CRUCIFERA. LXX. Lerinivum. 
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Thlaspi spinosum, Poir. dict. 7. p. 545. Thlaspi bispindsum, 
Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 604. Herb smooth, erect, branched ; 
lower cauline leaves irregularly-lobed, upper ones linear-lanceo- 
late, entire. Flowers small. Margins of sepals white. 
Spiny-podded Mithridate Pepperwort. Fl. April, Sep. Clt. 
1787. Pl. 1 ft. 
Sect. VI. Diırr'Prium (a name given by Rafinsque, the 
meaning of which is not explained by him.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 
538. prod. 1. p. 205. Silicle almost elliptical, somewhat 
emarginate at the top, with keeled wingless valves. Style very 
short. Flowers very small, sometimes 2 or 4-androus, rarely 
apetalous. 
16 L. Virer’nicum (Lin. spec. 900.) pods orbicular, emar- 
ginate, shorter than the pedicels; flowers with 2 or 4 stamens ; 
cauline leaves linear lanceolate, deeply serrated, smooth. ©. H. 
Native of waste land and gravelly places in North America, 
from New York to Carolina, also at Nootka Sound; in Monte 
Video, Cuba, Tobago, Jamaica, and St. Domingo. L. Ibéris, 
Schkuhr. handb. 2. p- 222. t. 180. Thlaspi Virginianum, Poir. 
dict. 7. p. 544. L. triandra, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 426. 
L. Pollichii, Roth. fl. germ. 2. t. 91? Thlaspi Virginicum, Cav. 
prel. no. 935. Horn. hafn. 605. Herb smooth, branched ; lower 
leaves pinnate-lobed. Petals obovate, blunt. Seeds oval, com- 
pressed. Cotyledons linear. 
Virginian Pepperwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1713. Pl. 1 foot. 
17 L. spica'rum (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 164 and 178.) pods 
orbicular, emarginate, somewhat longer than the pedicels ; leaves 
linear, entire, smooth. ©. H. Native of the Straits of Magel- 
lan, An erect smooth herb, very like L. Virginicum. Leaves 
pressed to the stem. Pods as if they were imbricated. 
Spicate-podded Pepperwort. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
18 L. Menzrzsn (D.C. syst. 2. p. 539.) pods orbicular, 
somewhat emarginate; leaves pubescent, radical ones pinnate- 
parted, lobes cut; upper leaves linear entire. %? H. Native 
of the western coast of North America. Allied to L. Virginicum, 
but differing in the leaves being pubescent, not smooth. Stems 
erect, branched at the top. 
Menzies’s Pepperwort. PI. 3 or 4 inches. 
19 L. suguLa rum (Lin. spec. 899.) pods ovate, somewhat 
emarginate ; leaves subulate, entire ; stem suffruticose. h. H. 
Native of Spain on gypsaceous hills. Asso syn. arrag. p. 83. t. 
6. f. 3. Thlaspi subulatum, Cav. preel. no. 935. Stems many, 
branched, tufted, covered with fine down or smooth. Calyx white, 
spreading. Petals obovate. 
Subulate-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. Pl. 
2 to 3 foot. 
20 L. rupzra‘te (Lin. spec. 900.) pods ovate, emarginate, 
spreading, shorter than the pedicels ; leaves smooth, radical ones 
pinnate-lobed, those of the branches are linear and entire ; 
flowers diandrous, petalless. ©. H. Native of waste grounds 
and by way-sides throughout the whole of Europe, also in Tau- 
ria, Siberia, and Dauria; in New Holland but probably intro- 
duced ; in Brasil; in England, especially near the sea-side, in a 
muddy or calcareous soil. At Yarmouth, Cley, and Lynn, Nor- 
folk, plentifully ; at Truro, Cornwall, and Malden, Essex ; below 
Bristol ; by the side of the Severn above Worcester. Eder. fl. 
dan. t. 184. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1786. t. 180. Smith, engl, 
bot. t. 1595. Nastúrtium ruderàle, Scop. carn. ed. 2. p. 801. 
Ibèris ruderàlis, Crantz. austr. 21. Thláspi ruderàle, All. ped. 
917. Senckenbérgia ruderàlis, Fl. wett. 2. p. 213. Thláspi 
tenuifòlium, Lam. fi. fr. 2. p- 467. Herb smooth, erect, much 
branched, glaucous, fetid, and pungent when bruised. 
