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Genus I. LEFIDIUM. 



Sf7ic/e cordate, cmarginatc, 2.seeded; valves keeled. Seeds 

 5:0m I crossed. 



1. L. Vi r. 5/em herbaceous, branching generally, leafy, glabrous. 



IjBavm ahi j«ilc, ciliatc, notched, upper oues smaller and nearly en- 



tire. Flowtvf ill ierniinal raceme". S'jxils lanceolate, membranaceous along 

 the margin, pubescent on the back. I\fals a little longer than the sepals. 

 ^7 ;)ressed, orbicular slightly emarginate. Wild pepper grass. 



V.....;.^ O- Through the summer. Conmion. 



Tribe \U. CAKILINEyE. 



Silupic or S Hide separating, into several l-celled, l-seeded 

 joints. Seeds with the radicle on the side, accumbent. 



Gexcs I. CAKILE. 



Silicle lanceolate, somewhat 4.an5led, jointed. Seed in 

 the upper cell erect in the lower pendulous'. Annual mar- 

 atime herbs. 



1. C. "^'^'^•TiMA 5/em erect, with expanding branches. Leuvc/i alter- 

 nate, o ueitbrm, sinuately toothed, lower ones sometimes nearly has- 

 tate- /''"-'' in terminal corymbose racetnes. Lower joiut of the silicle 

 short, the upp<.r one with a line on each side. Seed 1 in each joiui, oval 



gin." 



.0. April— July. On the coast. 



Remarks. — This plant deserves the attoDiioD of the sanlnor as a culiaary veseta- 

 We. Ii has tieen iu some cases culiivaicd and has always l^een highly csieenied. 



Order XIV. CAPPARIDACE.E. 



Sepals 4, deciduous, sometimes marcescent, aestivation im- 

 bricate, or united forming a tube. Petals 4, hypogynous, 

 cniciate, unguiculate, sometimes .a nectary at the base of the 

 outer petal, more or loss uni^qual. Sinmens almost perigy- 

 nous. T-l'J, or many, seldom 4. Disk hemispherical or elon- 

 gated. Ovary compressed, of 2-carpels united, s:i[)itate, with 

 parietal placentae, styles united, filiform, or nono. Fruit a 

 l-celled, pofl-shaped capside, many seeded. Seeds campul- 

 itropous, renit'orm, albumen wanting. Embryo curved. An. 

 nual plants. Lcrti'CA' alternale, stipulate. 



Genus 1. CLEOMELLA. 



' /'a/.* minute, spreading. Pf/a/^ 4, sub-spatulate. Torus 

 uuiong. Stamens 6. Pod l-G-seeded, obovate ; stipe fili- 

 tbrm. Kmhryn conduplicate. Leaves compound, leaflets 

 linear. Flowers in terminal racemes, leafy. 

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