560 
ursa 
pasto’ris. 
officina’lis. 
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TETRADYNAMIA., SILICULOSA. Cochlearia. 
T. Pouches compressed, triangularly inversely heaps tiage 
ed, smooth, without a border: root-leaves w ing-cle 
Ludw.186—Curt.-Blackw. 5~Walc. 5~Dod. 103.1-Lob. obs. 
110. 1, and it. i. 221. 1-Ger. em. 276. 1-H. ox. iii. 
20. row 1. 2~Pet. 49. 4, 5, 6, and 7-Ger. 214, 1-Fuchs. 
611=Trag. 215-F. B. ii. 930-Lonic, i. 139. 1-Park. 
866. 1—Maith. 569. 
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embracing the stem iy Porch long, flatted at the top, termt- 
nating. Calyx Petals entire, white. Summit circular, 
ringed, concave, “Anthers a little woolly. Germen egg-shaped, 
compressed, with a channel down the middle. 
epherds-Purse.  Shepherds-Pouch. Among rubbish, road 
sides, ally cornfields, gravel walks, - March—Sept. 
is plant is a strong instance of the influence of soil and 
—— for it grows almost every where, and sometimes is not 
re than 2 inches high when it flowers and perfects ‘its seeds ; 
while’ in other situations it attains the height of 2 or 3 
Liny. The plants of this genus begin to flower long before they 
have ere: their full size, the flowers at first forming a corym 
after a while s. out and assumes the form of a 
long pike bunch. ‘The stem also, at first simple, in time 
becomes branched, the first brnshens issuing from its upper part. 
COCHLEA’RIA. Pouch notched at the end, 
turgid, tough, DARN rimss 5 valves bulging, 
blunt. 
C. Root-leaves heart-circular ; stem-leaves oblong, a little 
indented : fruit globular. 
- .E. bot. 551-Kniph. 3-Ludw, 133-Fl, dan. 135-Blackw. 
'227~Woodw. 29~Pet. 49. 1-F. B. ii. 942—Dod. 594. 1* 
Leb. obs. 156.4, and ic, i. 293. 2-Ger. em. 401. 1—Park. 
283. 2-H. ox. iii, 20. 1-Ger. 324, 1. 
tad kidney-shaped, contin veined, on long leaf-stalks ; 
stem-leav Ra outing, slightly toothed, and in a mountain 
dr men much larger the Silanes Fruit-stalks longs 
ie —— ton bent back. Pouch, style hardly 
mible. Mr. Wome ARD. Stem angular, Root-leaves OM - 
om ng leaf-staleg heart-kidney-shaped, fleshy ; stem-/eaves sitting, 
so oar halberd-shaped, the lower sometimes on short broad . 
leaf-stalks, Petals fleshy, "clear white ; c/awi greenish. Pouch 
