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Common or Star Wart-Cress. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. 

 trailing. 



7 S. SERRA'TA (Poir. diet. 7. p. 76.) leaves oblong, deeply 

 serrated; pods compressed, rough. ?H? Native of Brazil 

 about Monte Video, where it flowers in November. Coronopus 

 serratus, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163. Coronopus myricaefolia, 

 Smith, herb. Flowers very small. Pods compressed, somewhat 

 orbicular at the base, with rough, glabrous reticulated valves. 

 Stems branched, procumbent, pubescent, smooth at the top. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 71. 



<San>-leaved Wart-Cress. Fl. Nov. PI. 1 foot long. 



SECT. III. COTYLI'SCUS (from KOTV\T), kotyle, a hollow ; valves 

 of silicles concave). D. C. syst. 2. p. 526. prod. 1. p. 203. 

 Silicles not crested on the back, not emarginate at the top, hence 

 they are concave or nearly flat. 



8 S. NILO'TICA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 527.) radical leaves pinnate- 

 parted ; lobes deeply-serrated ; upper leaves almost entire ; pods 

 compressed, rather boat-shaped. O- H. Native of the islands 

 in the Nile in Lower Egypt. Cochlearia Nilotica, Delile ill. fl. 

 acgyp. p. 19. descr. p. 101. t. 34. f. 2. Cotyliscus Niloticus, 

 Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 164. and 175. t. 25. f. 13. Coronopus 

 Niloticus, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 853. Herb smooth. Stems erect, 

 lower branches very long and spreading. Pods reniform, pointed 

 with the sessile stigma. This plant is eaten as a salad in Egypt. 



Nile Wart-Cress. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. As these plants possess no beauty, they are not worth 

 cultivating, except in botanical gardens. They only require to 

 be sown in the open ground, in any kind of soil. 



LXX. LEPI'DIUM (from Xtn-te \tirtoc, lepis lepidos, a 

 scale ; in allusion to the form of the pods, which resemble little 

 scales). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 85. D. C. syst. 2. 

 p. 527. prod. 1. p. 203. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliculdsa. Silicle ovate, or some- 

 what cordate, dehiscent, with keeled (f. 47. a.) or rarely ventricose 

 valves, and 1 -seeded cells. Seeds somewhat triquetrous or com- 

 pressed. Herbs or small sub-shrubs. Stems round, branched. 

 Leaves simple or variously cut. Racemes terminal, erect, elon- 

 gating as they grow ; pedicels filiform, bractless. Flowers small, 

 white. 



SECT. I. CARDA'RIA (from KapSia, kardia, the heart ; shape 

 of silicles). D. C. syst. 2. p. 528. prod. 1. p. 203. Cardio- 

 lepis, Wallr. Sched. 340. Silicle ovate-cordate, with somewhat 

 turgid, wingless valves. Style long, filiform. 



1 L. DRA'BA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 645.) pods somewhat turgid, 

 cordate, entire at the top, terminated by the style ; leaves stem- 

 clasping, lanceolate, toothed. H. Native in cultivated fields, 

 especially in the south of Europe, from Spain to Tauria, and 

 from Greece to Paris, &c. Cochlearia Draba, Lin. spec. ed. 2. 

 p. 904. Jacq. austr. t. 315. Nasturtium Draba, Crantz. austr. 

 91. Cardaria Draba, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 163. Draba rude- 

 ralis, Baumg. transyl. 2. p. 233. Jundzillia Draba, Andrz. 

 cruc. ined. Stem solitary, erect, pubescent, corymbosely- 

 branched at the top. Leaves greyish from down, or smooth. 

 Cotyledons obovate-oblong, thick. 



Whitlow Pepperwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. II. ELLIPSA V RIA (from ellipsis, an ellipsis ; shape of 

 silicles). D. C. syst. 2. p. 530. prod. 1. p. 203. Silicle ellip- 

 tical, with keeled wingless valves. Style long, filiform. 



2 L. CHALEPE'NSE (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 321. spec. ed. 2. p. 898.) 

 pods elliptical, twice the length of pedicels ; style filiform ; 

 leaves lanceolate, toothed, with acute, stem-clasping auricles. 

 O- H. Native of the Levant in fields about Aleppo. 



VOL. i. PART in. 



