CRUCIFERZ. LXX. Lepinium. 
nated, spreading. Y%.H. Native of Siberia. Root creeping. 
Flowers larger and fewer than those of L. latifolium, which the 
whole plant very much resembles. 
Allied Pepperwort. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 2 or 8 feet. 
46 L. surrruticosum (Lin. mant. 91.) pods elliptical, pointed 
with the style; stems fruticose ; radical leaves obovate-oblong, 
toothed, cauline ones linear, entire. k. H. Native of Spain. 
L. graminifolium, Cav. icon. 2. p. 41. t. 161. f. 2. Stem simple 
or hardly branched. Seeds rufous, compressed. 
Suffruticose Pepperwort. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1683. Pl. 2 ft. 
47 L. rinea’re (D.C. in dict. encycl. 5. p. 46.) pods ovate, 
somewhat pointed by the sessile stigma; stems suffruticose; ra- 
dical leaves pinnate, with few distant lobes, the rest linear-subu- 
late and entire. h . H. Native of Spain. Very like L. subulatum, 
but differs from it in the pods not being emarginate, as well as in 
the lower leaves being pinnate. Stems smooth or greyish from 
minute down. 
sinear-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 4 
to 3 ft. 
48 L. Isr'rıs (Lin. spec. 900. from the synonyms.) pods 
ovate, pointed with the stigma; radical leaves cut or pinnate ; 
cauline ones linear, entire ; stem much branched. Y%.H. Na- 
tive of waste ground and by way-sides in middle and south 
Europe, also in Tauria and Siberia. Lepidium graminifolium, 
Lin. spec. 900. L. gramineum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 469. L. miscel- 
laneorum, Schultz, obs. no. 940. L. diandrum, Medik. in Ust. 
new. ann. 2. p. 45. L. exiguiflorum, Clairv. herb. val. 214.— 
Tabern. icon. 848.—Lob. icon. 223. f. 2.—Mor. oxon. 2. p- 
311. sect. 3, t. 21. f. 1—Sab. hort. rom. 4. t. 14. A very va- 
riable plant. Herb smooth, erect, branched, slender. 
Candy-Tuft Pepperwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. Pl. 12 ft. 
49 L. Carr’nse (Thunb. prod. 107.) pods ovate, pointed with 
the sessile stigma; flowers diandrous; lower leaves stalked, 
pinnate-parted, middle ones serrated, upper ones entire. 2. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope on the north side of mount 
eone. Stems many, rising from the neck, decumbent, or ascen- 
dant, much branched, downy. Leaves smooth. 
Cape Pepperwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. long. 
90 L. rrexvdsum (Thunb. prod. 107.) pods ovate, pointed 
with the style ; leaves oblong, entire, radical ones stalked, cau- 
line ones half stem-clasping ; stems decumbent, flexuous. %. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope by the sea-side. Herb 
smooth, glaucous. Stems many, from the same root. 
xuous-stemmed Pepperwort. Pl. 4 to ł foot long. 
51 L. Arrica'num (D. C. syst. 2. p. 552.) pods elliptical, 
pointed by the stigma ; radical leaves lyrately-pinnate ; lobes cut, 
terminal one large; middle leaves cut or pinnate, uppermost ones 
entire. 2%? h ? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 73. Thlaspi Africanum, Burm. fl. cap. 
P. 17. Caudex woody, with annual pubescent stems, which are 
erect or ascendant. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
53 L. pinna‘rum (Thunb. prod. 107.) stem shrubby, erect; 
eaves all pinnate. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Pinnate-leaved Pepperwort. Pl. 1 foot? 
- FRUTICULOsUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 180.) 
k. G. Native of New Holland. Leaves smooth, somewhat 
fleshy, Ovate-lanceolate. Pods oblong, narrowed at the top, 
unt or somewhat truncate, shorter than the pedicels. Stem 
. kind of soil. 
LXXI. Brvonza. 991 
shrubby, tall. Branches divaricate, somewhat dichotomous, 
round, whitish, few-flowered. 
Shrubby Pepperwort. Pl. 2 or 3 feet? 
