38 (). CRUCiFEIUE. 



each side. St. often 1 foot high, diffuse, branched. Fl. at lust 

 corvmbose, afterwards in lengthened clusters. Outer pet. radiant. 

 Chalky fields in South and East. A. VII. Bitter Candytuft. 



24. LEPID'IUM Linn. Pepperwort. 

 * Pouch cordate with turgid valves, style filiform. 



[L. Drdba (L.) ; 1. oblong entire or toothed lower ones 

 narrowed into a footstalk, stem-1. sagittate and amplexicaul, 

 style as long- as the dissepiment. E. E. S. '2683. R. ii. 9. One 

 foot or more in height, branched. Fl. many, small, white, upon 

 long pedicels in a sub umbellate corymb. Established in many 

 places, but not naturalized. P. V. VI.] E. 



*# Pouch ovate or roundish winged notched, t Style manifest. 



1. L. campes'tre (R. Br.) ; 1. downy toothed lower ones ob- 

 long narrowed into a footstalk, stem-1. lanceolate sagittate and 

 clasping, pouch ovate scaly notched and rounded at the end, 

 style scarcely longer than the notch.- E. B. 1385. R. ii. 9. 

 Anth. yellow. ScjJ.es on the pouch only minute globular blisters 

 when fresh. St. one, upright, about a foot high, branched in 

 the upper part, or (var. lonyistylum More) many with style 

 about twice as long as notch.- Drv gravelly soil. B. VI. 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



2. L. heterophyl' lum (Benth.) ; 1. hairy toothed lower ones 

 obcordate stacked, stem-1. lanceolate-sagittate clasping, pouch 

 ovate smooth notched and rounded at the end, style twice as lony 

 as the notch. E. B. 1803. L. Smithii (Hook.) ed. viii. Anth. 

 violet. Seeds | as long as in L. campestre. Pouch sometimes 

 with a few scales, never hairy. St. several, 6 12 in. long, 

 branched at the base ; central st. erect, others diffuse. (3. alato- 

 stylum (Towns., under L. Smithii} ; pouch not notched. 

 Hedge-banks. P. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



ft Style minute. 



[L. satioum (L.) ; lower L lobed pinnate or bipinnate, upper 

 1. sessile linear entire, pouch roundish oval blunt. R. ii. 9. 

 Escaped from cultivation in many places.] E. 



*** Pouch oval or roundish notched, style minute. 



3. L. ruderdle (L.) ; lower 1. bipinnatih'd, upper 1. linear entire, 

 pouch oval, diandrous, petals 0. E. B. L59-5. R. ii. 10. End 

 of pouch narrowed, winged. St. branched, often a foot high, 

 luidicle dorsal. Waste places near the sea, rare. A. V. VI. 



E. I. 



