CaJcile 



CEUCIFER^ 



245 



2-joiated, indehiscent, the lower joint 1-celled, with 1 pendulous 

 seed, the upper 1-celled, with 1 seed erect from the base ; 

 cotyledons accumbent. 



Species 4, natives of the shores of Europe, N. America, 

 Mexico and the W. Indies. 



C. laneeolata 0. E. Schuh in Urh. Symh. Ant. in. 504 (1903) ; 

 Britton in Torrei/a vi. 29 ; subspecies domingensis 0. E, Schulz 

 torn. cit. 505 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 256 ; C. domingensis Tussac 

 Fl. Ant. i. 119 (1808). C. sequalis VHer. in DC. Syst. ii. 430 



Fig. Vj3.—Cakile laneeolata O. E. Schulz. 



A, Portion of plant X §. 



B, Petal X 2. 



C, Flower without fhe petals X 2. 



D, Fruit with the joints separated, slightly 



enlarged. 



E, Seed X 2. 



F, Embryo X 2. 



G, Seed cut across x 2 ; c, cotyledons : 



r, radicle. 



(A-D after Delessert.) 



(1821) ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 14. C. cubensis H. B. K. Nov. 

 Gen. & Sp. V. 75 (1821). Raphanus lanceolatus Willd. Sp. PI. 

 Hi. 562 (1801) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 32. Eruca duodecima Shane Cat. 

 81 & Hist. i. 195. (Fig. 103.) 



House Cay near Port Royal, Sloane Herb. iii. Ill ! Plantain Garden 

 River Bay, Macfadyen ! St. Ann, McNab ! St. Ann's Bay, Pu7-die ! March ! 

 sea-shore, Healthshire Hills ; St. Ann's Bay ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9521, 

 10,353, 11,628. — Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. 

 Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Jan, St. Bartholomew, Antigua, Guadeloupe, 

 D6sirade, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Vincent, Barbados, Colombia. 



Stem erect, 1-5 ft. high. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly oblong 



