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CRUCIFERjE. LXX. LEPIDICM. 



winged ; lobes multifid ; branches pubescent. Native of Sjouth 

 America, in Peru about Cheuchin. Stems branched. Leaves 

 smooth. Pods smooth, one-half shorter than the pedicels. 

 Bipinnatifid-}eaved Pepperwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



30 L. CHICHICA'RA (Desv. journ. hot. 3. p. 165 and 179.) pods 

 obovate, emarginate ; leaves smooth, lower ones pinnatifid, with 

 denticulated lobes ; upper leaves ovate-oblong, equally toothed. 

 0. H. Native of Para in Brasil. Stems trailing, spreading, 

 much branched. Chichicara is the name of the plant at Para. 



Chichicara Pepperwort. PI. trailing. 



31 L. PUBE'SCENS (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 180.) pods 

 retusely emarginate, winged ; leaves smooth, pinnatifid ; lobes 

 linear, sparingly toothed ; stem and pedicels villous. Native of 

 Para in Brazil. Stems prostrate, pubescent, branched. Leaves 

 smooth. Margins of pods winged. 



Pubescent-branched Pepperwort. PI. prostrate. 



32 L. IBEROI'DES (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 176.) pods 

 elliptical, somewhat emarginate ; leaves linear, lower ones toothed 

 at the top. O- H. Native of the Mauritius. Stems erect, 

 smooth, branched ; branches filiform. Pods rather shorter than 

 the pedicels, with keeled wingless valves. 



Candy-Tuft-like Pepperwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



33 L. SOBDENTA'TUM (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afri. austr. extra 

 trop. no. 1299.) pods elliptical, bluntly emarginate ; flowers dian- 

 drous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base and toothed 

 at top, upper ones linear-entire. I/ . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope on the bank of rivulets in Roggevelds-Karro. 

 A smooth branched herb, somewhat shrubby at the base. 

 Flowers probably apetalous. 



Subdentate-\ea\ed Pepperwort. PI. 1 foot. 



34 L. CUNEIFOLIUM (D. C. syst. 2. p. 545.) pods oval-rhom- 

 boid, emarginate ; leaves wedge-shaped, and entire at the base, 

 obovate and acutely- serrated at the apex. O- H. Native of 

 New South Wales. Branches furnished with branchlets at the 

 top. Sepals white. Racemes when in flower short. 



Wedge-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. 



35 L. HYSSOFIFOLIUM (Desv. journ.'bot. 3. p. 164 and 179.) 

 pods oval, emarginate ; stigma sessile, capitate ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, remotely-toothed, smooth. ? H. Native of New 

 Holland about Hawkesbury. Stem tall, smooth, branched ; 

 branches long, divaricate. Differing from L. piscidium in the 

 leaves being toothed, and from L. oleraceum in the leaves being 

 narrower, and not dilated at the top. 



Hyssop-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt.1820. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



36 L. FOLIOSUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 164 and 180.) pods 

 oval-rhomboid, emarginate ; style a little exserted ; leaves ob- 

 long, blunt, crowded, coarsely toothed at the top. ? H. 

 Native of rfew Holland. A robust erect branched herb. 

 Branches thickly beset with rather fleshy leaves. Pods double 

 the size of those of L. piscidium. 



Leafy Pepperwort. Fl. ? PI. 1 foot. 



37 L. PISCI'DIUM (Forst. prod. no. 249.) pods oblong-obovate, 

 emarginate; stigma exserted; leaves oval-oblong, toothed, 

 backwards or very entire. . H. Native of the Society 

 Islands and Sandwich islands. L. bidentatum, Montin. nov. 

 act. nat. cur. 6. p. 324. t. 5. a. Stems erect, smooth, branched 

 at the top. This plant is used by the natives of the Society 

 islands for the purpose of catching fish by inebriating them. It 

 was used by the English voyagers as a salad, but it was found ex- 

 tremely pungent. 



Fish-poison Pepperwort. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1 779. PI. 1 foot. 



38 L. O-WAHIE'NSIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Limuea. 1. p. 

 32.) silicles orbicular, emarginate ; stigma sessile, inclosed ; leaves 

 obovate, tapering into the petiole, coarsely serrated. I/ . H. 

