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193. CRAMBE. 



1. C. maritima, longer filaments toothed; leaves roundish, 

 sinuated, wavy, toothed, glaucous, very smooth as well as the 

 stem ; fl owers white, in clustered panicles. Sea Kale. 



Hab. " On the shore by Fastcastle, in Berwickshire," 

 Dr Parsons. June. If. 



Sea Kale is now common in gardens. The young shoots come 

 early, and are much esteemed. " The precise period of its 

 introduction to the garden is unknown. PARKINSON and 

 BRYANT state, that the radical leaves are cut by the in- 

 habitants where the plant grows wild, and boiled as cab- 

 bage; and JONES, of Chelsea, assured the late CURTIS, 

 that he saw bundles of it, in a cultivated state, exposed 

 for sale in Chichester market in 1753. MAHER states, 

 that the C. maritima was known, and sent from this king- 

 dom to the Continent, more than 200 years ago, by 

 LOBEL and TURNER; but MILLER, in 1731, was the 

 first who wrote upon it professionally. About the year 

 1767, it was cultivated by Dr LETTSOM at Grove Hill, 

 and by him brought into general notice in the neighbour- 

 hood of London." LOUDON. 



II. SILIQUOSA. 



199. CARDAMINE. 



1 . C. hirsuta, more or less hairy ; leaves pinnate, without sti- 

 pulas, leaflets stalked, roundish- oblong, notched; flowers small, 

 white. Hairy Ladies' -smock. 



Hab. Shady places. " Near St Abb's Head," Rev. A. Baird. 

 On a rough stone-wall below the Union Bridge, spar- 

 . ingly. Frequent in the gravelly bed of Wooler Water, 

 May, June. Q 



In the last station the stem of the plant is erect, flexuose, 

 nearly smooth and simple. C.flexuosa, WITHERING, 715. 



2. C. pratensis, leaves pinnate, without stipulas, leaflets of the 

 radical ones roundish and toothed, those of the stem leaves lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; flowers large, light purple ; petals with a tooth 

 upon the claw. Meadow Ladies'- smock. 



Hab. Meadows and moist pastures. May. I/. 



