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The firft fore is a native of Ethiopia, but has been 

 long cultivated in the Englilh gardens. This rifes with 

 a fhrubby ftalk feven or eight feet high, fending out 



The Species are, 



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I. Lepidium {Latifolitim) foliis ovato-lanceolatis intc- 

 gris ferratis. Hurt. Cliff. 330. Diltayidcr with anire 



fcvcral branches from the fide, which are four-corner- j cvaU fpear-Jhaped leaves^ which are fwuced. Lepidiuni 

 cd-, thefe are garnifhed with oblong narrow leaves, | latlfolium. C. B. P. 97. Broad-kavcd Dittandcr, 

 acutely indented on their edges; they are about three | 2. Lepidium {Arvenfe) foHis lanceolatis ampk'xicauli- 

 inches long, and half an inch broad, hairy on their " ' -^ -. ^ _. , 



upper fide, and veined on their under, (landing op- 

 pofite. The flowers are produced in whorls round 

 the brancRes, each of the branches having two or 

 ' three of thefe whorls toward their ends, fitting very 

 clofe to the branches ; they are of the lip kind, fhaped 

 fomewhat like thofe of the Dead Nettle, but their crefts 

 are much longer and covered with fhort hairs ; they 

 are of a golden colour, fo make a fine appearance. 

 The flowers commonly appear in Odtober and No- 

 vember, and fometimes continue till the middle of 

 December, but are not fucceeded by feeds here. 



bus dentatis. Horc. Cliff. 331. Dittandcr 'm'ith fpear- 

 fuaped indented leaves "which embrace the Jlalks, Le- 

 pidium humile, incanuni arvenfe. Tourn. Infl. R. H, 

 216. Low hoary Dittandercftkefidds. 



3. Lepidium {Chalepenfe) foliis fagittatis fcffilibu:* den- 

 tatis. Amoen. Acad. 4. p. 321. Dittander "j.'ith arrcw- 

 Jbaped indented leaves fitting clofe to tbeftalks. Lepidium 



humile minus incanum, Alepicum. Tourn. Tnll. 216. 

 Low Dittander of Aleppo with lefs hoary leaves. 



4. Lepidium {Iberis) floribus diandris tetrapetalis, fo- 

 . liis inferioribus lanceolatis ferratis, fuperloribus line- 



aribus integerrimis. Flor. Leyd. Prod. 334. Diiiaii' 

 There is a variety of this fort with variegated leaves, I der with flowers having four petals ajid tz^o flathinay 



which is by fome admired ; but as this feldom pro- 

 duces fo large whorls of flowers as the plain fort, it is 

 not fo generally efteemed. 



The fecond fort is mentioned by feveral autliors as 

 an annual plant \ they alfo fuppofe it to be a native 

 of America, and believe it was brought from Surinam 

 to Holland ; but it is undoubtedly a native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, from whence I have two or three 

 times received the feeds ; and the late Dr. Boer- 

 liaave affured me, that he frequently received the 



.'feeds from that country, as alfo a painting of the 

 h. plant, fo that he made no doubt of the plant grow- 

 •^ . ing naturally there. 



This rifes with a fquare flirubby fl:alk about three 



. wbofe under leaves are fpear fhaped and Jawed^ and 

 the upper narrow and entire, Lepidium graminco fo- 

 lio five, Iberis. Tourn. Inft. 216. Dittandcr with a 

 Grafs leafy or Iberis. 



5. Lepidium {Perfoliatum) foliis caulinis pinnato-mul- 

 tifidis, ramiferis cordatis, amplexicaulibu.s integris. 

 Horr. Cliff. 331. Dittander. with lower leaves 



wing- 



point edy and thofe on the branches heart-fiapsd-, entire ^ 

 and embracing the ftalks. Thlafpi verum Diofcori- 



dis. I Zan. Hift. 193. ^he true Klithridate Muflardof 

 Diofcorides. . - 



6. Lepidium (Virginicum) floribus fubtriandris tetrape- 

 talis, foliis linearibus pinnatis. Lin. Gen. Plant. 645. 

 Dittander with flowers having four petals^ chiefly with 

 feet high, fending out feveral four-cornered branches, I .three ftamina^ and very 7iar row winged leaves. Iberis 



which are garniflied with oval crenated leaves, rough 



humilior annua Virginiana ramufior. Mor. Hift, 2. 



^on their upper fide like the Dead Nettle, but veined on ; p. '3 1 i.jLcwer^ annualy^ branchtng iSctatica Crefs of 



the under, which is of a pale green : thefe are placed 

 oppofite by pairs, as are alfo their branches. The 

 flowers come out in whorls round the branches, in 



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-*7-deep coloured j they appear at tfie fame feafon with 

 \(*lthe firftj and cpritinue'as long in Keauty. 

 '"^ Bctli thefe fortslare: propagated by cuttings in Europe, 

 for they do not produce any feeds here. If the cut- 



^ ^Firgima.^*^ \'- « y^ 



7.' Lepidium (Lyratum) foliis lyratis crifpis. Lin. Sp. 



