lyo M.owi'.Rs oi^- '11 ii', si-:a-coast 



riu' llowcTs are small, and arc not conspicuous. The petals have 

 but a short slalk. Ihe stigma is simple, and cross-[X)llination is not so 

 likely as self-pollination. The \isitors are Diptcra (Syrphida-), Jiristalis 

 tcnax, IIclophi/i(s Jloniis, McliDiostoiiia inc//niii, Cole(j[)lera, Cctoiiia 

 aurala. 



The fruit is dispersed by its own ayency. The pods are globose, 

 and contain nianv seeds, which are dispersed with the bursting- of the 

 capsule when drv and ri[)e, the seeds becoming turgid or swollen. 



Co.MMON SciRVV Gr.\ss (Corlilcariii officinalis, L.) 



The seeds are flattened lengthwise, with a notch at the apex. The 

 testa is brown and covered with wartlike projections, blunt, large, and 

 crystalline in lines. In water these lengthen and become transparent, 

 and there are then visible furrowed threadlike thickenings. They do 

 not burst but become larger in water, and these mucilage cells help to 

 fix the seed in the ground. 



The plant is a halophyte or salt-loving plant, and requires a saline 

 soil. 



Scurvy Grass is not infested by fungi, but by such beetles as 

 I'sy/Iiodcs iiiairida, Ccntorhynclius Coch/caricc, Phccdon ariiioracicc, 

 and Lepidoptera, the large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicer, Aplccta, 

 Ctdai'ia, Botys forficaiii. 



Gesner wave the name Cochlcaria, from Latin cochlcai\ spoon, in 



