CLASS XV. ORDER I.] COCHLEARIA. 891 



angular, smooth and fleshy. Leaves small, numerous, smooth, fleshy, 

 the radical ones on long slender footstalks, kidney-shaped, sometimes 

 heart-shaped, entire, the upper ones few, sessile, oblong, entire, or occa- 

 sionally with one or two teeth on each side at the base. Inflorescence 

 terminal corymbose racemes, of rather large numerous crowded flowers, 

 becoming much elongated. Calyx of four ovate concave entire equal 

 pieces, green, or of a purplish colour. Corolla of four ovate oblong 

 short clawed petals, of a pinkish hue, more than as long again as the 

 calyx. Stamens with simple awl-shaped filaments and ovate yellow 

 anthers, of two cells. Fruit a small globose silicula, two celled, 

 smooth, obscurely veiny, crowned by the short style and obtuse stigma. 



Habitat. Sea shores and Highland Mountains of Scotland. 



Annual ; flowering in June and July. 



This is a much smaller plant than the last species, from which it 

 differs in its smaller entire radical leaves, and those of the stem being 

 oblong and entire, or nearly so; the fruit is much the same, but 

 smaller. How far this is distinct as a species from some of the small 

 varieties of C. officinalis seems doubtful. 



3. C. AngWca, Linn. (Fig. 1030 ) English Scurvy Grass. Silicula 

 oblong, reticulated with prominent veins ; radical leaves petiolated, 

 ovate, heart-shaped, entire, fleshy, the upper ones oblong lanceolate, 

 more or less toothed and sessile. 



English Botany, t. 552. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 176. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 249. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 27. 



Root tapering, and with numerous slender branched fibres. Stems 

 mostly several, spreading and erect, smooth, angular, generally pinkish, 

 about six inches high, simple or branched. Leaves a dark green, 

 smooth and fleshy, the radical ones on long slender footstalks, ovate, 

 or ovate heart-shaped, entire, the upper ones sessile, or shortly petio- 

 lated, oblong lanceolate, toothed at the base, or entire. Inflorescence 

 terminal sub-corymbose racemes, becoming much elongated in fruit. 

 Calyx of four ovate often pinkish equal pieces, with a pale membranous 

 margin. Corolla of our ovate white petals, with a short claw as long 

 again as the calyx. Stamens with simple filaments and ovate yellow 

 anthers , of two cells. Fruit a globoso-oblong silicula, reticulated with 

 prominent veins, smooth, crowned with an elongated style and obtuse 

 stigma, the pedicles slender, rather longer than the silicula. Seeds 

 large, ovate, four or five in each cell, beautifully reticulated with fine 

 elevated lines. 



Habitat. Muddy and stony places on the sea coast, frequent; and 

 in marshy places on mountains, Sno*den. 



Annual ; flowering in May and June. 



This is a very variable* species in size and luxuriance, according to 

 the place of its growth ; but it is readily distinguished by its larger 



