32 6. CRUCIFER^. 



Tribe VIII. Lepidinea. 



27. Lepidixjm Linn. Pepper-wort. 



* Pouch cordate with turgid valves, style filiform. 



[*1. L. Draba (L.) ; 1. oblong entire or toothed lower ones 

 narrowed into a footstalk, stem-l. sagittate and amplexicaul, 

 style as long as the dissepiment. — E. B. S. 2083. R. ii. 9. — One 

 foot or more in height, branched. Fl. many, small, white, 

 upon long pedicels in a subumbellate corymb. — Kent ; near 

 Swansea ; and other places. Introduced. P. V. VI.] E. 



** Pouch ovate or roundish winged notched, f Style manifest. 



2. L. campestre (R. Br.); 1. downy toothed lower ones oblong 

 narrowed into a footstalk, stem-l. lanceolate sagittate and am- 

 plexicaul, pouch ovate rough notched and rounded at the end, 

 style scarcely longer than the notch. — E. B. 1385. ii. ii. 9. — 

 Scales on the pouch only minute globular blisters when fresh. 

 St. one, upright, about a foot high, branched in the upper part. 

 —Dry gravelly soil. B. VI.— VIII. 



3. L. Smithii (Hook.) ; 1. hairy toothed lower ones obcordate 

 stalked, stem-l. lanceolate-sagittate amplexicaul, pouch ovate 

 glabrous notched and rounded at the end, style twice as long as 

 the notch. — L. hirtum, Sm., E. B. 1803. — Seeds i as long as in 

 L. campestre. Pouch sometimes with a few scales, never hairy. 

 St. several, 6 — 12 in. long; central st. erect, others diffuse. — 

 Hedge-banks. P. VI.— VIII. 



t Style minute. 



[L. sativum (L.); lower 1. lobed pinnate or bipinnate, upper 

 1. sessile linear entire, pouch roundish oval, obtuse. — R. ii. 9. — 

 Escaped from cultivation in many places.] 



*** Pouch oval or roundish notched, style minute. 



4. L. rudernle (L.); lower 1. pinnatifid, upper 1. linear entire, 

 pouch patent, diandrous, petals 0. — E. B. 1695. R. ii. 10. — End 

 of pouch narrowly winged. St. branched, often a foot high. 

 Radicle dorsal. — ^Waste places near the sea. A. V. VI. 



**** Pouch oval or roundish scarcely notched wingless, 

 style minute. 



5. L. latifolium (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate serrate or entire un- 

 divided, pouch oval entire downy. — E. B. 182. B. ii. 10. — Fl. 

 many, small, in compound leafy pauicled clusters. St. 3 feet 

 high, erect, branched. L. large, the lower ones upon long stalks, 

 the upper nearly sessile and narrower. — In salt marshes and 

 sandy places near the sea. P. VII. VIII. 



