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2597. 
Linnzus explodes this, and gives to the genus that of Sunias : 
young ftudent a double confufion, as it fets afide a received name, 
Linnzus has been long ufed by authors in another fenfe, 
the turnep or navew kind. 
He alfo feparates fome of the fpecies under the name of crambe, 
the top; but thefe are too flight accidents to charaéterife a genus. 
DIVISION 1. 
1. Smooth Crambe. 
Crambe maritima braffica foliis. 
The root is long, thick, and divided into 
many parts. 
The firft leaves are very large, and numerous: 
they are oblong, very broad, deeply and irregu- 
larly finuated at the edges; of a thick, flefhy 
fubftance, perfeétly fmooth, and ofa bluith green : 
the ribs and veins are often purplith. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and is 
round, thick, whitifh, upright, and branched : 
it grows to two feet and a half in height. 
The leaves on this are few: thofe toward the 
lower part refemble fuch as rife from the root; 
but near the top they are {mall, of an oval fhape, 
pointed, and not at all waved at the edges. i 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are {mall and white. 
The feed-veffels are fhort and roundifh, and in 
each is contained a fingle large feed. 
It is not uncommon on our fea-coafts, and 
flowers in June. ae 
C.Bauhine calls it Braffica maritima monofpermos. 
In Englith it is called the Sea cale, or Sea-cabbage. 
The people about the fea-coafts boil it in the 
way of favoys and cabbages, and the like; and 
it is very well-tafted, and perfectly wholefome. 
This has led fome to take it into their gardens, and 
it is preferred to moft other kinds at table. The 
root creeps under the furface, and the leaves are 
green all winter. 
DIVISION IU. 
Rough-podded Crambe. 
Crambe filiculis bicriftatis. 
The root is thick, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, oblong, and 
deeply indented on the edges in a pinnated form: 
each leaf has four or five pairs of fegments thus di- 
vided, and is terminated by an oblong piece; and 
thefe are all ferrated and pointed. . 
The ftalk is round, upright, weak, and not 
much branched: the colour is ufually a pale 
green, fometimes redifh, and it is hairy. 
The leaves on it are not divided in the man- 
ner of thofe at the root, but are oblong, and 
ferrated at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are fmall and yellow: 
The feed-veffel is fhort, and of arough, pointed, 
N° 26. 
but this will create in the mind of the 
and as this now appropriated by 
exprefling a plant of the former clafs, of 
becaufe the threads are {plit at 
BR TT 1S 9H eS Paphos poy 
2. Sea-Rocket. 
Crambe foliis afperis eruca marina difta. 
The root is long, flender, and furnithed with 
numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are few and fmall: they are 
narrow, oblong, and a little indented ; ufually 
there are about two notches on each fide: thefe 
are of ‘a yellowifh green colour, and quickly 
fade. 
The ftalk is round, weak, of a pate green, and 
fmooth, and is very much branched. 
The leaves on this are numerous, broad, ob- 
long, and very deeply cut at the edges, in a 
manner fomewhat refembling the pinnated divi- 
fion: they are of a pale green colour, and of a 
flefhy fubftance. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of ftalks and 
branches 5 and are large, and of a purplith blue. 
The feed-vefiels are fhort, thick, and two- 
edged: the feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
June. mee 
C. Bavhine calls it Eruca maritima Italica Sili- 
qua hafte cfupidi fimili. Others call it Eruca ma- 
rina, and Cakile. ' : 
The people about the coafts take the feeds in 
rheumatic cafes, and, as is reported, with fuc- 
cefs, 
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FOREIGN SPECIES. 
and crefted form: the feeds are oval and brown: 
It is common in the fouth of France, and 
flowers in July. 
~ C, Bauhine calls it Erucago monfpeliaca Siliqua 
quadrangula echinata. Van Royen, Bunias; and 
from this has arifen Linnzeus’s ufe of that word 
as a name for the whole genus: 
As we do not allow the crambe to be feparated 
from this otherwife than as {pecies of the fame 
genus, the divifion of the threads in the flower 
not being a mark of greater diftin€tion, we retain 
that name to the whole genus. : 
Linuzus authorifes in other places the redu’ 
cing to the fame genus plants that have thefe 
little differences in their minute parts. We have 
given an inftance of it in the /ixapiftrum, even 
though it fhakes his whole fyftem: here there 
would have been lefs objection to the fame con- 
duct. - 
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