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XI. TKIBE, contains two valuable esculents. 

 The Sea Kale, (Crambe Maritima) is one. It grows 

 in sandy, stony soils, on the sea coast ; its flowers are 

 white; leaves, roundish, wavy, toothed, and (as well as 

 the stem) smooth. 



The Radish, which is the last Genus of this large 

 family we will examine botanically: we shall now 

 find " pods without valves." 



[XI. TRIBE (Raphanese) Fruit, with the pod, or lower 

 part, abortive, and stalklike, consisting of a beak without 

 valves, divided transversely into one-seeded cells, sometimes 

 separating. 



RADISH. (Raphanus.) 



Fruit without valves, or a dissepiment, with a long style, 

 several-seeded. Calyx erect. 



Name, from the Greek "quickly" and "to appear," from 

 its rapid growth. 



WILD RADISH, or JOINTED CHARLOCK, (Raphanus Rha- 

 phanistrum.) Leaves simple, lyrate, fruit jointed, styles 

 two or three times longer than the last joint. Leaves stalked 

 and rough. Flowers yellow, (rarely reddish) veined.] 



It is probably a plant introduced into this country 

 by the Romans and its name of Radish, is from 

 the Latin name for root, " radix." As it is only 

 found wild, in cornfields, it was, most likely, intro- 

 duced into this country, at some period. It is not 



