CABBAGE FAMILY 



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or winged. (Name from the Greek lepis^ a scale, from the flattened 

 pods.) 



* Style mi7iute 



I. L. latifblium (Broad-leaved Pepperwort, Dittander). — The 

 largest British species, glabrous and glaucous; stem 2 — 4 feet 



lepIdium latifot.ium {Broad-ieaved Peppe^nveiri'). 



high, erect, much branched, leafy, with runners : radical leaves 

 stalked, ovate, lanceolate, serrate, often a foot long ; cauline leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate ; flowers numerous, small, white, in leafy pani- 

 cles ; pods oval, not notched or winged, downy. — In salt marshes ; 

 rare. — Fl July, August. Perennial. 



2. Z. ruderdle (Narrow-leaved Pepperwort). — A smaller plant, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent ; stem a foot high, branched ; radi- 



