PL ex. thai. 80. CRUCIFER^. 441. Lepidiura. 695 



Siem branched; leaves not nicked, curled. — Herb, while 

 young, eaten as a warm sailad ; seeds diaphoretic, promote 

 absorption. 



XXV. 44.2. COCHLEARIA. Gesner. Scurvy^grass. 

 suicides nearly ovate, many-seeded; valves bellied; seeds 

 not margined; cotyledons incumbent;^/arne«/j^ short, tooth- 

 less; cali/xopen. 



a. Cochlearia. An?mal. 



1 . Cochlearia rotiindifolia. Round-leaved scurvy-grass. 

 SilicidcB nearly round ; root-leaves kidneyshape. 



Cochlearia, Raii Syn. 302, 1. 



Cochlearia rotondifolia, Ger. em. 401, 



Cochlearia major rotiindifolia, sive Balavornm, Park. 285. 



Cochlearia officinalis, Lin. S. P. 903. 



Scurvy-grass. Scruhy grass. Spoonwort. 



Sea-side ; annual ; May and June. 



Herb bald, fleshy ; stem angular ; branches corymbose ; 

 root-leaves round, petioled; stem-leaves embracing the 

 stem, oblong, sinuated; corymhus many-flowered; siliqucs 

 globular, slightly wrinkled and veined, crowned with a 

 very short style. 



^. alpina. Plant small ; leaves fleshy ; flowers reddish, 

 large. 



Cochlearia rolundifolia, Dillen in Raii Syn. 302, 2. 

 Cochlearia Greealaadica, Lin. S. P. 903. 



2. Cochlearia ovalifolia. Oval-leaved scurvy-grass, 

 suicides elliptic ; root-leaves ovate; not nicked ; stem 



leaves, lanceolate, toothed. 



Cochlearia folio sinuato, Raii Syn. 303, 3. 

 Cochlearia Britannica, Ger. em» 401 , 2, 

 Cochlearia vulgaris, Park. 285. 

 Cochlearia Anglica, Lin. S. P. 903. 

 Cochlearia ovatifolia, Stokes Bot. M. M. 3, 436. 

 Sea scurvy-grass. 



Sea-shores on mud, also cultivated ; annual ; May. 



Leaves fleshy: root-leaves longly petioled ; 7?0M/er5 white; 

 siliquce wrinkled reticulately, crowned with a very long 

 style. — Herb acrid, but eaten as a sailad, powerfully anti- 

 scorbutic; the juice, distilled water, and a conserve of the 

 leaves, are also employed in the true or sea-scurvy, the 

 asthma, and rheumatism : it does not seem altered by cul- 

 tivation in gardens. 



