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4. D. rcnhj (Spring A\'hitlo\v-grassl — S.U-iii a single, slender, 

 leafless scape ; /Vi7'v.> rosulate, lanceolate, hajry ; j/ou't-rs minute ; 

 /(■fd/s deeply bi-lobed ; /('</.f varying very much in form and com- 

 pression. — Common on walls and dry banks. — Fl. February — July. 

 Annual. 



5. D. i7/civ,/t'.f (Yellow Alpine Whitlow-grass). — S/c-m leafless, 

 t — 5 in. high ; ,V(7?vj rosulate, linear, glabrous, ciliate ; feta.'s 

 slightly notched. — On rocks and walls at Pennard Castle, near 

 Swansea, where it forms dense tul'ts with bright yellow /A'.-i'tv.f. — 

 Fl. March — !Ma\-. I'erennial. 



17. Ci-'CiiLEAKiA ^Scur\ \-gra>s). — Glabroqs herbs, witli simple, 

 often fleshy ica:iS ; small \sh\\e _flo-vers : and 

 nearly globose /('</.»", with pirominent dorsrfl 

 veins. (Xame from the L:nin u\'//,{-ar. a' 

 spoon, from ib.e shape of the lea\es in some 

 species.) The plants o( this genus derive 

 their English name I'rom the relief which they 

 aflorci to sailors suffering Irum scur\'\", in con- 

 sequence of their being debarred Ironi the 

 use of tresh vegetables. This antiscorbutic 

 qualitv is shared to an equal degree by other 

 plants of the Order ; but these were most 

 readily a\ailable from growing near the sea'. 

 Steam navigation and the consequent short- 

 ening of voyages, preserved vegetables, and 

 the use of limejuice have, howe\er, rendered (/ . 

 this dreadl'ul disease much less common. 



1, C. Lvfin'/.'J/ij (Connnon Scurvy-grass): — SU'/i often much 

 branched, 10 in. high; nid'/ai/ /ciizys stalked, orbicular or reni- 

 form, cordate ; l\!u////c .'c-jra ampltNicauli lobed ; K\:i'cfs in 

 rather large corvmbs ; /.\/ nearly globose.— On muddy sea- 

 shores ; common. — II May, June. Annual, 



2. C. <7/>,v/(7 (Alpine Scurvx-grass). — -A. smaller form with an 

 obo\"oid /-I'./. — On lofty mountains. 



;. C ,ij//;\i7 (Danish Scurvy-grass). — Another small form, x\iih 

 stalked, deltoid ,'V.7rw and an ovate /<'..>'.— Chfis and hedges near 

 the sea ; comn.on. — FT March — August. B;i.ennial. 



4. C. dfigiiaJ (English Scurvy-grass). — Brans/u-s 10 — iS in. 

 long ; fciJhv/ /iw.is not cordate, fleshy : /czc'crs and /t'.A larger 

 than in C. c/tt.vVi/.vV, the latter somewhat elongate, nearly i in 

 in leniTth. Muddv seashores ; common,— Fl. May — August, 

 .•\nnual. 



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