55 L. pecu mBENs (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 176.— 
Native? L. divaricatum, Willd. hort. berl. Leaves as if they 
were stalked, deeply-toothed. Pods ovate-oblong, roundish at 
the top. Style scarcely exserted. Stems annual, much branched, 
elongated, decumbent, hardly pubescent. 
Decumbent Pepperwort. Pl. decumbent. 
56 L.? ruperosum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 554.) Y.H. Native 
of Louisiana. Nastirtium tuberdsum, Raf. fl. lud. p. 84. no. 
271. Root tuberous, white. Stem erect, branched, smooth. 
Radical leaves pinnate; leaflets toothed, terminal one large, 
hastate ; cauline leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate toothed. Racemes 
lax. Pods roundish, emarginate. Stigma sessile. Perhaps a 
species of Thlaspi, allied to Thlaspi tuberosum. 
Tuberous-rooted Pepperwort. Fl. Feb. Pl. 1 foot. 
57 L. precox (D. C. syst. 2. p. 554.) Y.H. Native of 
Louisiana. Diléptium pre'cox, Raf. fl. lud. p. 86. no. 273. 
Stem erect, branched. Radical leaves pinnate; cauline leaves 
pinnatifid. Petals equal in length to the calyx. 
Early-flowering Pepperwort. Fl. Feb. Pl. 1 foot. 
58 L. pirru‘sum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 554.) —Native of Louisi- 
ana. Diléptium diffisum, Raf. fl. lud. p. 85. no. 272. Stems 
procumbent, diffuse, much branched. Leaves small, pinnatifid ; 
lobes toothed. Racemes loose, axillary and terminal. Petals 
very minute, shorter than the calyx. Eatable as water-cress. 
Diffuse Pepperwort. Fl. April. Pl. 1 foot long. 
59 L. Porrrcuu (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 91.) ©.H. Native 
ofGermany. L. Ibéris, Poll. pal. no. 607. This plant is some- 
times received under the name of L. sativum var. laciniatum. 
Pollich’s Pepperwort. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
60 L. corpa‘tum (Willd. herb. from Stev. obs. ined. )—Native 
of Siberia. Plant glaucous. Leaves cordate-oblong, quite en- 
tire, stem-clasping. L. amplexicaúle, Stev. herb. not Willd. 
Heart-leaved Pepperwort. PI. 1 foot. 
61 L. procu’mBens (Lin. spec. 898.) Thlaspi prociimbens, 
Lapeyr. p. 191. no. 8. of this work, more properly belongs to 
this genus. 
Cult. The green-house species will thrive well in any kind 
of light soil, and are readily increased by cuttings planted under 
a hand-glass, or by seeds. The hardy perennial kinds by divid- 
ing the plants at the root, or by seeds; they will thrive in any 
The hardy annual sorts only require to be sown in 
the open ground. None of the species are worth cultivating for 
ornament. 
LXXI. BIVON£‘A (in honour of Antonin Bivona-Bernardi, 
a celebrated Sicilian botanist, author of Sicularum Plantarum 
Centuria prima, 1 vol. 8vo. published at Palermo, 1806.) D. C. 
syst. 2. p. 554. prod. 1. p. 208. 
Lin. syst. Yetradynamia, Siliculdsa. Silicle oval, emargi- 
nate, with keeled valves, which are winged on their back. Seeds 
4-6 in each cell, pendulous, ovate. An annual smooth glaucous 
slender herb. Stem filiform, sparingly branched. Leaves alter- 
nate, lower ones stalked, the rest sessile, cordate, stem-clasping 
at the base, ovate, toothed, bluntish. Racemes terminal, elon- 
gating as they grow. Pedicels filiform, bractless, shorter than 
the pods. Flowers small, yellow. E 
1 B.xu'rea (D. C. syst. 2. p. 555.) ©. H. Native of Sicily 
about Palermo, on dry mountains above St. Maria, called di 
Gesu, and elsewhere. Thlaspi lùteum, Biv. cent. 1. p. 78.— 
Cup. panph. sicul. 2. t. 256. 
Yellow-flowered Bivonea. - Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Pl. } 
to 4 foot. 
Cult. This pretty little annual plant is well adapted for orna- 
