CVII. 

 COCIILEARIA ARMORACIA 



Horse- Radish. 



Class XV. Tetradynamia. — Order I. Siliculosa. 



Nat. Ord. Crucifer,e. 



Gen. Char. Silicle oval or globose, with turgid valves, 

 many-seeded. Seeds not margined. Cotyledons ac- 

 cumbent. Filaments simple. Calyx patent. 



Spec. Char. Silicles ellipsoid. Stigma dilated, nearly- 

 sessile. Radical leaves large, oblong, crenate, on long 

 footstalks 5 cauline ones elongated, lanceolate, toothed 

 incised. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek Pa<pavis aypia, Dioscorides. 



fRaphanus rusticanus. Bauh. Pin. 96. Ger. Em. 241. 

 Raii Syn. 301. 

 Raphanus sylvestris. Fuchs, 660. 

 j Nasturtium foliis radicalibus lanceolatis. Hall. Helv. n. 



am I 504. 



I Raphanis magna. Mcench. Meth. 267. 

 Cochlearia Armoracia. Lin. Sp. P/.904. Eng. Fl. iii. p. 177. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 2323. Dec. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 361. 

 French .... Raifort sauvage ; Cran ; Grand Raifort. 



Italian Rafano ; Armoraccio. 



Spanish Rabano rustico ; Rabano picantc ; Marvisro. 



Portuguese. . Rabao rusticano. 



German Meerrettig ; Rettig ; Krcen; Kran. 



Dutch Meerradys ;. Mcercdik ; Pcperwortel. 



Danish .... Peberrod. 



Swedish Pcpparrot. 



Polish Chrzan. 



Bohemian . . Kren. 

 Hun Chrcn, 



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