^; Plant. 644/ Dittander with furled lyre-fhaped leaves. 



nor fo I' .- Lepidium Orientale nafturtii crifpi folio. Tourn. Cor. 



5. Eafiern Dittander with a leaf like curled Crefs* , 

 8. Lepidium {Nudicaule) fcapo nudo fimplicifllrno, flo- 

 ' ribus tetrandris. Loefli. It. i^^, Dittander with aftngk 

 ^- naked ftalk^ and flowers with four flaraina. ]>[ ^ftur- 

 tium minimum vernum, foliis tantum circa radicem. 



' ;. fo long expofed to the open air as to harden the fhoots, j Magn. Montp. 187, 



" ^- they will take root very freely. They fhould be 9. Lepidium {Peiraum) foliis pinnatis integerrimis, pe- 

 yplanted in a loamy border to an eaft afpeft, and if " ... . ., ... ,. ^. 



•they are covered clofely with a bell or hand-glafs to 

 exclude the air, and fhaded from the fun, it will for- 

 ward their putting out roots j but when they begin to 

 flioot, the glaffes ihould be raifed to admit the free 



: ■ air, to prevent their drawing up weak, and by de- 

 grees they muftbe expofed to the open air. Asfoon 

 as they have taken good root they muff be taken up, 

 and each planted in a feparate pot filled with foft 

 loamy earth, and placed in the fliade till they have 



• taken new root j then they may be removed to a 

 Ihcltercd fituation, where they may remain till pro- 

 ber, when they mufl: be removed into the ereen-houfe, 



/ 'and afterward treated as the Myrtle, and other hardy 



: gfeen-houfe plants* obferving to water 'tTiefirfl: fort 



'^-plentifully. ^yiK^.s^;^,^--^: ...^:;. 



talis emarginatis calyce minoribus. Fior. Suec. Bit- 

 - tander with entire winged leaves^ and indented petals to 

 the flowers which are fmaller than the empalemcnt. Na- 

 flurtium pumilum vernum. C. B. P. 105. 

 10. Lepidium {Sativum) floribus tetradynamis,' foliis 

 oblongis multifidis. Vir. Cliff. 63. Dittander ^ith fm 

 ftamina in the flowers^ and oblong leaves with many 





LEPIDIUM. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 215. tab- 103. 

 :. Lin. Gen. Plant. 718. Dittander, or Pepperwort. . 

 ..,X> The Characters are. 





'V. 



of the flower is compofed of fox 

 which fall off. , The flower has f 



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form of a crof 



than the empalement^ and fix awUfhaped ftamina Ihe 



Ungth of the empalement^ two of which are fhorter than 



^the other ^ terminated by fingle fummits. In the center is 



fituMed a beart-fhaped germen^ fupportingafingleftyle^ 



rowned by an obtufeftigma. Thegermen afterward turns 



fpear-floaped feed-veffel 



oblong fe 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: fe£tion of 



Linnaeus's fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia fili- ^, 



culofa, the flower having four long and two ftiorter J '^ the bafe, fawed upon the edges, having long foot- 



flamina, and the feeds being included in fliort pods, * , -ftalks. The ftalks rife two feet high^ they are fmooth 



. points. Nafliurtium hortenfe. Garden Crefs. r-. - 

 II. 'L'EPiDivu (Subulatum) foliis fubulatis indivifis fpar- 

 fis, caule fuffruticofo. Lin. Sp. ^^. Dittander with 

 awl-fhaped undivided leaves^ and a fhrubby JialL^ Le- 

 . pidium capillaceo folio, fruticofum Hil|3anicuni. 

 . Tourn, Inft. 216. t,, '.., , , 



12^. Lepidium (Ruderale) floribus diandris apetalis, fo- 

 liis radicalibus dentato-pinnatis, ramiferis linearibus 

 integerrimis. Flor. Suec. 534. Dittander mth twofta- 

 \ mifia in the flower s\ fugacious petals^ the^ bpttoni leaves 

 indented^ and thofe on the branches linear and entire. 

 ' Nafturtium fylvefl:re Ofyridis folio. C. B. P- 105.^ 

 13. Lepidium (Bondrienfe) floribus diandris tetrapetalis, 

 foliis omnibus pinnato-multifidis. Lin. Sp. 901. Vit- 

 tander with two ftamina and four petals to thefu)WtrSy 

 and all the leaves, p^ing-pointed,^^ Thlafpi Bonanenfe 

 mukiciflxim flore invifibili. Hort. Ekh- 286. 



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Thefirft fort grows naturally in moift places in many 

 parts of England, fo is now feldom cultivated in gp- 

 • dtns. It hath fmall, white, creeping roots, by which 

 it multiplies very faft, fo as to render it difficuk to 

 eradicate the plant, after it has grown long iti ^riy 

 place •, the lower leaves are oval, fpear-fhapcd, abcuc 

 three inches long, and one and a half broad tov/:'rd 



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