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2. C. polysper'mum (L.) ; 1. ovate-elliptic, fl. in axillary leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth not covering the fr., seeds shining 

 minutely dotted blunt at the edge. E.B. 1480, 1481. Kacemes 

 more or less cymose or spicate. St. erect or procumbent. 

 L. acute or blunt. C. acutifolium and C. polyspermum are 

 undistinguishable. Damp waste places. A. VIII. IX. E. 



tt Leaves toothed, angled, or lobed.. 



3. C. ur'bicum (L.) ; L triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 

 entire their base contracted into the petiole, spike* erect nearly 

 leafless compound, perianth not covering the fr., seeds very 

 minutely rough blunt at the edge. E. B. 717. L. with short 

 triangular teeth. Spike approaching the stem. Seed almost 

 as large as Rape-seed. ft. C. intermedium (M. & K.) ; 1. with 

 large acute teeth. Waste places. A. VIII. E. S. I. ? 



4. C. album (L.) ; 1. rhomboidal-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 

 below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in compound 

 branched nearly leafless racemes, perianth covering the fr., 

 seeds smooth and shining blunt but keeled at the edge. a. C. 

 candicans (Lam.): fl.in dense spikes shorter than the sinuate- 

 dentate leaves. E. B. 1723. ft. C, viride (L.) ; fl. in lax cymose 

 racemes exceeding the nearly entire leaves. &y. E. B. 1189. 

 y. C. paganum (R.) ; fl. in lax compound spikes exceeding the 

 sinuate-dentate leaves. Sy. E. B. 1190. Cultivated and waste 

 places. A. VII. VIII. Fat Hen. E.S.I. 



[C. opulifolium (Schrad.), closely allied to Sp. 4, with broadly-rhom- 

 boidal-ovate (often broader than long) more or less 3-lobate very obtuse 

 coarsely and unevenly crenate-serrate 1. with usually slightly mucronate 

 teeth, rather long slender petioles and very glaucous inflorescence, is 

 occasionally found in waste places. A. VIII. IX.] 



5. C.ficifolium (Sm.) ; /. unequally S-lobedfrom a wedgeshaped 

 base, lobes ascending, middle lobe long oblong-lanceolate dentate 

 blunt, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely 

 pitted shining blunt and not keeled at the edge. Sy. E. B. 

 1191. Mealy. L. blunt; middle lobe nearly equally broad 

 throughout. Seeds smaller than in C. album. Cultivated and 

 waste ground, rare. A. VIII. IX. E. I. ? 



6. C. murdle (L.) ; L rhomboidal-ovate unequally and sharply 

 toothed entire below, fl.. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 

 perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely granular opaque 

 acute and keeled at the edge. E. B. 1722. Waste ground near 

 towns and villages. A. VIII. Soiubane. E. I. 



