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1. Cakile lanceolata (Willd.) O. E. 

 Schulz. SOUTHERN SEA ROCKET. SCURVY 

 GRASS. (Fig. 178.) Erect or ascending, 

 often much branched, 2J high or less. 

 Basal and lower leaves broadly oblong, 

 obtuse, 2'-3' long, coarsely crenate-den- 

 tate; upper leaves smaller, narrowly ob- 

 ovate to oblong, crenate-dentate, or en- 

 tire; flowers pale purplish, 3"-5" broad; 

 fruiting racemes often 1 long; fruit- 

 ing pedicels stout, 2 "-3" long; pod 8"- 

 12" long, its upper joint longer than the 

 lower. [Eaphanus lanceolatus Willd. ; 

 Cakile aequalis L 'Her. ; Cochlaria offi- 

 cinalis of Jones; Cakile maritima of H. 

 B. Small.] 



Sea-beaches, sand dunes and coastal 

 rocks. Native. Florida and the West In- 

 dies. Flowers from spring until autumn. 

 Presumably transported to Bermuda by float- 

 ing. 



11. RAPHANTJS [Tourn.] L. 

 Mainly biennial herbs, with lyrate 

 leaves and showy flowers. Silique elongated-linear, coriaceous, fleshy or corky, 

 spongy between the seeds, indehiscent. Seeds subglobose; cotyledons con- 

 duplicate. [Greek, quick-appearing, from its rapid germination.] About 6 

 species, of Europe and Asia. Type species: Eaplianus sativus L. 



Flowers yellow, fading white ; pod grooved, 4-10-seeded. 

 Flowers pink or white ; pod not grooved, 2-3-seeded. 



1. R. Raphanistrum. 



2. R. sativus. 



1. Baphanus Raphanis- 

 trum L. WILD RADISH. 

 JOINTED OR WHITE CHARLOCK. 

 (Fig. 179.) Biennial or an- 

 nual from a slender root, 1- 

 3 high, sparsely pubescent or 

 rarely glabrous. Basal and 

 lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, 

 4'-8' long, with a large ter- 

 minal lobe and 4-6 pairs of 

 successively smaller lateral 

 ones, all crenate or dentate; 

 upper leaves small, oblong; 

 flowers 5"-10" broad, yellow, 

 fading to white, purplish- 

 veined; pedicels 3"-8" long 

 in fruit; pods l'-14' long, 6- 

 10-seeded, constricted between 

 the seeds when dry, tipped with 

 a conic beak. 



Waste grounds. Naturalized 

 from Europe. Widely natural- 

 ized in North America. Flowers 

 nearly throughout the year. 