Var. a, glabratum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 530.) smooth ; leaves acute- 

 ly toothed, from the base to beyond the middle ; racemes rather 

 loose. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 314. sect. 3. t. 25. the second figure 

 in the lower range. 



Var. f3, pubescens (D. C. syst. 1. c.) pubescent ; fructiferous 

 racemes more loose and with longer pedicels. Native of Syria 

 near Damascus. 



Var. -y, canescens (D. C. syst. 1. c.) plant much more villous 

 and grey than the last variety, and the racemes are shorter. 

 Native of Mount Lebanon near Abra. 



Aleppo Pepperwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1798. PI. 1 foot. 



3 L. OXY'OTUM (D. C. syst. 2. p. 530.) pods elliptical, pube- 

 rulous, rather longer than the pedicels ; style filiform ; leaves 

 oblong, somewhat toothed, sub-hastate, with acute auricles at 

 the base. O? H. Native of Syria. Stems pubescent. Leaves 

 covered with scattered hairs. Petals length of calyx, with their 

 claws filiform. Seeds ovate, brown. 



Sharp-eared-leaved Pepperwort. PI. ^ foot. 



4 L. GLASTiFo 1 LIUM (Desf. atl. 2. p. 66. 1. 147.) pods ellip- 

 tical, smooth, shorter than the pedicels ; style filiform ; leaves 

 oblong, bluntly toothed, with blunt, stem-clasping auricles. 

 ? H. Native of Algiers in shady parts of mountains. Thlaspi 

 glastif61ium, Poir. diet. 7. p. 538. Lepia glastifolia, Desv. jour, 

 bot. 3. p. 166. Stems branched at the top, erect, pubescent 

 from short hairs. Uppermost leaves quite entire. Petals obo- 

 vate, double the length of the calyx. 



Woad-leavcd Pepperwort. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



5 L. AMPLEXICAU'LE (Willd. spec. 3. p. 436.) pods roundish, 

 terminated by the short style ; leaves undivided, oblong-lanceolate, 

 sagittate, sessile, toothed at the top. 1. H. Native of Siberia. 

 Stems smooth, furnished with branches from the base, which rise 

 the height of the stem. Flowers and silicles the same as those 

 of L. latifolium. 



Stem-clasping -leave d Pepperwort. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. III. BRADYPI'PTUM (from /3paue, bradys, late, and 

 irnrTu, pipto, to fall off; calyx almost permanent.) D. C. syst. 

 2. p. 531. prod. 1. p. 204. Silicle elliptical, with keeled valves. 

 Style short. Calyx permanent. Stem leaves neither stem- 

 clasping nor auricled. 



6 L. CJESPITO'SUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p.165. and 178.) pods 

 ovate, with a narrow notch at the apex ; style very short ; calyx 

 permanent ; leaves linear, entire, permanent. I/ . H. Native 

 of Armenia. Stems pubescent, sparingly branched. Radical 

 leaves tufted, pilose, glaucous. Sepals oval-oblong, with mem- 

 branous margins, permanent, at length reflexed. 



TV/Jed-leaved Pepperwort. PI. -j foot. 



7 L. CORONOPIFO'LIUM (Fisch. in cat. hort. gor. 1808. p. 79.) 

 pods elliptical, entire, somewhat puberulous ; terminated by a 

 very short style ; calyx almost permanent ; cauline leaves linear, 

 very entire, radical ones pinnate-lobed. Tf.. H. Native of Si- 

 beria near Sarepta at the south Volga. L. laciniatum, Willd. 

 herb, from Stev. obs. ined. The whole of the herb is very 

 smooth, except the pods. Stem erect, much branched, flexuous. 



Buck-horn-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. May, July. C!t. 1823. 

 PI. | to | foot. 



8 L. ? HUMBO'LDTII (D. C. syst. 2. p. 532.) pods ovate, 

 emarginate, pointed by the short style ; calyx permanent ; 

 radical leaves bipinnate, cauline ones pinnatifid. Native of arid 

 places near Chillo in Quito, at the height of 4020 feet. Herb 

 branched, erect, rarely procumbent. Flowers minute, pedicelled. 

 Petals a little shorter than the calyx. Senebiera dubia, H. B. 

 et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 76. 



Humboldt's Pepperwort. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



SECT. IV. CA'RDAMON (KapSapor, kardamon, water-cress ; hot 

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