Capsella.} CRUCIFERZ (Sond.) 31 
XI. CAPSELLA, Vent, 
Sepals flattish, equal at base. Swicula triangular-wedge shaped, the 
valves boat-shaped, wingless ; cells many seeded, DC. Prod. 1.p. 177, 
Small annuals, one of them of European origin, now dispersed over the globe. 
Root perpendicular. Radical leaves rosulate, toothed or lobed ; cauline sagittate, 
Bree Racemes terminal. Flowers small, white. Name from capsula, a 
or little box. ; 
1, C. Bursa-Pastoris (Moench, Meth, 27 = ; leaves runcinato-pinna- 
tifid, laciniee ovate-triangular, acute and toothed ; stem leaves sagittate 
at base, the uppermost undivided. E. & Z, No, 31. 
Has. In cultivated ground, throughout the colony. Sept.—Oct. 
A common weed, “‘Shepherd’s Purse ;” introduced from Europe. Hairy or gla- 
brescent. Pedicels much longer than the purses. It varies with entire sinuate or 
pinnatifid leaves ; the flowers often want petals. 
Tribe III. OrTHOPLOCEA. 
Seeds with broad and short incumbent, plicate cotyledons, clasping 
round the radicle (o >>). 
Sub-tribe I. Brasstcra. 
Siliqua dehiscing longitudinally ; the septum linear. Seeds globose ; 
cotyledons conduplicate. 
XII, BRASSICA, Koch. 
Stliqua linear or oblong, with convex, one nerved and netted-veined 
valves, DC, Prod, 1. p, 213. 
Biennials, rarely annual or perennial, natives of the temperate zones of both 
hemispheres. Radical leaves petioled, lyrate or pinnatifid ; cauline sessile or 
amplexicaul, subentire. Racemes long, leafless. Flowers bright yellow. Brassica 
on 
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oleracea (Cabbage, Cauliflower, &e.,) B. Rapa (Turnip) and B. Napus (Rape) are— 
universally known, ‘The name is derived from the Celtic bresie (or ); the 
wild cabbage or navew of English fields. age ae 
ae ; stem ere branching, angular, 
3) ct, bre oa: 
gate, and the stem subglabrous. Br. erosa, Turz. Anim. p. 41. Sisymb. 
erosum, EL. Mey. 
Has. Doornriver, Thunberg, Orange R., Zeyher (8). Nieuweveld, 34000 ft., Drege 
B. Moojee river and Karreebosch, B.& Z. 22. Zitzekamma and near Uitenhage 
£. & Z. Buffelvalley, Drege. March—April, (Herb. Thunb., Sond., Hook, T.C.D.) 
Stem flexuous, a foot or more in height. Leaves scabrid, the lower petiolate, 4-6 
inches long, 2-3 inches wide ; ————.. or smaller. yan 6-12 inches 
long ; lines long, at. Fi. yellow: petals longer than calyx. Pods 
pa. 5 igh ret commana ties ee conical beak. is 
OB leptopetala (Sond.) ; stem terete; abelahd ia 7 ta fe 
