Coronopus.] CRUCIFER.E. 25 



Leaves heart-shaped, stalked sinuato-dentate. Br. Fl. I. p. 306. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 201. E. Bot. t. 7^6.— Alliaria officinalis, 

 De Catid. 



Hedge hanks and waste places. Fl. May, June. $ . — Two to three 

 feet high, branched. Leaves large, veined, well known from their garlic- 

 like smell. Flowers white. Pods erect, on horizontal stalks. 



Tribe VI. Camelinea. De Cand. 



Silicula with concave vavles. Septum elliptical in its chief dia- 

 meter. Seeds ovate. Cotyledons flat, incumbent, at right angles with 

 the septum. 



14. Camelina. Crantz. Gold of Pleasure. 



Pouch subovate, many-seeded. Valves inflated. Cotyledotis 

 incumbent (O || ). Filaments simple. Br. — Name, x / 10 ') 

 dwarf or humble, and Linum, flax. 



Tetradynamia. Siliculom. 



1. C. Sativa, Crantz. Common Gold of Pleasure. Pouch 

 obovate, margined ; stigma simple ; leaves lanceolate-sagittate. 

 Br.— Br. Fl. 1. p. 300. E. Fl. v. iii. p. m. E. Bot. t. 1254. 

 — Mijngrum sativium, Linn. 



Fields, occasionally among flax, with which it has been imported. 

 Fl. June, July. 0. — Two to three feet high, panieled above. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Pouches very large, on long stalks. 



Tribe VII. Lepidinece. De Cand. 



Silicula with a very narrow septum. Valves keeled, or very con- 

 cave. Seeds solitary or very few, ovate, not bordered. Cotyledons 

 flat, incumbent, parallel with the septum. 



15. Coronopus. Gcertn. Wart-cress. 



Pouch two-lobed, without valves or wings. Seeds solitarj' in 

 each cell. Cotyledons linear, incumbent (O || ). — Name, 

 Kopwvrj, a Crow, and novs, afoot ; the cut leaves somewhat 

 resembling a bird's foot. Tetradynamia. Siliculosa. 



1. C. Ruellii, Sm. Common Wart-cress, Swine s-cr ess. Pouch 

 undivided, crested with little sharp points; style prominent. 

 Br. Fl I. p. 294. E. Bot. 1. 1660. —Senebiera Corovpus, De Cand. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. J 79. — Cochlearia Coronopus, Linn. 



Waste grounds and road-sides ; very common about Dublin, Cork, 

 and other places. Fl. June — Sept. ©. — A much branched spreading 

 weed. Leaves bipinnate, their segments linear. Flowers veiy small, 

 white, in lateral axillary corymbs. Pouch large in proportion to the 

 flower, curiously crested. 



2. C. didyma, Sm. Lesser WarL-cress. Pouch emarginate, 

 of two wrinkled lobes; style very short. Br. Fl. \.p. 294. — 



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