66 CRUCIFERiE. Cakile. 



1. Cakile MARiTiMA, ScoiJ. Sea Rocket. 



Upper joint of the silicle ensiforiu. — DC. prodr. 1. p. 165 ; Lam. ill. t. 55-1. Bunias 

 Cakile, Linn. 



var. Americana : upper joint of the silicle o^■ate-ensiforIn. — Torr. ^ Gr, jl. N. Am. 1 . 

 y. 119. C. Americana, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 62; DC. I. c. C. edenlula, Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. 

 p. 59. C. niaritima, Pursk,fl. 2. p. 434 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 137. Bunias edentula, Bigel.Jl. Bost. 

 p. 251. 



Stem much branched, procumbent, a foot or more in length. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 

 obovaie, attenuate at the base, more or less toothed and lobed. Flowers corymbed, pale 

 purple. Silicle about three-fourths of an inch long, at length somewhat woody ; lower joint 

 short, clavate-obovate ; tlie upper one with a prominent line on each side, minutely 2-3- 

 toothcd at the base. Seeds almost always accumbent. — See Torr. in ann. lye. N. York. 4. 

 p. 91. 



Sandy seashore of Long-Island, and shore of Lake Erie at Portland harbor {Dr. Kneiskern). 

 July - August. 



Tribe IX. RAPHANEjE. DC. 



unique or silicle indehiscent, tranversely separating into one- {or few-) seeded joints. Seeds 

 globose. Cotyledons conduplicale, as in Brassicaceas. 



16. RAPHANUS. Linn.;DC.syst.2.p.662. radish. 



[Named from the Greek, ra, quickly, and phainonuii, to appear ; from it3 speedy germmation] 



Sihque transversely man3'-celled. Seeds in a single series. — Leaves lyrate. Flowers yellow, 

 white or purple. 



1. Raphanus Raphamstrum, Linn. Wild Radish. 



Silique terete (joints one-seeded), monihform and one-celied when mature, longer than the 

 style ; leaves simply lyrate. — DC. prodr. 1. p. 229; Bigel.Jl. Bost. p. 252; Torr. <^ Gr. 

 J. N.Am. 1. p. 120. 



Annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, branching, rough with scattered minute prickles. Leaves 

 roughly pubescent ; the terminal lobe large, ovate or obovate. Flowers at first yellow, turning 

 white or sometimes pale purple as they grow old, about as large as in the common Radish. 

 Pods Ij to 2 inches or more in length ; when mature, much constricted between the joints ; 

 style forming from one-third to one-half the length of the pod. 



In fields and waste places on Long Island, about Gowannus Bay. July - September. A 

 weed, introduced from Europe. 



