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2. S. CoRON6pus, DC. Leaves less divided, with narrower lobes ; pods not 

 notched at the apex, tuberded. Virginia, Pursh. Newport, Rhode Island, Bobbins, 

 &c. (Adv. from Eu.) 



19. C A KILE, Tour.n. SEA-ROCKET. 



Pod short, 2-jointed across, fleshy, the upper joint separating at maturity ; 

 each indehiscent, 1 -celled and 1 -seeded, or the lower sometimes seedless. Seed 

 erect in the upper, suspended in the lower joint. Cotyledons obliquely accum- 

 bent. Seaside fleshy annuals. Flowers purplish. (An old Arabic name.) 



1. C. Americana, Nutt. (AMERICAN SEA-ROCKET.) Leaves obovate, 

 sinuate and toothed ; lower joint of the fruit obovoid, emarginate ; the upper 

 ovate, flattish at the apex. Coast of the Northern Spates and of the Great 

 Lakes. July - Sept. Joints nearly even and fleshy when fresh ; the upper 

 one 4 -angled and appearing more beaked when dry. 



20. RAPHANUS, L. RADISH. 



Pods linear or oblong, tapering upwards, 2-jointed ; the lower joint often 

 seedless and stalk-like; the upper necklace-form by constriction between the 

 seeds, with no proper partition. Style long. Seeds spherical as in Cabbage, 

 &c. Annuals or biennials. (The ancient Greek name from pa, quickly, and 

 0aiVo), to appear, alluding to the rapid germination. ) 



1. R. RAPHANfSTRUM, L. (WlLD RADISH. JOINTED CHARLOCK.) Pods 



necklace-form, long-beaked ; leaves lyre-shaped, rough ; petals yellow, turning 

 whitish or purplish, veiny. A troublesome weed in fields, E. New England to 

 Pennsylvania. (Adv. from Eu.) 



R. SAiivus, L., GARDEN RADISH, with pink-purple or whitish flowers, and 

 thick knobby and pointed pods, with irregular fleshy partitions between the 

 seeds, occasionally becomes spontaneous for a year or two. 



ORDER 11. CAPPARIDACE^E. (CAPER FAMILY.) 



Herbs (when in northern regions), with cruciform flowers, but 6 or more 

 not tetradynamous stamens, a l-celled pod with 2 parietal placentae, and kid- 

 ney-shaped seeds. Pod as in Cruciferae, but with no partition : seeds 

 similar, but the embryo coiled rather than folded. Leaves alternate, 

 mostly palmately compound. Often with the acrid or pungent qualities 

 of Cruciferae (as in capers, the flower-buds of Capparis spinosa) ; also 

 commonly bitter and nauseous. Represented within our limits only by 



1. POLANISIA, Raf. POLANISIA. 



Sepals 4. Petals 4, with claws, notched at the apex. Stamens 8 - 32, un- 

 equal. Receptacle not elongated, bearing a gland behind the base of the ovary. 

 Pod linear or oblong, veiny, turgid, many-seeded. Fetid annuals, with glan- 

 dular or clammy hairs. Flowers in leafy racemes. (Name from iro\vs, many, 

 and avi<ros, unequal, points in which the genus differs in its stamens from 

 Cleome.) 



