PLANTS OP BERMUDA. 7 



V. CAPSELLA. 



Pod opening, many-seeded. 



1. C. Bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's purse). Annual. Stem six to 

 twelve inches, erect, this together with the leaves ^vith scattered 

 star-shaped hairs ; leaves spreadmg next the root, toothed back- 

 ward, pinnatifid, the upper ones toothed or entire clasping the 

 stem ; raceme erect, simple ; fruit stalks elongating to half an inch ; 

 pods much compressed, triangular, quarter-inch long, man5^-seeded. 

 Distribution, all temperate climates ; habitat, a wayside weed, 

 occasional. Flowers small white, one-ninth of an inch in diam- 

 eter ; November. 



VI. SENEBIEKA. 



Pod twin, not opening, two-seeded. 



1. S. (coronopus) didgma (Star of the Earth). Biennial. First 

 year leaves appressed to the ground, star-like, second year stem 

 prostrate, becoming half shrubby at the base, much branched, 

 leafy, often covering the ground in patches, one and a half to two 

 feet in diameter ; leaves pinnatifid, lobes oblong, toothed ; iiowers 

 in short racemes ; petals often absent ; stamens usually two only ; 

 pod half-inch, emarginate at base and top, separating into two 

 hard lobes. Distribution, Europe and America; habitat waste 

 places, a weed. Flowers very minute, white ; January to March. 



VII. LEPIDIUM. 



Pod opening, tivo-secdcd. 



1. L. Virginicton (Pei[)-per Grass). Annual. Slightly hairy ; stem 

 one to two feet, erect, at length branching ; leaves, lower, reversely 

 lanceolate, sharply toothed, tliose on upper part of the stem be- 

 coming much narrower, ciliate, with one to two pairs of teeth ; ra- 

 cemes lengthening to four inches in fruit; petals oval, entire, 

 sometimes absent ; stamens usually two or four ; pods one -sixth of 

 an inch in diameter, nearly circular, emarginate ; pedicels one- 

 sixth of an inch long, spreading. Distribution, Jamaica and United 

 States ; habitat waysides and cultivated land, very common. 

 Flowers small, one-twelfth of an inch, white ; October to June. 



D. Pod transversely divided into one-celled, one-seeded joints. 



VIII. CAKILE. 



Pod with two single-seeded Joints. 



1. C. (cqualis. Grisebach (Scurvy grass). Annual. A smooth, 

 fleshy plant ; stem one to two feet, stout, branched, half erect ; 

 leaves, lower ones, two to three inches long, ovate, pinnatifid, the 

 upper lance-shaped, coarsely toothed; sepals erect, two being 

 slightly pouched at the base ; petals oblong, emarginate ; raceme 

 lengthening in fruit to one foot ; pod two -jointed, the upper joint 

 lance- shaped, compressed, tapering into the style, three times the 

 length of the lower wedge-shaped one and equalling it in breadth. 

 Distribution, Jamaica, Turks Island, &c. ; habitat, seaside rocks 

 and sandy bays, common. Flowers lilac, half-inch in diameter; 



