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the slightly notched petals, style short.— 2). UHa Sm. E. B. 

 1338.^Pouch loag-oval, slightly hairy. St. very short, 

 branched, each branch bearing a dense tuft of leaves and 1—3 

 short scapes. Fl. small. L. mostly entire.— Tops of the Scottish 

 mountains, rare. Ben Bulben, I. P. VII. S. I. 



8. D. incdjia (L.) ; stem-l. several, 1. lanceolate stellately pu- 

 bescent toothed, pet; twice as long as the calyx, pouch longer than 

 its pedicel twisted, style very short. — E. B. 388. B. i'i. 14. — 

 Pouch nearly or quite glabrous, erect, lanceolate- oblong. St. 

 4 — 12 in. high, simple or branched. Fl. white.— Extreme forms 

 are often taken for species, as B. contorta (Ehrh.), st. simple or 

 branched only at top densely leafy, pouch glabrous ; and the 

 more alpine state D. oonfusa (Ehrh.), st. branched only near its 

 base, 1. mostly rosulate, pods vpith stellate down. — Mountains 

 and sand-hills by the sea. P. YI. VII. E. S. T. 



4. B. murdlis (L.) ; st. leafy branched, 1. ovate amplexicaul 

 toothed hairy, pet. " entire," pedicels spreading horizontally 

 rather longer than the glabrous pouch. — E. B. 912. B. ii. 12. — 

 Pouch elliptic. St. 5—12 in. high. Fl. white. Pubescence 

 branched. Eoot-l. narrowed below. Limestone hiUs. A. 

 IV. V. E. S. I. 



5. D. ver'na (L.) ; st. leafless glabrous above, \. lanceolate 

 acute narrowed below hairy, pet. deeply cloven, pouch oblong 

 shorter than its pedicel. — E. B. 586. B. ii. 12. — Pouch com- 

 pressed, acute or rounded at the end, often rather inflated. Fl. 

 white. L. entire or toothed. Scape sometimes rather pilose. 

 — Very variable in minute points. — Very common on walls, 

 banks, &c. A. III. — V. Common Whitlow-grass. E. S. I. 



17. Coohiea'eia Linn. Scurvy-grass. 



1. C.officindlisQ-i.'); radical 1. cordate-reniform stalked, Jifem- 

 /. sessile oblong sinuate clasping, pouch globose or obovoid, style 

 short. — E. B. 551. — Petioles long. Lower 1. entire or sinuate. 

 Seeds large. St. occasionally rooting and proliferous — C.alpina 

 (Wats.) ; pouch obovoid narrowed at both ends, leaves smaller. 

 E. B. 2403. — Sea-coast, mostly in muddy places. ;8 on the 

 higher parts of mountains. B. ? VI. — VIII. Common Scwey- 

 grass. E. S. 1. 



2. C. dan'ica (L.) ; I. stalked, radical 1. cordate somewhat 

 lobed, stem-l. 3 — S-Iobed rather triangular uppermost sub- 

 sessUe, pouch ovoid, style short — E.B. 696. B. ii. 16. — Petioles 

 of the root-1. very long, gradually shortening as they become 



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