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blistering simples, and therefore by his hot quality it mendeth the skin in the face, and 
taketh away scabs, scars, and manginess if anything remain after the healing of ulcers 
and such like.” 
SPECIES IL—LEPIDIUM RUDERALE. Linn. 
Pirate CLIV.* 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. II. Zetr. Tab. X. Fig. 4215. 
Rootstock none. Radical leaves in a rosette, stalked, very 
deeply pinnatifid (almost pinnate), with the segments usually 
again pinnatifid or lobed; stem leaves pinnatifid with marrow 
entire lobes, the uppermost ones sessile, strap-shaped, and entire, 
without auricles at the base. Petals very rarely present. Stamens 
usually only 2. Pods lenticular, oval-orbicular, distinctly notched 
at the apex, glabrous; valves keeled, with the keel almost 
expanded into a wing at the summit; style none. 
In waste places, especially near the sea, in the East and South 
of England. Apparently most frequent in Norfolk, Suffolk, and 
Essex ; and occurring also on ballast hills in South Wales, York- 
shire, and Fifeshire. 
England, [Scotland,] Ireland. Annual. Summer, Autumn. 
Stem erect, 6 inches to 1 foot high, corymbosely branched, 
with numerous spreading or ascending branches in the upper part. 
Radical leaves in a rosette, decaying early, as indeed most of 
the pinnatifid stem leaves do before the fruit is mature, so that 
then only the narrow strap-shaped entire ones remain. Flowers 
corymbose, appearing greenish from the absence of the petals. 
Fruit raceme rather elongate. Pedicels spreading or slightly 
ascending, } to 33; inch long. Pods about 7g inch long, rather more 
convex below than above; valves very slightly winged at the top, 
and projecting into a small rather obtuse lobe on each side of the 
sessile stigma. Seeds yellowish brown, oblong-oblanceolate, much 
compressed, finely punctured. Whole plant dull green, with the 
stem, leaves, and peduncles slightly pubescent. 
Narrow - leaved Pepperwort, Rubbish Pepperwort. 
French, Passerage des Décombres. German,.Schutt-Pfefferkraut. 
Sus-Genus II.—CARDAMON. D.C. 
Pod oval, orbicular, much compressed, notched at the apex; 
valves keeled, distinctly winged. Cotyledons tripartite. 
* The Plate is E. B. 1595, with a pod added by Mr. J. E. Sowerby. 
