CL. XV.] TETEADYNAMIA SILICTJLOSA. 269 



shaped, with a dilated pointed keel ; partitions membranous, as 

 wide as the valves. Seeds one in each cell, egg-shaped. 

 Named from Iberia, or Spain. 322. 

 1. /. amdra. Sitter Candy-tuft. Stem herbaceous ; leaves lance- 

 shaped, acute, partly crenate : flowers in oblong clusters. 



Smooth : stems branched, leafy : flowers white. Annual : flowers 

 in July : grows in corn-fields, but is not indigenous : rare. About 

 Henley in Oxfordshire, and Wallingford in Berkshire. Eng. Sot. 

 vol. i. pi. 52. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p.,181. 948. 



10. COCHLEA'RIA. SCURVY-GRASS. 



Calyx of four egg-shaped, concave, spreading leaves. Petals 

 inversely egg-shaped, undivided, twice the length of the calyx, 

 with short claws. Filaments awl-shaped, incurved, as long as 

 the calyx ; anthers roundish. Germen roundish. Styles very 

 short, permanent ; stigma obtuse. Pouch globular, egg-shaped, 

 or elliptical, turgid, wrinkled, veiny, two-celled ; valves con- 

 cave ; partition round or elliptical, membranous. Seeds several 

 in each cell, roundish. Name from cochleare, a spoon. 323. 



1. C. ojficindlis. Common Scurvy -grass. Root- leaves roundish, 

 stalked ; stem-leaves oblong, sessile, somewhat sinuated ; pouch 



globular. Smooth and shining stem angular, much branched, 



decumbent : flowers white, in numerous corymbose clusters. A 

 variety occurs on elevated mountains, differing chiefly in its small 

 size. Annual : flowers in May : grows abundantly on the sea- 

 coast, and along rivers near the sea ; also in rocky places of the 

 high mountains of Scotland and Wales. Eng. Sot. vol. viii. pi. 551. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 175. 949. 



2. C. A'nglica. English Scurvy-grass. Root-leaves egg-shaped, 

 entire ; stem-leaves sessile, lance-shaped, toothed ; pouch ellip- 

 tical, strongly reticulated with veins. The principal difference 



between this and the last is in the form of the pouch. Annual : 

 grows in muddy places on the sea-shore, and along rivers near the 

 mouth, as well as on elevated mountains: frequent. Eng. Sot. 

 vol. viii. pi. 552. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 176. 950. 



3. C. Ddnica. Danish Scurvy-grass. Leaves all triangular and 



stalked ; pouch elliptical. Stems three or four inches long, 



spreading or prostrate: flowers white. Annual: flowers in May 

 and June: grows on the sea-coast: frequent. Eng. Sot. vol. x. 

 pi. 696. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 177. 951. 



4. C. Armordcia. Horse-radish. Root-leaves oblong, crenate ; 



stem-leaves lance-shaped, cut. Root long, cylindrical : stem two 



feet high, erect: flowers white. The root is pungent, and used as 

 a condiment. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in waste ground, 

 but is not indigenous. Eng. Sot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2323. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 178. 952. 



11. SENEBIE'RA. WART-CRESS. 



Calyx of four egg-shaped, concave, spreading leaves. Petals 

 egg-shaped, undivided. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the 

 calyx ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen roundish, or two- 



