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minutely dotted Hunt at the edge.— -E. B. 1480, 1481. — Racemes 

 more or less cymose or spicate. St. erect or procumbent. 

 L. acute or blunt. C. acut.ifolium and C. polyspermum are 

 imdistinguishable. — Damp waste places. A. VIII. IX. E. 



tt Leaves tootbed, angled, or lobed. 



3. C. w'bieum (L.) ; /. triangular sinuate-dentate or nearly 

 entire their base contracted into the petiole, spikes erect nearly 

 leafless compound, perianth not covering the fr., seeds very 

 minutely ro;igb blunt at the edge. — E. B. 717. — L. with short 

 triangular teeth. Spikes approaching the stem. Seed almost 

 as large as Rape-seed. — /3. C intermedium (M. & K.) ; 1. with 

 large acute teeth. — Near Oxford. Sm. Fl. Br. ^. Waste places. 



A. vin. i. s. 1. 



4. C. oTbum. (L.) ; 1. rhomboidal-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 

 below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in compoimd 

 branched nearly leafless racemes, perianth covering the fr., 

 seeds smooth and shining blunt but keeled at the edge. — a. C. 

 candicans (Lam.) ; fl. in dense spikes shorter than the sinuate- 

 dentate leaves. M B. 1723. — 13. C. viride (L.) ; fl. in lax cymose 

 racemes exceediug the nearly entire leaves. 8y. E. B. 1189. — 

 y. C. paganum (R.) ; fl. in lax compound spikes exceeding the 

 sinuate-dentate leaves. 8y. E. B. 1190. — Cultivated and waste 

 places. A.Vn. Vin. Fat Hen. E. S. L 



5. C.fidfdlium (Sm.) ; I. unequally Z-lohedfrom a wedgeshaped 

 base, lobes ascending, middle lobe long oblong-lanceolate dentate 

 blunt, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, fl. in erect nearly leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds mimttely 

 pitted shining blunt and not keeled at the edge. — Sy. E, B. 

 1191. — Mealy. L. blunt ; middle lobe nearly equally broad 

 throughout. Seeds smaller than in C. album. — Cultivated and 

 waste ground, rare. A. .VHI. IX. E. I. 



6. C. murdle (L.) ; I. rhomboidal-ovate unequally and sharply 

 toothed entire below, fl. in divaricately-branched leafless cymes, 

 perianth nearly covering the fr., seeds minutely granular opaque 

 acute and keeled at the edge. — E. B. 1722. — Waste ground near 

 towns and villages. A. Vin. Sowbane. E. I. 



7. C. hyh'ridum (L.) ; I. suhcordate angtdate-deniate acwoamate, 

 teeth large distant, fl. in panicled leafless cymes, perianth not 

 covering the fr., seeds minutely pitted opaque blunt and not keeled 

 at the edge. — E. B. 1919. — Seeds very large. L. with 2 — 4 

 large teeth on each side. — Waste places, rare. A. Vm. E. 



