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CRUCIFERJE. LI. CAKILE. LII. CORDYLOCARPUS. LIII. CHORISPORA. 



Tribe VI. 



CAKILI'NE^E (plants agreeing with Cakile in important 

 characters) or PLEURORHI'ZEjE (see Suborder I.) LO- 

 MENTA CE-iE (lomentum, a loment ; pods). D. C. syst. 2. p. 

 427. prod. 1. p. 185. Silique or silicle separating across into 

 1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded joints (f. 46. o.). Seeds not margined. 

 Cotyledons flat, accumhent, parallel with the dissepiment, when 

 there is any (f. 45. g. h. f. 46. c.). 



LI. CAKI'LE (an Arabic word employed by Serapio for 

 this plant). Tourn. inst. 49. t. 483. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 287. 

 t. 141. D. C. syst. 2. p. 427. prod. 1. p. 185. 



LIN. SYST. Tetr adynamia, Siliquosa. Silique 2-jointed, com- 

 pressed (f. 46. o.), upper joint ensiform or ovate. Seeds solitary in 

 the cells, the one in the upper cell erect, the one in the lower cell 

 pendulous. Smooth, fleshy, glaucous, annual, branched herbs. 

 Leaves pinnatifid or toothed. Racemes opposite the leaves and 

 terminal, erect ; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers white or 

 purplish. 



1 C. MARI'TIMA (Scop. fl. earn. no. 844.) upper joint of pod 

 ensiform; leaves pinnate-parted. O- H. Native of Europe 

 in the sand along the sea-coast from Sweden and Lapland to 

 Gibraltar ; on both shores of the Mediterranean and along the 

 Euxine Sea in Tauria. In Britain frequent on the sea-coast. 

 Lam. ill. t. 554. f. 1. Hook. fl. lend. t. 160. Bilnias Cakile, 

 Lin. spec. 936. Smith engl. hot. t. 231. Fl. dan. 1168. Isatis 

 pinnata, Forsk. segyp. descr. 121. Rapistrum maritimum, Berg, 

 phyt. 3. p. 173. icon. Cakile Serapionis, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 287. 

 t. 141. f. 12. ( Cak\le pinnatifida, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 485. 

 A spreading plant with pinnate-parted leaves, with the lobes 

 somewhat distant, entire or toothed. Flowers of a bright lilac- 

 colour, disposed in dense corymbs. This plant is asserted to be 

 an active cathartic by Anquillara. 



i$ea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



2 C. ^GYPTI'ACA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 417.) upper joint of pod 

 ensiform; leaves entire or dentately-sinuated, blunt. Q. H. 

 Native of Italy, Barbary, and Egypt in the sand along the sea- 

 coast. Horn. ft. dan. t. 1583. Isatis jEgyptiaca, Forsk. aegyp. 

 descr. 121. but not of Lin. Bunias Cakile, var. ft, Vahl. symb. 

 2. p. 78. Rapistrum Cakile of Berg. phyt. 3. p. 163. icon. Ca- 

 kile maritima, var. a., Desf. all. 2. p. 77. Cakile Serapionis, 

 var. ft, Lher. cak. diss. ined. p. 5. Cakile latifolia, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 88. Cakile sinuatifolia, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 485. 

 Cakile maritima fl, sinuatifolia, D. C. syst. 2. p. 429. Leaves 

 broader than those of Cakile maritima, never pinnate-cut. Flowers 

 lilac, in dense corymbs. 



Egyptian Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



3 C. AMERICA'NA (Nut. gen. amer. 2. p. 62.) upper joint of 

 pod ovate, acute. Q. H. Native of North America along the 

 sea-coast and on the shores of Lake St. Laurent, also on the 

 shores of the Caribbee Islands, particularly St. Domingo. Bunias 

 edentula, Bigel. fl. host. no. 43. Cakile ./Egyptiaca, Tuss. ant. 1. 

 f. 17. Leaves oblong, blunt, sometimes cuneated, sometimes 

 almost linear, bluntish. A spreading herb with lilac flowers. 



Var. ft, Cubensis (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. & spec. amer. 5. 

 p. 75.) leaves entire or scarcely sinuate-toothed, never pinna- 

 tifid. Flowers lilac, smaller than those of C. maritima. 



American Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. JEQUA'LIS (Lher. herb. & diss. cak. ined. p. 1. with a 

 figure) upper joint of pod somewhat 4-sided at the base and 

 furnished with along beak at the end (f. 46. o.). O-H. Native 

 of Martinique on the searshore. Stems diffuse, straggling. Leaves 

 light green, entire and cuneated at the base, toothed at the top. 

 Flowers white. Pod linear, almost uniform. Seeds oblong, of 

 a bay colour. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 57. 



Equal-podded Sea-Rocket. Fl. June, Sept. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. These are rather pretty annual plants, and only require 

 to be sown in open ground early in the spring or autumn, and 

 treated as other hardy annuals. 



LII. CORDYLOCA'RPUS (from K opSv\oc, cordylos, a club, 

 and nap-roe, carpos, a fruit ; upper joint of pod). Desf. atl. 2. p. 79. 

 t. 152. D. C. syst. 2. p. 434. prod. 1. p. 186. but not of Smith. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique roundish, 

 torose, with many joints, upper joint thick, globose, echinated. 

 Seeds all pendulous. An annual, branched, erect, smooth (or 

 rarely furnished with scattered hairs) herb. Lower leaves some- 

 what lyrate, upper ones lanceolate. Racemes erect ; pedicels 

 bractless, filiform, thicker than the fruct, not elongated. Flowers 

 cream-coloured. 



1 C. MURICA'TUS (Desf. atl. 2. p. 79. t. 152.) O- H. Native 

 of Algiers on the edges of fields near Mayenne. Lower leaves 

 ovate-oblong, running along the petiole. Petals pale-yellow. 

 Pods spreading. 



Muricated-ipoAded Cordylocarpus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 823. 

 PI. i foot. 



Cult. Hardly worth cultivating, except in botanic gardens. 

 It only requires to be sown in the open ground, and treated as 

 other hardy annuals. 



LIII. CHORI'SPORA (from xwpig, choris, separately ; 

 crwopa, spora, a seed ; in allusion to each seed being inclosed 

 separately in the pod.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 186. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique roundish, with 

 many equal joints. Seeds all pendulous. Annual branched, 

 slender, smooth, or puberulous herbs. Leaves either pinnatifid 

 or nearly entire. Racemes opposite the leaves, erect, elon- 

 gated ; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers violaceous or 

 yellow. 



1. Purpurascentes. Flowers purplish ; petals entire. 



1 C. TENE'LLA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 435.) pods and leaves 

 smooth, upper leaves lanceolate, toothed, lower ones pinnatifid. 

 Q. H. Native of Tauria among rubbish ; in the Caspian de- 

 sert ; in craggy and nitrous places ; plentiful on the banks of the 

 river Volga ; also in the Kirghisian steppe, and at Tanais, 

 even to the Ukraine. Raphanus tenellus, Pall. itin. 3. app. no. 

 105. t. L. f. 3. ed. gall. 8vo. app. no. 356. t. 102. f. 2. 

 Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1913. t. 202. Raphanus Tataricus, 

 Falck. itin. 2. p. 2 18. no. 786. t. 13. Hesperis laxa, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 325 ? Chorispermum tenellum, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 

 2. vol. 4. p. 129. Flowers purple. Stems erect. 



Var. ft, taraxicifolia (D. C. syst. 1. c.) O- H. Cheiranthus 

 taraxicifolius, Schrank. mem. soc. Ratisb. 1818. p. 164. Leaves 

 smooth or somewhat pubescent on the under surface, some of 

 them are furnished at the tops of the lobes with ciliae. Flowers 

 purple, almost like those of Malcomia maritima or A'rabis verna. 



Var. y, arcuata (D. C. syst. 1. c.) Q. H. Hesperis arcua- 

 ta, Nocca. pi. sel. hort. Ticin. 1. p. 3. t. 2. Raphanus arcua- 

 tus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 562. Chorispermum arcuatum, Andrz. 

 cruc. ined. Flower purple. Pods arched, not straight, as' in 

 the two preceding varieties. 



Pliant Chorispora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. PI. i to \ foot. 



2 C. STRI'CTA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 436.) pods, stem, and lower 

 leaves hispid; pods erect; leaves linear, toothed. () H. Na- 

 tive at Lake Inderskoe in the Kirghisian steppe, but rare. Ra- 

 phanus strictus, Fisch. in litt. Bieb. suppl. fl. taur. p. 452. 

 Herb erect. Flowers like those of preceding plant. Seeds oval, 

 compressed, girded by a membranous wing, by which it differs 

 from the rest of the genus. 



