32 6. CRUCIFER^E. 



Tribe VIII. Lepidinece. 



27. LEPIDIUM Linn. Pepper-wort. 



* Pouch cordate with turgid valves, style filiform. 



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

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

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

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

 upon long pedicels in a subumbellate corymb. Kent ; near 

 Swansea ; and other places. Introduced. P. V. VI.] E. 



* Pouch ovate or roundish winged notched, f Style manifest. 



2. L. campestre (R. Br.); 1. downy toothed lower ones oblong 

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

 plexicaul, pouch ovate rough notched and rounded at the end, 

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

 Scales on the pouch only minute globular blisters when fresh. 

 St. one, upright, about a foot high, branched in the upper part. 

 Dry gravelly soil. B. VI. VIII. 



3. L. Smithii (Hook.) ; 1. hairy toothed lower ones obcordate 

 stalked, stem-1. lanceolate-sagittate amplexicaul, pouch ovate 

 glabrous notched and rounded at the end, style twice as long as 

 the notch. L. hirtum, Sm., E. B. 1803. Seeds ^ as long as in 

 L. campestre. Pouch sometimes with a few scales, never hairy. 

 St. several, 6 12 in. long; central st. erect, others diffuse. 

 Hedge-banks. P. VI. VIII. 



t Style minute. 



[L. sativum (L.); lower 1. lobed pinnate or bipinnate, upper 

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

 Escaped from cultivation in many places.] 



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



4. L. rudernle (L.) ; lower 1. pinnatifid, upper 1. linear entire, 

 pouch patent, diandrous, petals 0. E. B. 1595. R. ii. 10. End 

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

 Radicle dorsal. Waste places near the sea. A. V. VI. 



**** Pouch oval or roundish scarcely notched wingless, 

 style minute. 



5. L. latifolium (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate sen-ate or entire un- 

 divided, pouch oval entire downy. E. B. 182. R. ii. 10. Fl. 

 many, small, in compound leafy panicled clusters. St. 3 feet 

 high, erect, branched. L. large, the lower ones upon long stalks, 

 the upper nearly sessile and narrower. In salt marshes and 

 sandy places near the sea. P. VII. VIII. 