 Native of the Sandwich islands. This species differs from L. 

 piscidium in the leaves being more serrated, and in the silicles 



being almost orbicular and profoundly emarginate, with the 

 stigma inclosed, not elliptical, with the style exserted beyond the 

 recess, as in that species. Flowers small, white. 

 O-Wahu Pepperwort. PI. 1 foot. 



39 L. No V*>HOLLA'NDLE (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 177.) pods 

 oblong-rhomboid, truncate ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, entire 

 or toothed at the top. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. Stems 

 hard, woody at the base, much branched. Branches angular, 

 smooth, or somewhat spiny. Leaves somewhat fleshy, smooth. 



New Holland Pepperwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



SECT. VII. LEPIDIA'STRUM (altered from Ltpidium.) D. C. 

 syst. 2. p. 547. prod. 1. p. 207. Pods somewhat elliptical, quite 

 entire, with wingless keeled valves. Style very short. 



40 L. OLERA'CEUM (Forst. prod. no. 248.) pods ovate, acutish ; 

 leaves smooth, elliptical-oblong, deeply serrated; upper ones 

 entire, but rather serrated at the apex. . H. Native of New 

 Zealand on the sea-shore. A smooth branched erectish herb. 

 Stamens 4. This plant is a powerful anti-scorbutic, and is found of 

 great service to the crews of ships visiting New_ Zealand. It re- 

 sembles lettuce in taste, and acts as a moderate aperient. 



Pot-herb Pepperwort. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1824. PI. from 1 to 3 ft. 



41 L. CRI'SPUM (Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165 and 176.) pods 

 elliptically -rhomboid; stigma somewhat exserted; leaves ob- 

 ovate, toothed, with curled margins. O 1 H. Native of New 

 Holland at Bass Strait. Herb erect, branched, smooth. Branches 

 angular. Leaves rather fleshy. Seeds rufous, about the size of 

 those of L. sativum. 



Curled-leaved Pepperwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



42 L. LYRA'TUM (Lin. spec. 899.) pods ovate, pointed with 

 the style ; lower leaves stalked, lyrately-pinnate ; lobes deeply 

 cut, terminal one large. O- H. Native of Armenia near Mount 

 Ararat. Stem erect, branched. Tourn. voy. 2. p. 339. icon. 



Zyrate-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. PI. 2 

 or 3 feet. 



43 L. LATIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 899.) pods ovate, pointed with 

 the stigma; leaves ovate-lanceolate, undivided, a little serrated, 

 lower ones on long footstalks. If. . H. Native of Europe, from 

 Spain to Sweden, from England to Greece, also of Algiers ; about 

 Astracan ; in Siberia in salt marshes and wet sandy shady places 

 under cliffs, generally near the sea ; in England in several parts 

 of Essex and Yorkshire ; below Sheringham cliffs, Norfolk. Fl. 

 dan. t. 557. Smith, engl. bot. 182. The whole plant is very 

 pungent, acrid, and ulcerating. Root creeping. Herb erect, 

 smooth. Leaves broad, rather fleshy. The young leaves are 

 sometimes eaten as a salad. It was formerly used in place of 

 horse-radish. An infusion of it will vomit. Having a hot biting 

 taste like pepper, and the leaves having been often used by coun- 

 try people to give a relish to their viands instead of pepper, it 

 had the appellation of Poor Man's Pepper. 



Broad-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



44 "L. CRASSirbnuM (Walds. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 4. t. 4.) pods 

 pointed by the stigma ; leaves smooth, somewhat fleshy, entire, 

 radical ones stalked, ovate, cauline ones sessile, sagittate. If. . H. 

 Native of salt-marshes, or dry and sterile places impregnated 

 with salt, in Hungary near Eimstadt, &c. ; in Tauria at the 

 Bosphorus ; in the island of Taman ; in the Kuman steppe ; 

 near the rivers Volga and Kuma, &c. L. salinum, Pall. ined. 

 L. verrucosum, D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. an. vii. p. 145. 

 L. Candolii, Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 165. Herb glaucous, 

 usually many-stemmed ; these are clothed at the neck with the 

 remnants of the old leaves. Flowers like those of L. latifblium. 



Thick-leaved Pepperwort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. ft. 



45 L. AFFI'NE (Ledeb. from Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 

 152.) pods pointed with the style, at last smooth; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, all serrated ; serratures of the upper leaves acumi- 



