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winged; lobes multifid; branches pubescent.—Native of South 
America, in Peru about Cheuchin. Stems branched. Leaves 
smooth. Pods smooth, one-half shorter than the pedicels. 
Bipinnatifid-\eaved Pepperwort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
30 L. cuicuica‘ra (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 179.) pods 
obovate, emarginate ; leaves smooth, lower ones pinnatifid, with 
denticulated lobes ; upper leaves ovate-oblong, equally toothed. 
©. H. Native of Para in Brasil. Stems trailing, spreading, 
much branched. Chichicara is the name of the plant at Para. 
Chichicara Pepperwort. PI. trailing. 
31 L. puse’scens (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 180.) pods 
retusely emarginate, winged; leaves smooth, pinnatifid ; lobes 
linear, sparingly toothed ; stem and pedicels villous.—Native of 
Para in Brazil. Stems prostrate, pubescent, branched. Leaves 
smooth. Margins of pods winged. 
Pubescent-branched Pepperwort. Pl. prostrate. 
32 L. Iserorpes (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 176.) pods 
elliptical, somewhat emarginate ; leaves linear, lower ones toothed 
at the top. ©.H. Native of the Mauritius. Stems erect, 
smooth, branched ; branches filiform. Pods rather shorter than 
the pedicels, with keeled wingless valves. 
Candy-Tuft-like Pepperwort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
33 L. suspENTA‘tuM (Burch. cat. geogr. pl. afri. austr. extra 
trop. no. 1299.) pods elliptical, bluntly emarginate ; flowers dian- 
drous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base and toothed 
at top, upper ones linear-entire. 2/.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope on the bank of rivulets in Roggevelds-Karro. 
A smooth branched herb, somewhat shrubby at the base. 
Flowers probably apetalous. 
Subdentate-leaved Pepperwort. P1. 1 foot. 
34 L. cunerrotium (D. C. syst. 2. p. 545.) pods oval-rhom- 
boid, emarginate ; leaves wedge-shaped, and entire at the base, 
obovate and acutely-serrated at the apex. ©.H. Native of 
New South Wales. Branches furnished with branchlets at the 
top. Sepals white. Racemes when in flower short. 
Wedge-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 ft. 
35 L. uyssopiroiium (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 164 and 179.) 
pods oval, emarginate ; stigma sessile, capitate; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, remotely-toothed, smooth. ©? H. Native of New 
Holland about Hawkesbury. Stem tall, smooth, branched ; 
branches long, divaricate. Differing from L. piscidium in the 
leaves being toothed, and from L. oleràceum in the leaves being 
narrower, and not dilated at the top. 
Hyssop-leaved Pepperwort. F1. Ju.Jul. Cit.1820. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
36 L. roLiòsum (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 164 and 180.) pods 
oval-rhomboid, emarginate ; style a little exserted ; leaves ob- 
long, blunt, crowded, coarsely toothed at the top. ©? H, 
Native of New Holland. A robust erect branched herb. 
Branches thickly beset with rather fleshy leaves. Pods double 
the size of those of L. piscidium. 
Leafy Pepperwort. Fl.? Pl. 1 foot. 
37 L. Pisci’p1um (Forst. prod. no. 249.) pods oblong-obovate, 
emarginate; stigma exserted; leaves oval-oblong, toothed, 
backwards or very entire. ©. H. Native of the Society 
Islands and Sandwich islands. L. bidentatum, Montin. nov. 
act. nat. cur. 6. p. 324. t. 5. a. Stems erect, smooth, branched 
at the top. This plant is used by the natives of the Society 
islands for the purpose of catching fish by inebriating them. It 
was used by the English voyagers as a salad, but it was found ex- 
tremely pungent. 
Fish-poison Pepperwort. Fl. Sept. Clt.1779. Pl. 1 foot. 
38 L. O-Waute’nsis (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 1. p. 
32.) silicles orbicular, emarginate ; stigma sessile, inclosed ; leaves 
obovate, tapering into the petiole, coarsely serrated. 2. H. 
Native of the Sandwich islands. This species differs from L. 
piscidium in the leaves being more serrated, and in the silicles 
CRUCIFERA. LXX. Lepipium. 
being almost orbicular and profoundly emarginate, with the 
stigma inclosed, not elliptical, with the style exserted beyond the 
recess, as in that species. Flowers small, white. 
