TETR ADYNAMIA SILICULOSA, 339 



branched : the leaves are Icfliie, oval-lanceolate, 

 and fparingly dented on the edges : the flowers 

 are white, and grow in a cluftcr at the top of the 

 flalk : the petals are llighcly emarginated -, the 

 pods ftand on fnort hairy peduncles, and are 

 twifted in a contrary direction to the fun's diur- 

 nal motion. 



LEPIDIUM. Gen. pL 801. 



Silicida emarginata, cordata, polyfperma. valvulis 



carinatis, contrariis. 



iatifoUumi. LEPIDIUM foliis ovato-lanceolatis integris ferra- 



tis. Sp.pl. 899. {Ger. em. 241./. 2. Moris, hift. 



f. 3. /. 21./. i.medii ordinis adfinijlram. Fet.herb- 



t. 48./. 10. cum char aci ere) 



Dittander or Pepperwort. AngUs. 



Upon the fea coaft, as about the callle of JVeems, 

 in Fife/hire, &c. ^. Vil. 



The ftalk is a yard high or more, ered and branch- 

 ed : the leaves are firm, fmooth, and finely fer- 

 rated, growing alternately without order, upon 

 the ftalk and branches : the flowers are exceed- 

 ingly fmall for the fize of the plant, and white, 

 very numerous, and grow in cluftered panicles : 

 the Silicula or feed-velTc-l is heart-fnap'd, the Style 

 fhort, the Stigma globular. 



The young leaves are eaten fometimes in faliads; 

 they have a pungent acrid tafte, and arereckon'd 

 antifcorhutic. 



Z 2 LEPIDIUM 



