CRUCIFERE. — GALEPINA. 301 



54. CALEPINA. 



Calepina Adans. Fam. nat. II, ^23; Desv. Journ. bot. III, 1 5 8 ; DG. Syst. II, 648, et 

 Prodr. I, 925; Endl. Gen. n. 6966; FI. Par. i33; Renth. et Hook. Gen. I, 96 ; Roiss. 

 Or. I, £09. 



Sepala suberecta, lateralia basi haud saccata. Petala intégra, exteriora 

 paulo majora. Staminum filamenta iibera , exappendiculata. Silicula ovoideo- 

 subglobosa superne conico-attenuata , rmcamentacea , unilocularis monosperma; 

 stigmate sessiii. Semen pendulum. Cotyledones latissimae , apice truncatae, 

 in parte dorsali dilatata concavœ, iatere utroque ad mediam latitudinem intro- 

 jlexœ ultra inflexionem condupïicatœ et radiculam amplexantes (inde em- 

 bryonis sectio transversa clepsammidii [gallice sablier] figuram exhibet). 



Planta annua, ramosa, glabra. Folia caulina sagittato-semiamplexicaulia. Flores albi. 



Obs. Ut rectissime prœmonuit De Candolle (Syst. II, 648), Calepina rrab om- 

 nibus Cruciferis. . . structura cotyledonum differt.» 



i. C. Corvini Desv. Journ. bot. III, i58; FI. Grœc. t. 619; DC. Syst. II, 6/18, et Prodr. 

 I, 22 5; Rchb. le. II, t. 2, f. 4i63; Moris Sard. I, 112; Koch Syn. 82 ; FI. Par. 

 i33; Gren. et Godr. Fr. I, i32 ; Roiss. Or. I, ^09. — Crambe Corvini Ail. Ped. I, 

 256. — Bunias cochlearioides Murr. in Comm. Gœtt. 62, t. 3 [1777]; DG. Fr. IV, 

 721 ; W. et K. PL rar. Hung. II, t. 107. — Cochlearia lyrata Sm. Grœc. Prodr. II, 

 8. — Exs. Sch. Gall. ^17, Rill. 1121 bis, Soc. Dauph. 1101, Magn. Select. i5 et 

 bis; Rchb. Germ. 1&79, Bill. 1121, Sch. norm. ik\ Sol. Cors. h^S, Bourg. 38; 

 Cesati It. 126; Hohen. Cawc.un.it. [1 836 ] ; Sint. Troj. 172, Ky Alep. 19, Rel. 

 Maill. e Syria 732; Ky Pers. austr. 1007. 



Planta annua, glabra, saepius a basi ramosa; caulibus simplicibus vel 

 ramosis; foliis radicalibus in rosuiam dispositis petiolatis grosse sinuatis 

 vel lyrato-pinnatipartitis lobo terminali majore oblongo-obovato vel subor- 

 biculato,caulinis oblongis obtusis rarius acutis sinuatis denlatisvel inte- 

 gris sessilibus basi sagittato-semiamplexicaulibus auriculis acutis ; floribus 

 parvulis, albis, petalis subinœqualibus exterioribus majoribus , calyce 

 subduplo longioribus; racemis fructiferis elongalis Iaxis, pedicellis erecto- 

 patentibus vel arcuato-ascendentibus, siliculis bi-triplo longioribus; sili- 

 culis ovoideo-subglobosis superne conico-attenuatis, osseo-nucamentaceis, 

 in utraquefacie mediouninerviis et ubique reticulato-rugosis , marginibus 

 subcarinatis; stigmate sessiii; semine subgloboso apice truncato, testa te- 

 nui sordide albido-fuscescente. ©. Apr.-Jun. 



In herbidis, in calvitiis sylvarum, in incultis, in alluviis. — Med. A 1 : in valle 

 Oued El-Kebir prope Blidah (Lef.). - O 1 : Aïn-Sidjerara inter Mostaganem et 

 Mascara (DR.). — Plan. O 1 : Afir in carbonario (Lx). 



In Europa média et australi, Tauria, Gaucaso; ad mare Caspium, in Armenia, 

 Asia minore , Syria , Palasstina , Persia. 



