BRASSICACEAE. 



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1. Cakile lanceoia,ta (Willd.) O. E. 

 Sehulz. Southern Sea Rocket. Scurvy 

 Grass. (Fig. 178.) Erect or ascending-, 

 often much branched, 2i° high or less 

 Basal and lower leaves broadly oblong, 

 obtuse, 2'-3' long, coarsely crenate-den 

 tate; upper leaves smaller, narrowly ob 

 ovate to oblong, crenate-dentate, or en 

 tire; flowers pale purplish, 3"-5" broad: 

 fruiting racemes often 1° long; fruit- 

 ing pedicels stout, 2"-3" long; pod 8"- 

 12" long, its upper joint longer than the 

 lower. [Baphanus lanceolatus Willd. ; 

 Cakile aequalis L 'Her. ; Cochlaria offi- 

 cinalis of Jones; Cakile maritima of H. 

 B. Small.] 



Sea-beaches, sand dunes and coastal 

 rocks. Native. Florida and the West In- 

 dies. Flowers from spring until autumn. 

 Presumably transported to Bermuda by float- 

 ing. 



11. RAPHANTJS [Tourn.] L. 

 Mainly biennial herbs, with lyrate 

 leaves and showy flowers. Silique elongated-linear, coriaceous, fleshy or corky, 

 spongy between the seeds, indehiscent. Seeds subglobose; cotyledons con- 

 duplicate. [Greek, quick-appearing, from its rapid germination.] About 6 

 species, of Europe and Asia. Type species: Baphanus sativus L. 



Flowers yellow, fading white ; pod grooved, 4-10-seeded. 

 Flowers pink or white ; pod not grooved, 2-3-seeded. 



1. R. Rnphanistrum. 



2. R. sativus. 



1. Baphanus Raphanls- 

 tniin L. Wild Radish. 

 Jointed ob White Charlock. 

 (Fig. 179.) Biennial or an- 

 nual from a slender root, 1°- 

 3° high, sparsely pubescent or 

 rarely glabrous. Basal and 

 lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, 

 4-8' long, with a large ter- 

 minal lobe and 4-6 pairs of 

 successively smaller lateral 

 ones, all crenate or dentate; 

 upper leaves small, oblong; 

 flowers 5"-10" broad, yellow, 

 fading to white, purplish- 

 veined; pedicels 3"-8" long 

 in fruit; pods I'-li' long, 6- 

 10-seeded, constricted between 

 the seeds when dry, tipped with 

 a conic beak. 



Waste grounds. Xaturalizod 

 from Europe. Widely natural- 

 ized in North America. Flowers 

 nearly throughout the year. 



