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to 2 feet. Root-leaves pinnatifid, witli the end lobe triangular, 

 all spreading on the ground ; stem-leaves clasping, with short 

 auricles. Flowers small and white. Pods flattened, heart-shaped. 

 Very common in the neighbourhood. Thlaspi, Linn. (E. B. t. 

 1485.) A. in.-x. 



LEPIDIUM. PEPPERWORT. 



1. L. campestre (common Mithridate P.) In cornfields and 

 dry, gravelly places. Stem solitary and erect, about a foot high, 

 generally branched in the upper part. Root-leaves stalked and 

 oblong ; upper leaves inclined to lanceolate, slightly toothed, 

 clasping, with pointed auricles. Flowers small and white. Pods 

 very numerous, on spreading stalks. Plentiful in fields about the 

 neighbourhood. (E. B. t. 1885.) Thlaspi, Linn. A. v.-vm. 



2. L. Smithii (smooth field P.] In hilly pastures and waste 

 places. Much like the last, but with shorter and more numerous 

 etems. Leaves more hairy, and flowers larger. Seed-pod smooth. 

 Meadfoot Cliffs. Warberry Hill. Thlaspi hirtum, Sm. (E. B. t. 

 1803.) P. YI.-TIII. 



SENEBIERA. WART-CRESS. 



1. S. Goronop'us (common W., Swine's- Or ess.} In cultivated 

 fields and waste places. Stems first forming a short tuft ; but 

 after flowering, spreading along the ground. Leaves 2 or 3 times 

 pinnately divided, segments nearly linear. Flowers few, small, 

 and white, in lateral axillary clusters. Seed-pouches large, in 

 crowded clusters. Meadfoot Cliffs. Warberry Hill. Berry Head. 

 Chudleigh. Coronopus Ruellii, Sm. (E. B. t. 1660.) A. v.-ix. 



2. S. didyma (lesser W.} Waste grounds near the sea. Some- 

 what like the last, but more slender. Leaves much more divided 

 and more crowded. Flowers smaller. Frequent everywhere. Coro- 

 nopus, Sm. (E. B. t. 218.) A. vii.-ix. 



TllIBE VIII. ISATIDEjE. 



SUBOED. III. ORTHOPLOCE^S. 



TRIBE IX. BBASSICE^:. 



BRASSICA. CABBAGE, TURNIP, NAVEW. 

 1. B. oleracea (sea Cabbage.} Cliffs near the sea. Leaves 



