CL. XV.] TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 269 



lated pointed keel ; partitions membranous, as wide as the valves. 

 Seeds one in each cell, egg-shaped. Named from Iberia, or 

 Spain. 322. 



1. I. amdra. Bitter Candy-tuft. Stem herbaceous ; leaves lance- 



shapeil, acute, partly crenate ; flowers in oblong clusters. Smooth: 



stems branched, leafy : flowers white. Annual : flowers in July : grows 

 in corn-fields, but is not indigenous : rare. About Henley in Oxfordshire, 

 and Wallingl'ord in Berkshire. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 52. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. 

 p. 181. 948. 



10. COCHLEA'RIA. SCURVY-GRASS. 



Calyx of four egg-shaped, concave, spreading leaves. Petals 

 inversely egg-shaped, undivided, twice the length of the calyx, 

 with short claws. Filaments awl-shaped, incurved, as long as the 

 calyx ; anthers roundish. Germen roundish. Styles very short, 

 permanent ; stigma obtuse. Pouch globular, egg-shaped, or 

 elliptical, turgid, wrinkled, veiny, two-celled; valves concave j 

 partition round or elliptical, membranous. Seeds several in each 

 cell, roundish. Name from cochleare, a spoon. 323. 



1. C. qfficindlis. Common Scurvy -grass. Hoot-leaves roundish, stalked ; 



stem-leaves oblong, sessile, somewhat sinuated ; pouch globular. 



Smooth and shining stem angular, much branched, decumbent : flowers 

 white, in numerous corymbose clusters. A variety occurs on elevated 

 mountains, differing chiefly in its small size. Annual : flowers in May : 

 grows abundantly on the sea-coast, and along rivers near the sea ; also in 

 rocky places of the higher mountains of Scotland and Wales. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. viii. pi. 551. Eng. F L. vol. iii. p. 175. 949. 



2. C. A'nglica. English Scurvy-grass. Root-leaves egg-shaped, en- 

 tire; stem-leaves sessile, lance-shaped, toothed; pouch elliptical, strongly 



reticulated with veins. The principal difference between this and the 



last is in the form of the pouch. Annual : grows in muddy places on 

 the sea-shore, and along rivers near the mouth, as well as on elevated 

 mountains: frequent. Eng, Bot. vol. viii. pi. 552. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 176. 950. 



3. C. Ddnica. Danish Scurvy-grass. Leaves all triangular and stalked ; 

 pouch elliptical. Stems three or four inches long, spreading or pros- 

 trate : flowers white. Annual: flowers in May and June : grows on the 

 sea-coast : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 696. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 177. 



951. 



4. C. Armnrdcia. Horse Radish. Root-leaves oblong, crenate ; stem- 

 leaves lance-shaped, cut. Koot long, cylindrical : stem two feet high, 



erect : flowers white. The root is pungent and used as a condiment. 

 Perennial : flowers in May : grows in waste ground, but is not indigenous. 

 Eng. Bot. vol.xxxiii. pi. 2323. Eng. FL. vol. iii. p. 178. 952. 



11. SENEBIE'RA. WART-CRESS. 



Calyx of four egg-shaped, concave, spreading leaves. Petals 

 egg-shaped, undivided. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the 

 calyx ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen roundish, or two- 