Rubbish Pepperwort. Fl. June, July. Britain, Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
21 L. incisum (Roth. nov. cat. 1. p. 224.) pods orbiculate, 
deeply emarginate; flowers diandrous; lower leaves oblong, 
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lyrately pinnate-lobed, middle ones broad-lanceolate, deeply- 
toothed, upper ones linear. ©.H. Native of waste land and 
by way-sides in Siberia, Caucasus, and Tauria. Thláspi apéta- 
lum, Poir. dict. 7. p. 547. Very like L. ruderàle, but differing 
in the upper leaves being linear-lanceolate, broader, and a little 
more glaucous, and in the pods being a little larger. 
Cut-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1824. Pl. + to $ ft. 
22 L. uumiru'sum (Requien ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 241.) 
stem prostrate, pubescent at the top ; lower leaves lyrate, upper 
ones sagittate, entire; petals thrice as long as calyx; silicles 
smooth. ©? H. Native of Corsica. 
railing Pepperwort. Pl. trailing. 
23 L. vesica RIUM (Lin. spec. 898.) pods elliptical, deeply 
emarginate ; leaves pinnate; lobes linear; joints of stem in- 
flated. ©.H. Native of arid, stony, or sterile places, and on 
old walls, in eastern Caucasus and Iberia, also of Persia ; 
on old walls of the city of Casbin. Hill. veg. syst. 11. t. 41. 
f. 3.—Buxb. cent. 1. p. 17. t. 26. A smooth herb, with dicho- 
tomous branches. Seeds almost oblong-triquetrous. 
Bladdery-jointed Pepperwort. Fl. April, Aug. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
24 L. ancutosum (D. Urv. enum. no. 578.) pods ovate, some- 
what emarginate ; leaves all pinnate ; segments deeply-toothed ; 
stem very smooth, flexuous, angularly-furrowed. ©. H. Native 
of waste land about the city of Theodosia. Differs from L. 
vesicdrium in not having tumid joints, from L. perfoliatum by the 
upper leaves not being perfoliate. 
Angular-stemmed Pepperwort. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
25 L. PERFOLIA`TUM (Lin. spec. 897.) pods elliptical, some- 
what emarginate; lower leaves stalked, pinnate, with multifid 
lobes; upper leaves cordate, entire, stem-clasping. ©. H. 
Native of Spain, Austria, Transylvania, island of Scio, Syria, 
Persia, Tauria, &c. in uncultivated fields. Jacq. austr. t. 346. 
A variety of this plant, with larger fruit, _was gathered near 
Tiflis in Tauria. A smooth herb, with the stems branched at 
the top, remarkable for the different forms of the leaves. 
Perfoliate-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1640. 
Pl. 4 to = foot. 
26 L. Carpa’mtes (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 278.) pods oval, some- 
what emarginate; leaves pinnate, with ovate, entire lobes, ter- 
minal lobe large and roundish. &. F. Native of Spain by way- 
sides about Madrid. Ard.specim. 1. p. 18. t. 19.—Lin. in act. 
stockh. 1755. t. 8 and 9. Thlaspi Cardamines, Poir. dict. 7. p. 
545. A smooth herb, with a woody root, somewhat pubescent 
in the racemes. Stems in the spontaneous plants diffuse, ascen- 
dant in the cultivated plants, erect. Petals obovate, hardly un- 
quiculate. Pods and pedicels pubescent. 
Cardamon Pepperwort or Spanish Cress. 
Clt. 1789. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
27 L. pivarica'tum (Hort. kew. ed. 1, vol. 2. p. 441.) pods 
oval, somewhat emarginate, approximate ; lower leaves pinnate- 
parted, with divaricate acute lobes ; those of the branches linear ; 
stem much branched. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Thláspi divaricatum, Poir. dict. 7. p. 543. A smooth 
branched pale-green shrub. Da 
Divaricated-branched Pepperwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
Pl. 14 foot. ; 
28 L. Bonarte’nse (Lin. spec. 901.) pods orbicular, emar- 
ginate; flowers diandrous ; leaves all pinnately-multifid, very 
minutely ciliated; stem smooth. ©. H. Native of Buenos 
Ayres and about Monte Video. Thlaspi Bonariense, Poir. dict. 
7.p.543. T. multifidum, Poir. dict. 7. p. 545. A smooth herb, 
with an acrid taste. Stem branched. Dill. elth. t. 286. f. 370. 
Buenos Ayrean Pepperwort. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1732. Pl. 2 ft. 
29 L. BIPINNATIFIDUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 177.) 
pods oval, emarginate ; leaves pinnate-parted, with the mid-rib 
Ff 2 
Clt. 1820. 
Fl. June, July. 
