216 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Sun-Genvus III.—LEPIA. D.C. 
Pod ovate or oval-oblong, flattish or concave above, convex 
beneath, distinctly notched at the apex; valves keeled and broadly 
winged, especially towards the summit. Cotyledons entire. 
SPECIES IV.—LEPIDIUM CAMPESTRE. 2. Brown. 
Puate CLVI.* 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. IT. Zetr. Tab. IX. Fig. 4214, 
Thlaspi campestris, Zinn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1385. 
No rootstock. Stem sub-solitary, erect. Radical leaves in a 
rosette, stalked, oblanceolate or spatulate, entire, toothed or sub- 
lyrate; stem leaves (except the very lowest) sessile, amplexicaul, 
oblong, lanceolate or strap-shaped, entire or toothed, with acute 
slightly diverging auricles at the base. Petals a very little longer 
than the sepals. Stamens 6. Pod shortly ovate-oblong, notched at 
the apex, covered with small vesicles or papillee ; valves keeled from 
the base to the apex, where the wings are broadest and project into 
a rounded lobe on each side of the style, separated by a deltoid 
sinus; style scarcely exceeding the notch. Seeds oblong, com- 
pressed, somewhat curved. 
In cultivated fields, on dry banks, and by roadsides. Rather 
common in England, but less so in Scotland, where, probably, 
several of the localities from which it has been reported really 
belong to L. Smithii; Fifeshire and Kincardineshire being the 
only Scotch counties in which I have myself met with it. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Summer. 
Stem erect, solitary or 2 or 3 from the same rosette, 1 to 
2 feet high, usually more or less corymbosely branched in the 
upper part; branches ascending. Radical leaves decaying early, 
varying from entire to lyrate-pinnatifid; stem leaves numerous, 
sagittate-hastate, entire or denticulate. Flowers white, about 
j's inch across; anthers yellow. Fruiting raceme very long. 
Pedicels spreading or slightly declined, } to + inch long. Pods 
about + inch long, slightly concave above, very convex near the 
base beneath; exclusive of the wing the pod is ovate-deltoid, and 
including the wing ovate-oblong, obcordate at the apex. Seeds 
dark brown, coarsely punctured. Whole plant greyish green, 
* The Plate is E. B. 1385, with a pod added by Mr. J. E. Sowerby. 
