Raphanus. CRUCIFERyE. 119 



7. T.pnsilln.t (Hook.) : flowers apctalous ; silides noarly orbiculnr, wing- 

 less, hispid with uncinate hairs ; leaves oblonof, toothed, and (with the lower 

 part of the stem) stellately hirsute. — Hook..' ic. t. 413. 



Monterey, California, Douglas ! Banks of the Oregon, Avith the preced- 

 ing, NattaU. April. — Stems (iUform, branching from the base, 3-5 inches 

 long. Leaves about half an inch long, ovate and oblong, sparingly toothed. 

 Flowers very minute. Silicles scarcely a line in length, rather acute at the 

 base : style very short. — Nearly related to the preceding ; but much smaller 

 and more slender, the silicles about half the size, and the flowers apetalous. 



4. LomentacecB. 

 Tribe X. CAKILINE^. DC* 



Siliqiie or silicle separating transversely into several 1. ceiled 

 1-seeded joints. Seeds usually compressed, not margined. Cotyledons 

 plane, accumbent. 



40. CAKILE. Tourn.; DC. syst. 2. p. 427. 



Silicle 2-jointed ; the superior portion ovate or ensiform. Seed in the 

 upper cell erect ; in the lower pendulous. — Annual glabrous and fleshy (mari- 

 time) herbs, with pinnatifid or lobed leaves. The lower joint of the silicle 

 often abortive. 



1. C. maritima (Scop. ) : superior joint of the silicle ensiform. D C prodr. 



1. p. 185 ; Lam. ill. t. 554. Bunias Cakile, Linn. 



0. superior joint of the silicle ovate-eusiform. — C.Americana, Nutt. gen. 



2. p. 62; DC prodr. I.e. C. edentula. Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 59. C. 

 maritima, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 434; Ell. sk. 2. p. 137. Bunias edentula, Bigel. 

 fl. Bost. p. 251. 



Sea shore, Canada and shores of the great Lakes ! & Massachusetts ! to 

 Georgia. July-Aug. — Much branched, procumbent. Leaves oblong-cunei- 

 form, sinuately toothed. Flowers corymbed, pale purple. Lower joint of the 

 silicle short, clavate-obovate ; the upper one with a prominent line on each 

 side, minutely 2-3-toothed at the base. Seeds akuost always accumbent. 



Tribe XL RAPHANEiE. DC. 



Silique or silicle indehiscent, transversely separating into l.(or 

 few.) seeded joints. Seeds globose. Cotyledons conduplicate, as in 

 Brassicese. 



41. RAPHANUS. Linn .; DC. syst. 2. p. 662. 



Silique transversely many-celled. Seeds in a single scries. — Leaves 

 lyrate. Flowers yellow, white, or purple. — Radish. 



* C. A. Meyer (pi. Cane. p. 185.) changes the name of this tribe to Chorisporeae, 

 excluding Cakile, which he incorrectly says has the cotyledons (at least iu the upper 

 cell) always incumbent. See Torr. in ami. lye. J^Teio-Yorkyi. p. 91. 



