(Joronopus.} CRUCIFER^. 25 



Leaves heart-shaped, stalked sinuato-dentate. Br. Fl. 1 . p. 306. 

 E. FL v. iii. p. 201. E. Bot. t. 796.Alliaria (fficinalis, 

 De Cand. 



Hedge banks and waste places. Fl. May, June. $ . Two to three 

 feet high, branched. Leaves lanre, veined, well known from their garlic- 

 like smell. Flowers white. Pods erect, on horizontal stalks. 



Tribe VI, Camelinea. De Cand. 



Silicula with concave vavles. Septum elliptical in its chief dia- 

 meter. Seeds ovate. Cotyledons flat, incumbent, at right angles with 

 the septum. 



14. CAMELINA. Crantz. Gold of Pleasure. 



Pouch subovate, many-seeded. Valves inflated. Cotyledons 

 incumbent (O || ). Filaments simple. Br. Name, x / 4 *** 

 dwarf or humble, and Linum, flax. 



Tetradynamia. Siliculosa. 



1. C. Saliva, Crantz. Common Gold of Pleasure. Pouch 

 obovate, margined ; stigma simple ; leaves lanceolate-sagittate. 

 Br.Br. Fl 1. p. 300. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 164. E. Bot. t. 1254. 

 Myagrum sativium, Linn. 



Fields, occasionally among flax, with which it has been imported. 

 FL June, July. 0. Two to three feet high, panicled above. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Pouches very large, on long stalks. 



Tribe VII. Lepidinece. De Cand. 



Silicula with a very narrow septum. Valves keeled, or verv con- 

 cave. Seeds solitary or very few, ovate, not bordered. Cotyledons 

 flat, incumbent, parallel with the septum. 



15. CORONOPUS. Gcertn. Wart-cress. 



Pouch two-lobed, without valves or wings. Seeds solitary in 

 each cell. Cotyledons linear, incumbent (O || ). Name, 

 Ko/m'j/^, a Crow, and now, afoot; the cut leaves somewhat 

 resembling a bird's foot. Tetradynamia. Siliculosa. 



1. C. Ruellii, Sm. Common Wart-cress, Swine s-cress. Pouch 

 undivided, crested with little sharp points; style prominent. 

 Br. Fl 1. p. 294. E. Bot. M660. Senebiera Coronpus, De Cand. 

 E. FL v. \\\. p. 179. Ccchlearia Coronopus, Linn. 



Waste grounds and road-sides ; very common about Dublin, Cork, 

 and other places. FL June Sept. . A much branched spreading 

 weed. Leaves bipinnate, their segments linear. Flowers very small, 

 white, in lateral axillary corymbs. Pouch large in proportion to the 

 flower, curiously crested. 



2. C. didyma, Sm. Lesser Wart-cress. Pouch emarginate, 

 of two wrinkled lobes; style very short. Br. Fl. \.p. 294. 



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