44 CRUCIFEILE. 



corymbs of white flowers, with unequal petals, the cen- 

 tral stem being always bare of leaves. The leaves are 

 pinnatifid, and grow in a horizontal direction, closely 

 pressed to the ground. Dry banks ; not common. Fl. 

 May. Annual. 



TEESDALTA NUDicAULis (Naked-stalked Teesdalia). 



5. LEPIDIUM (Pepper-wort). 



1. L. latifolium (Broad-leaved Pepper-wort). Leaves 

 egg-shaped, pointed, simple, smooth ; pouch oval, entire. 



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

 largest British species, remarkable for its dull glaucous 

 hue. Flowers numerous, small, white, in leafy clusters. 

 Fl. ejuly. Perennial. 



2. L. ruderdle (Narrow-leaved Pepper- wort). Leaves 

 smooth, lower ones pinnatifid, toothed ; upper ones 

 linear, entire ; petals wanting ; stamens 2. Waste 

 places near the sea : smaller than the preceding. Fl. 

 June. Annual. 



3. L. campestre (Field Pepper-wort). Leaves downy, 

 upper ones arrow-shaped at the base ; pouch rough with 



