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CRUCIFEILE. 



made more conspicuous by their hoary foliage and 

 numerous pouches, than by their minute white flowers. 

 L. campestre is an annual, and sends up a single stem ; 

 L. Smithii is perennial, and sends up several stems, 

 which are woody near the base. The latter is the less 

 common of the two. FL June August. Perennial 



LEPIDIUM CAMPESTRE (Field Pepper-wort). 



6. COCHLEARIA (Scurvy Grass). 



1. C. officindlis (Common Scurvy Grass). Pouch 

 nearly globose ; root-leaves between heart- and kidney- 

 shaped, stalked; stem-leaves oblong, sessile, slightly lobed, 

 toothed at the base, all fleshy. On the muddy sea-shore, 

 common. Stem often much branched ; flowers in rather 

 large corymbs, white. A smaller variety is common on 

 the Highland mountains, which is made by some botan- 

 ists a distinct species under the name of C. Groenlandica 

 (Greenland Scurvy Grass). FL May. Annual. 



2. C. Anglica (English Scurvy Grass). Pouch ellip- 

 tical, veined ; root-leaves oblong, entire, stalked ; stem- 

 leaves oblong, toothed at the base, sessile. Sea-shores ; 



