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Teesdalia 



nudicaulis 



(Naked-stalked 



Teesdalia) 



4. Teesdalia 



t. T. nndicaulis (Naked-stalked Teesdalia). The 

 only British species. A minute and not inelegant 

 plant, bearing several stems, which terminate in 

 small racemes of white flowers, the central stem 

 being always bare of leaves. The leaves are pin- 

 nate, about half an inch long, and lie closely 

 pressed to the ground. Though widely spread 

 over England, it is not a common plant. Dry 

 banks. Fl. May. Annual. 



5. Iberis {Candytuft) 



1. /. amara (Bitter Candytuft). Plant 6 or 

 8 inches high, bearing its white or pink flowers 

 in a flat head or corymb. Petals unequal, the 

 two outer larger than the two inner. An 

 occasional cornfield weed on calcareous soils. 

 Fl. July. Annual. (Candytuft is a common 

 garden plant, and is particularly effective in 

 the rock garden.) 



6. Lepidium {Pepper-wort) 



1. L. latifolium (Broad-leaved Pepper-woft, 

 Dittander). The largest British species, re- 

 markable for its dull glaucous hue ; plant 

 2-4 feet high ; leaves egg-shaped, pointed, 

 simple, smooth ; pouch oval, entire ; flowers 

 numerous, small, white, in leafy clusters. 

 In salt marshes and on the sea-coast ; rare. 

 Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. L. ruderale (Narrow-leaved Pepper- 



Lepidium Latifolium 

 (Broad-leaved Pepper- 

 wort) 



wort). Smaller than the preceding, 6-12 



inches high ; leaves smooth, lower ones pinnatifid, 

 toothed, upper ones linear, entire ; petals wanting ; 

 stamens 2. Waste places near the sea. Fl. June. 

 Annual. 



3. L. campestre (Field Pepper-wort). Stem erect, 



branched above, about a foot high ; leaves downy, 



upper ones arrow-shaped at the base ; pod rough 



with minute scales ; style scarcely longer than the 



notch in the pod ; flowers very small ; anthers 



yellow. Common. Fl. July, August. Annual or 



biennal. 

 Lepidium Cam- r _ ... .. /TT . T 



pestre (Field 4- L. Smithu (Hairy Pepper- wort). Leaves 



Pepper-wort) downy, upper ones arrow-shaped at the base ; 



