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or winged, (Name Iroiu the Greek icpis, a scale, from the flattened 

 pods.) 



* Stvk minute 



I. L. latifoHum (Broad-leaved Pepperwort, Dittander). — The 

 largest British species, glabrous and glaueous ; stem 2 — 4 feet 



LEriDIUM [ \TIFnT.TV>T {Broad.kaz'cd refp'ry-A'P^y 



high, erect, much branched, leafy, with runners ; radical leaves 

 stalked, ovate, lanceolate, serrate, often a foot long ; eanline leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate ; flowers numerous small, white, in leaf)- pani- 

 cles ; pods oval, not notched or winged, dowfiy. — In salt marshes ; 

 rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. L. nidenile (Narrow-leaved Pepperwort). — A smaller |ilant, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent ; stem a foot high, branched ; i-adt- 



