CaJcile 



CRUCIFERiE 



245 



2-joirite(I, indehiscent, the lower joint 1 -celled, with 1 pendulous 

 seed, the upper 1 -celled, with 1 seed erect from the base ; 

 cotyledons accumbent. 



Species 4, natives of the shores of EurojDe, N. America, 

 Mexico and the W. Indies. 



C. lanceolata 0. E. Schuh in TJrh. Sijnib. Ant. iii 504 (1903) ; 

 Britton in Torrei/a vi. 29 ; subspecies domingensis 0. E, Schuh 

 torn. cit. 505 ; Urh. Sy)ith. Ant. iv. 256 ; C. domingensis Tussac 

 FL Ant. i. 119 (1^08). C. lequalis VHcr. in DC. Si/st. ii. 430 



Fig. 103. Cakile lanceolata 0. E. Schulz. 



A, Portion of plant X 5. 



B, Petal X 2. 



C, Flower without the petals X 2. 



D, Fruit with the joints separated, slightly 



enlarged. 



E, Seed X 2. 



F, Embryo x 2. 



G, Seed cut across x 2 ; c, cotyledons : 



r, radicle. 



(A-D after Delessert.) 



(1821) ; Griseh. FJ. Br. W. Ind. 14. C. cubensis H. B. K. Nov. 

 Gen. & Sp. V. 75 (1821). Raphanus lanceolatus WilhL Sjp. PL 

 iii. 5G2 (1801) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 32. Eruca duodecima Shane Cat. 

 81 ii: Hist. i. 195. (Fig. 103.) 



House Cay near Port Royal, Sloanc Herb. iii. Ill ! Plantain Garden 

 Biver Bay, Macfadyenl St. Ann, McNab\ St. Ann's Bay, Fiiniicl MarcJil 

 sea-shore, Healthshire Hills ; St. Ann's Bay ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9521, 

 10,353, 11,G28. Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. 

 Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Jan, St. Bartholomew, Antigua, CUiadeloupe, 

 Desirade, Marie Cralante, ^lartiuiquo, St. Vincent, Barbados, Colombia. 



Stc7K erect, 1-5 ft. high. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly oblong 



