CBUCIFER^. 53 



C. anglica,*L. English Scurvy -grass. — e.b. 552. l.b.s. 72 c?. 



A. 14. C. 30. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stems erect, numerous, much branched (the lateral lower 

 branches are sometimes prostrate) . Koot-leaves ovate, entire ; 

 stem-leaves oblong, entire or toothed, usually sessile ; uppermost 

 clasping, entire, often linear. Flowers large. Pouch elliptical, 

 twice as large as in C. officinalis, crowned with a rather long style. 



Sea-coast and tidal rivers, in muddy places. Annual; May-July. 



Armoracia, Fl. Wett. — Root very long, cylindrical, white and 

 highly pungent. Stems erect, leafy, 2-3 feet high. Root-leaves 

 ovate-oblong, cordate at the base, crenate and strongly nerved, 

 on long stalks ; stem-leaves lanceolate, sessile, serrated or some- 

 times deeply pinnatifid. Sepals erect, not enlarged at the base. 

 Pouch roundish, finely reticulate (netted). — This genus differs 

 but slightly from Cochlearia, with which it was associated by 

 Linnseus and his followers. It is placed by Besser in the genus 

 RorijM, which includes, among other species. Nasturtium amphi- 

 bium. 



A. rusticana, Fl. Wett. Horse Radish. — e.b. 2323. l.b.s. 73. 

 A.B. Lat. 50-60°. 



Roots vertical, fleshy, persistent. Stems erect, stout, furrowed, 

 hollow, branched above, leafy. Root-leaves large, on very long 

 stalks, ovate-oblong, cordate at the base ; the lower stem-leaves 

 often pinnatifid, the upper lanceolate-linear, entire. Sepals green, 

 erect, shorter than the petals. Fruit in elongated clusters. 

 Pouches globular, on long filiform pedicels. Seeds ovate, smooth. 



In moist meadows, but more commonly on waste, rubbishy 

 places. Perennial; June-July. 



Camelina, Crantz. — Erect, branching plants, with clasping 

 leaves, and yellow flowers in corymbose clusters. Sepals equal, 

 or almost equal, at the base. Pouch ovate or turbinate (top- 

 shaped) , with a slight dorsal compression ; valves very convex, 

 with a dorsal nerve, abruptly pointed, and confluent with the 

 style. Seeds in two rows, numerous in each cell, oblong, com- 

 pressed, not winged (bordered), pendulous. 



C. sativa, Cr. Gold of Pleaswe. — e.b. 1254. l.b.s. 80. 

 A. 15. C? Lat. 50°-58°. 



Stem erect, rigid, branched, hairy, 12-18 inches high. Lower 

 leaves oblong, tapering at the base ; upper leaves lanceolate, 

 clasping, sagittate, with pointed auricles (basal lobes), entire or 