O-Wahu Pepperwort. Pl. 1 foot. 
39 L. No vz-Ho.ta’no1m (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 177.) pods 
oblong-rhomboid, truncate; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, entire 
or toothed at the top. h.G. Native of New Holland. Stems 
hard, woody at the base, much branched. Branches angular, 
smooth, or somewhat spiny. Leaves somewhat fleshy, smooth. 
New Holland Pepperwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1819. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
Secr. VII. Lepipra’srrum (altered from Lepidium.) D. C. 
syst. 2. p. 547. prod. 1. p. 207. Pods somewhat elliptical, quite 
entire, with wingless keeled valves. Style very short. 
40 L. orera’ceum (Forst. prod. no. 248.) pods ovate, acutish ; 
leaves smooth, elliptical-oblong, deeply serrated; upper ones 
entire, but rather serrated at the apex. ©.H. Native of New 
Zealand on the sea-shore. A smooth branched erectish herb. 
Stamens 4. This plant is a powerful anti-scorbutic, and is found of 
great service to the crews of ships visiting New Zealand. It re- 
sembles lettuce in taste, and acts as a moderate aperient. 
Pot-herb Pepperwort. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1824. Pl. from 1 to 3 ft. 
41 L. crr’spum (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 176.) pods 
elliptically-rhomboid; stigma somewhat exserted ; leaves ob- 
ovate, toothed, with curled margins. ©?H. Native of New 
Holland at Bass Strait. Herb erect, branched, smooth. Branches 
angular. Leaves rather fleshy. Seeds rufous, about the size of 
those of L. sativum. 
Curled-leaved Pepperwort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ; 
42 L. ryra‘rum (Lin. spec. 899.) pods ovate, pointed with 
the style; lower leaves stalked, lyrately-pinnate ; lobes deeply 
cut, terminal one large. ©. H. Native of Armenia near Mount 
Ararat. Stem erect, branched. Tourn. voy. 2. p. 339. icon. 
Lyrate-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Pl. 2 
or 3 feet. ; 
43 L. LATIFÒLIUM (Lin. spec. 899.) pods ovate, pointed with 
the stigma; leaves ovate-lanceolate, undivided, a little serrated, 
lower ones on long footstalks. X4. H. Native of Europe, from 
Spain to Sweden, from England to Greece, also of Algiers ; about 
Astracan ; in Siberia in salt marshes and wet sandy shady places 
under cliffs, generally near the sea; in England in several parts 
of Essex and Yorkshire ; below Sheringham cliffs, Norfolk. Fl. 
dan. t. 557. Smith, engl. bot. 182. The whole plant is very 
pungent, acrid, and ulcerating. Root creeping. Herb erect, 
smooth. Leaves broad, rather fleshy. The young leaves are 
sometimes eaten as a salad. It was formerly used in place of 
horse-radish. An infusion of it will vomit. Having a hot biting 
taste like pepper, and the leaves having been often used by coun- 
try people to give a relish to their viands instead of pepper, it 
had the appellation of Poor Man’s Pepper. 
Broad-leaved Pepperwort. FI. July. Britain. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
44 L.crassirotium (Walds. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 4. t. 4.) pods 
pointed by the stigma; leaves smooth, somewhat fleshy, entire, 
radical ones stalked, ovate, cauline ones sessile, sagittate. 2/.H. 
Native of salt-marshes, or dry and sterile places impregnated 
with salt, in Hungary near Eimstadt, &c.; in Tauria at the 
Bosphorus; in the island of Taman; in the Kuman steppe; 
near the rivers Volga and Kuma, &c. L. salinum, Pall. ined. 
L. verrucésum, D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. an. vii. p. 145. 
L. Candélii, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165. Herb glaucous, 
usually many-stemmed ; these are clothed at the neck with the 
remnants of the old leaves. Flowers like those of L. latif dlium. 
Thick-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 3 ft.. 
45 L. arrine (Ledeb. from Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 
152.) pods pointed with the style, at last smooth; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, all serrated; serratures of the upper leaves acumi- 
