TETRADYNAMIA— SILICULOSA Cakile. 183 

 329. CAKILE. Sea Rocket. 



Tourn. t. 483. Gcerin. t.\4\. Br. in Ait. H. Kew.v 4.7\. De- 

 Cand.SysLv.2.427. Lam. t. 554. 



Cal. nearly close and erect ; leaves obovate-oblong, decidu- 

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

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

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

 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, accumbent. 



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 Mr. Brown in uniting the Ra- 

 pistrum of DeCandolle with this genus. 



1. C. maritima. Purple Sea Rocket. 



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

 Leaves fleshy, pinnatifid, obtuse. 



C. maritima. Willd. tj. 3. 4 1 6. Br. in Ait. H. Kew. r. 4. 7 1 . De- 

 Cand. Syst. v. 2. 428. Comp. ed. 4. J 11. Scop. Cam. ed. 2. 

 V. 2. 35. Hook. Lond. t. 1 60. 



C. Serapionis, Gcertn. v. 2. 287. i. 141. /. 12. Lob. Ic. 223. f. 

 Dalech. Hist.] 395. f. 



C. quibusdam, aliis Eruca marina, et Raphanus marinus. Baiih. 

 Hist. V. 2. 867./. 8G8. Raii Syn. 307. 



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

 ^231. Dicks. Dr. PL 77. R.Dan.t.l\68. 



Eruca marina. Ger. Em. 248. f. 



E. maritima anglica, siliqua fungosa torosa rotundfl, foliis crassis 

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



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



On the sandy sea coast frequent. 



Annual. June — September. 



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

 much branched, and s|)reading 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- 



