53 BRITISH BOTANY. 



a dense tuft of linear-lauceolate, rigid, fringed leaves (fhe leaves 

 like little cushions surround the base of the flower-stalk or pe- 

 duncle). Flowers yellow, corymbose. Petals notched. Pouch 

 elliptical, about as long as its pedicel, crowned by the slender 

 style, which is about half as long as the pouch. 



On rocks and walls near Pennard Castle, Swansea, South 

 Wales. Perennial; March-April. 



CocHLEARiA, LiTi. — Annual or perennial plants, with branched 

 succulent stems, and thick or fleshy leaves, and white flowers. 

 Sepals equal at the base. Pouch globular or ovate, somewhat 

 dorsally compressed ; valves convex, slightly keeled ; cells many- 

 seeded. Seeds somewhat cylindrical, not winged, pendulous, in 

 two rows. 



C. officinalis, Lin. Common or Officinal Scurvy-grass. — e.b. 

 551. L.B.S.73. 



A. 18. C. 50. Lat. 50-61°. Alt.? Tern. 52-46°. 



Stems erect, smooth, angular, branched, more or less leafy. 

 RootJeaves cordate or reniform or roundish, on long stalks, 

 quite smooth in alpine forms, fleshy ; stem-leaves oblong, slightly 

 toothed, the lower on short stalks, the uppermost sessile or clasp- 

 ing. Flowers white, in corymbose clusters. Pouch nearly globu- 

 lar, tipped with the short style. qj 



Sea-coast, and in mountainous places. Annual ; May-Sep- - 

 tember. — We have seen plants in the channel of the Ribble, near 

 Settle, which had the appearance of a longer duration than that 

 of a year. 



C. alpina. — C. grcenlandica, Lin.? l.b.s. 72 b. Root-leaves 

 entire, stem-leaves lobed ; fruit and flowers as in C. officinalis. 

 On lofty hiUs between Malham and Settle, Yorkshire ? 



C. danica, L. Danish Scurvy-grass. — e.b. 696. l.b.s. 72 c. 

 A. 15. C. 40. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0. 



Stems several, spreading, very much branched, leafy. Leaves 

 3— 5 -lobed, triangular or deltoid, all, both root and stem leaves, 

 on longer or shorter stalks. Clusters much longer than in C. 

 officinalis, and the pouches are on longer pedicels. Pouch ovate, . 

 crowned with the very short style. 



Sea-coast. Annual ; May-September. — Smith says it is un- 

 changed in cultivation ; this we can confirm. Whether it and 

 the following be distinct from the preceding, is not yet so certain. 



