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The plant was said to remove inequalities Ironi the skin. W Inn 

 cultivated it is sown on freshly -ploughed land, well piv paicd. well 

 pulverized, to produce lar<;e and <;ood leaves, the plants luini^ well 

 thinned out, ami the soil stirretl between tluni. 



Essential Si'iahh Cii.vkactkks: 



^/. /sa/is tiitcloria, L. — Stem erect, tall, radical leaves oblong, 

 crenate, stalked, stem-leaves sessile, .sasfiltate, tlowers yellow, on slender 

 jiedicels, detle.xed in truii, in a panicle, pouch ohovate, i -seeded. 



Sea Kale (("ranil)e niarilinia, L.) 



There is, as usual in the case of most succulent [)l.uUs, no instance 

 of the occurrence of this plant or its seeds in Glacial, earlier, or later 

 deposits. It is found generally from the coasts of h'inland and the 

 Bay of Biscay to the lilack Sea. Two luuulred \ears a^o it was 

 cultivated, and introduced to the Continent from Great Britain. It 

 occurs in N. and W. Ireland. In Great Britain it is absent from W. 

 Cornwall, S. Somersets, S. Essex, W. Norfolk, Carmarthen, Cardif^an, 

 Denbigh, Mint, S. Lines. Durham, Northumberland, Cheviotland; and 

 in Scotlanil it is found onl\ in Kirkcudbriyhi, Wigtown, i\yr, Berwick, 

 Linlithgow, Fife, Clyde Islands, Cantire, Islay, Hebrides, but occurs 

 on the remaining coasts. It is on the decrease in some parts. It 

 is found in the Channel Islands. 



The wild form of Sea Kale, much used as a salad, is touiul on 

 sandy and shingly sea-coasts, ami it is a halophyte or sali-hncr. It 

 is also a xerophyte, though recjuiring moist conditions, and may be 

 called a strand plant. With it grow Sea Rocket, Sea Purslane, Sea 

 Milkwort, Sea Holly, and other maritime species. 



The first Latin name is the (ireek for cabbage, with the habit 

 of which it agree.s. It has a thick lleshy root, a stout stem much 

 branched, with w-ide, wavy, rounded leaves, toothed, and bluish-green. 

 The stem and leaves are smooth, and the plant is compact, and as 

 broad as long. It grows in clumps. 



The flowers are white, large, and distinct, in corymbs containing 

 several racemes, and much branched. The outer anther-stalks are 

 forked and long. The pods are blunt or egg-sha])ed, on ascending 

 flower-stalks, with two joints, one forming a llouer-stalk, and there 

 is no style. 



Sea Kale grows to a height of 2 ft. The flowers are in l)loom in 

 June, July, and August. The plant is perennial, increased by division. 



The diameter of the flowers is as much as 12 mm., and together 



