TETRADYNAMIA— SILICULOSA. Cukile. 183 

 329. CAKILE. Sea Rocket. 



Tourn. t. 483. Gcertn. t. 141. Br. in Ait. H. Kew.v.A.7\. De- 

 Cand. Sijst. v. 2.427. Lam. t. 554. 



CciL nearly close and erect; leaves obovate-oblong, decidu- 

 ous, two opposite ojies protuberant at the base. Pet. 

 obovate, obtuse, spreading; claws as long as the border, 

 equal to the calyx. Filam. awl-shaped, simple. Aiith. 

 oblong, cloven at the base. Germ, oblong. Style none. 

 Stigma obtuse, sessile. Pouch of 2 joints, angular, com- 

 pressed; the lower somewhat turbinate, abrupt, often 

 abortive; upper oblong, with a tapering point, tipped 

 with the stigma, deciduous ; each of 1 cell, not bursting. 

 Seeds solitary in each cell, elliptical; in the lower one, if 

 present, pendulous; in the upper, erect; cotyledons li- 

 near, ace um bent. 



Smooth, juicy, branching, annual herbs, natives of the sandy 

 sea coast in Europe and America. Leaves pinnatifid or 

 toothed. Fl. corymbose, purplish, white, or yellow, for 

 I cannot but concur with ^Ir. Brown in uniting the Ixa- 

 pisirum of DeCandoUe witli this genus. 



1 . C. maril'ima. Purple Sea Rocket. 



Joints of the pouch two-edged; the upper one arrow-shaped. 

 Leaves fleshy, pinnatifid, obtuse. 



C. maritima. Willd. v. 3 . 4 1 6. Br. in Ait. U. Kew. v.4.7\. De- 

 Cand. Syst. v. 2. 428. Comp. ed. 4. 111. Scop. Cam. ed. 2. 

 V. 2. 35. Hook. Loud. t. 160, 



C. Serapionis. Gcertn. v. 2. 287. t. 141./. 12. Lob. Ic. 223./. 

 Dalech. Hist. 1395. f. 



C. quibusdam, aliis P^ruca marina, et Raphanus marinus. Bauh. 

 Hist. V. 2. 867./ 868. Kaii Syn. 307. 



Bunias Cakile. Linn. Sp. Fl. 936. Fl. Br. 694. Engl. Bot. v. 4. 



t.2Z\. Dicks. Dr. Fl.77. Fl.Dan.t. I \68. 

 . Eruca marina, Ger. Em. 248. f. 



E, maritima anglica, siliqua fungosa torosa rotundA, foliis crassis 

 latioribus. Moris, v. 2. 231. sec^ 3. t. 7./ 20. 



Sea Rocket. Pet. H. Brit. f. 46./. 6. 



On the sandy sea coast frequent. 



Annual. Jime — September. 



Root small. Herb smooth, fleshy, bushy, a foot high, or more, 

 much branched, and spreading in every direction, the stem and 

 branches remarkably twisted and zigzag, never straight. Leaves 

 .scattered, thick, fleshy, with a saltish bitter taste, a little glau- 

 cous, variously pinnatifid, scarcely stalked ; each of their seg- 



