? kel ab. Sona yoo ‘ = 
28 CRUCIFER (Sond.) [ Lepidiwm. 
entire, toothed, or pinnatifid ; pods subacute, cordate at base, compressed, 
the valves ridged and crested at back. Cochlearia Coronopus. L. Sp. 904 
Schk. hb, t. 181. Coronopus Ruellii, All. E. Bot. t. 1660. 
oD} Waysides and on rubbish heaps, &. Common near Capetown. (Herb. 
“Whole plant prostrate, pressed to the ground, ‘Leaves variously lobed. Racemes 
short and many flowered. Flowers very minute. Easily known by its strongly 
ridged and crested fruit. 
X. LEPIDIUM L. 
Sepals equal at base. Silicula ovate or subcordate ; the valves keeled 
(or rarely ventricose) ; loculi one-seeded. Seeds three-cornered or com- 
pressed. DC. Prod. 1. p. 203. 
- Herbs or undershrubs, dispersed over the globe, very various in habit and foliage. 
Racemes terminal, elongating. Flowers small, white ; often deficient in the number 
of petals or stamens. A large genus, chiefly inhabiting the S. of Europe and 
borders of Asia : with outlying species in most countries. The garden cress ( se 
be eesti is well known. The name is from Aems, a scale ; from the form © 
* All the leaves entire, or the upper ones toothed. Be 
1. L. flexuosum (Thunb. Prod. 107.) ; glabrous, glaucescent ; stems 
decumbent, flexuous, slightly branched ; leaves oblong or oblongo-linear, 
subobtuse, narrowed at base ; the radical 1. petiolate, cauline semiamplexi- 
caul ; pods ovate, tipped with an evident style. Thunb. Fl. cap. 49% 
Syst. 2. p. 552. ‘ 
“Has. Sandy fields, near the sea shore, Verlooren Valley, Thunb. Oct. (Herb. Holm.) 
Stems numerous, 6-12 inches long. Leaves thickish, several-nerved at base, the 
radical on long stalks, the petiole keeled, dilated at base, 2 inches long ; lamina 
uncial, 2-3 lines wide ; cauline 3 inch narrower. Racemes an inch or more long, 
pedicels 2 lines. Petals white, as long as the calyx. Silicule 1 line long ; style s 
lin. and stigma bilobed. Known by its longer style from the other species. 
2. L. myriocarpum (Sond. Linn. 23. p. 4); glabrous, pale greeD ; 
stem erect, branches spreading ; leaves linear acuminate, narrowed at 
base, the uppermost very narrow ; racemes slender, at length panicu- 
late ; pods elliptic-ovate, with a very short style. 
Has. Shady places, on the Banks of Caledon R. Burke and Zeyher. In Glen- 
filling » Drege, 7541. Dec.—Jan. (Herb. Hook., Sond.) 
_8. L. linoides (Thunb. Prod. 107.) ; glabrous ; stem erect, branches 
virgate ; leaves lanceolate, narrowed or linear ; pods elliptical, obtuse, 
emarginate. Thunb, Fl. cap. p. 490. B. & Z. 1 38. (excl. syn. Cand.) 
Var. 8. subdentatum ; leaves sharply toothed near the point, the 
upper entire. S. subdentatum, Burch, ap. DC. 1. c. p. 545. L. linoides 8. 
«KL a Z. 38. 
Var. y. pumilum ; 2-3 inches high ; leaves toothed near the point, 
minutely downy on the lower surface, as is also the stem. 
_ Has. In shrubby places. Tulbagh Valley, E. & Z. B. near rivulet in the Rogge- 
veld. Karroo, Burchell, 00 B, & 2. y. Winterveld, 34000 ft. Drege (Nov. 
