Lepidium.'] TETRADYNAMIA — SILICULOSA. 247 



Gloucestershire. Rev. J. R. F. Billingsley, and E. F. Witts, Esq. 

 Common on stone walls about Kineton. Rev. J. Walker. Fl. April, 

 May. 0. 



3. T. alpestre, L. (^afjmie Penny-cress); pouch obovate retuse, 

 cells 4 — 6- seeded, style exserted, stamens as long as the petals, 

 cauline leaves cordato-sagittate, stem simple. E. Bot. t. 81. 



Limestone pastures in the north of England : Derbyshire and York- 

 shire. Caernarvonshire. Glen Isla, Clova, Dr Graham. FL June, 

 July. -U. 



7. Capsella. DC Shepherd's Purse. 



1. C. Pursa-Pastoris, DC. (common Shepherd's Purse). — 



Thlaspi, L E. Bot. t. 1435. 



Corn-fields and waste places, everywhere, most abundant. i^/. the whole 

 summer. 0. — Very variable, from 3 inches to 1 — 2 feet high. Radical 

 leaves more or less pinnatifid, cauline oneslanceolato-sagittate, all gene- 

 rally toothed and rough with hairs. Flowers small. 



8. Hutchinsia. Br. (not of Agardh.) Hutchinsia. 



1. H. pelrda, Br. (Rock Hutchinsia) ; leaves pinnate entire, 

 petals scarcely longer than the calyx, pouch obtuse at both ex- 

 tremities, stigma sessile Lepidium, E. Bot. t. 111. 



Limestone rocks, west of England, and as far as Yorkshire. Wall of 

 Eltham church-yard, Kent. Fl. March, Apr. 0.— A small plant, 2—4 

 inches high. 



9. Teesdalia. Br. Teesdalia. 



1. T. nudicdtdis, Br. (naked-stalked Teesdalia) — Iberis, E.Bot. 



t. 327. 



Sandy and gravelly banks, in many places. Fl. May, June. — 

 Leaves almost entirely radical, lyrato-pinnatifid. Stems 2 — 4 inches high, 

 with sometimes 1 — 2 small, entire or cut leaves. Flowers white, two 

 o{ the petals longer than the other two. 



10. Iberis. Linn. Candy-tuft. 



1. \.*amdra, L. (hitter Candy-tuft); herbaceous, leaves lan- 

 ceolate acute somewhat toothed glabrous, flowers racemose. E. 

 Bot. t. .52. 



Chalky fields, rare ; not unfreqnent in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. 

 Fl. July. 0. — .S^tws spreading, often a foot high. Zeaues very variable 

 in their toothing. Whole plant, as its name implies, very bitter. 



11. Lepidium. Linn. Pepper-wort. 



1. L. latifolium, L. (broad-leaved Pepper-wort); leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate undivided serrated or entire, pouch oval entire. E. 

 Bot. t. 182. 



Wet shady places, near the sea and salt-marshes ; in Norfolk, Essex, 

 and Yorkshire ; at Weems in Fifeshire, and Donibristle, seat of Lord 

 Murray. Br Bewar. Fl. July, i; .--2—3 feet high, branched, erect, 

 with large leaves. Flowers numerous, small, in many terminal and ax- 

 illary', clustered racemes. 



2. h.*Drdba, Br. ( Whitlow Pepper-wort) ; leaves amplexi- 

 caul broadly oblong or lanceolate entire or toothed, pouch cor- 



