or variously cut. Racemes terminal, erect, elon- 
gating as they grow; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers small, 
white. 
Secr. I. Carpa'ria (from kapòa, kardia, the heart ; shape 
of silicles). D.C. syst. 2. p. 528. prod. 1. p. 203. Cardio- 
lèpis, Wallr. Sched. 340. Silicle ovate-cordate, with somewhat 
turgid, wingless valves. Style long, filiform. 
1 L. Dra'sa (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 645.) pods somewhat turgid, 
cordate, entire at the top, terminated by the style ; leaves stem- 
clasping, lanceolate, toothed. ©. H. Native in cultivated fields, 
especially in the south of Europe, from Spain to Tauria, and 
from Greece to Paris, &c. Cochlearia Draba, Lin. spec. ed. 2. 
P. 904. Jacq. austr. t. 315. Nastúrtium Dràba, Crantz. austr. 
91. Cardària Dràba, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163. Dràba rude- 
ràlis, Baumg. transyl. 2. p. 233. Jundzíllia Dràba, Andrz. 
cruc, ined. Stem solitary, erect, pubescent, corymbosely- 
branched at the top. Leaves greyish from down, or smooth. 
otyledons obovate-oblong, thick. 
Whitlow Pepperwort. F]. May, Aug. Clt. 1596. Pl. 1 foot. 
Sect. II. ELLIPsA`RIA (from ellipsis, an ellipsis; shape of 
silicles). D.C. syst. 2. p. 530. prod. 1. p. 203. Silicle ellip- 
tical, with keeled wingless valves. Style long, filiform. 
2 L. CHALEPE'NSE (Lin. amæn. 4. p. 321. spec. ed. 2. p. 898.) 
pods elliptical, twice the length of pedicels; style filiform ; 
eaves lanceolate, toothed, with acute, stem-clasping auricles. 
O. H. Native of the Levant in fields about Aleppo. 
VOL, I.—PART III. 
LXX. Lepipium. 217 
Var.a, glabratum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 530.) smooth; leaves acute- 
ly toothed, from the base to beyond the middle ; racemes rather 
loose.—Mor. oxon. 2. p. 314. sect. 3. t. 25. the second figure 
in the lower range. 
Var. B, pubéscens (D: C. syst. l. c.) pubescent ; fructiferous 
racemes more loose and with longer pedicels. Native of Syria 
near Damascus. 
Var. y, canéscens (D. C. syst. l.c.) plant much more villous 
and grey than the last variety, and the racemes are shorter. 
Native of Mount Lebanon near Abra. 
Aleppo Pepperwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt.1798. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 L. oxy’otum (D.C. syst. 2. p. 530.) pods elliptical, pube- 
rulous, rather longer than the pedicels; style filiform ; leaves 
oblong, somewhat toothed, sub-hastate, with acute auricles at 
the base. ©?H. Native of Syria. Stems pubescent. Leaves 
covered with scattered hairs. Petals length of calyx, with their 
claws filiform. Seeds ovate, brown. 
Sharp-eared-leaved Pepperwort. PI. 4 foot. 
4 L. crastiro LIUM (Desf. atl. 2. p. 66. t.147.) pods ellip- 
tical, smooth, shorter than the pedicels; style filiform ; leaves 
oblong, bluntly toothed, with blunt, stem-clasping auricles. 
©? H. Native of Algiers in shady parts of mountains. Thlaspi 
glastifolium, Poir. dict. 7. p. 538. Lépia glastifolia, Desv. jour. 
bot. 3. p. 166. Stems branched at the top, erect, pubescent 
from short hairs. Uppermost leaves quite entire. Petals obo- 
vate, double the length of the calyx. 
Woad-leaved Pepperwort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5 L. amprexicau Le (Willd. spec. 3. p. 436.) pods roundish, 
terminated by the short style ; leaves undivided, oblong-lanceolate, 
sagittate, sessile, toothed at the top. %. H. Native of Siberia. 
Stems smooth, furnished with branches from the base, which rise 
the height of the stem. Flowers and silicles the same as those 
of L. latif olium. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Pepperwort. PI. 1 foot. 
Secr. III. Brapyprptum (from Ppadve, bradys, late, and 
mırrw, pipto, to fall off; calyx almost permanent.) D. C. syst. 
2. p. 531. prod. 1. p. 204. Silicle elliptical, with keeled valves. 
Style short. Calyx permanent. Stem leaves neither stem- 
clasping nor auricled. . 
6 L. caspito'sum (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p.165. and 178.) pods 
ovate, with a narrow notch at the apex; style very short ; calyx 
permanent ; leaves linear, entire, permanent. X. H. Native 
of Armenia. Stems pubescent, sparingly branched. Radical 
leaves tufted, pilose, glaucous. Sepals oval-oblong, with mem- 
branous margins, permanent, at length reflexed. 
Tufted-leaved Pepperwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
7 L. coronoriro‘tium (Fisch. in cat. hort. gor. 1808. p. 79.) 
pods elliptical, entire, somewhat puberulous ; terminated by a 
very short style ; calyx almost permanent; cauline leaves linear, 
very entire, radical ones pinnate-lobed. %.H. Native of Si- 
beria near Sarepta at the south Volga. L. lacinidtum, Willd. 
herb. from Stev. obs. ined. The whole of the herb is very 
smooth, except the pods. Stem erect, much branched, flexuous. 
Buck-horn-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. May, July. Cit. 1823. 
Pl. 4 to 2 foot. 
8 L.? Humso'tptu (D. C. syst. 2. p. 532.) pods ovate, 
emarginate, pointed by the short style; calyx permanent ; 
radical leaves bipinnate, cauline ones pinnatifid. Native of arid 
places near Chillo in Quito, at the height of 4020 feet. Herb 
branched, erect, rarely procumbent. Flowers minute, pedicelled. 
Petals a little shorter than the calyx. Senebiéra dubia, H. B. 
et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 76. 
Humboldt's Pepperwort. PI. 4 to $ foot. 
Sect. IV. Ca’rpamon (kapcapor, kardamon, water-cress ; hot 
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