CABBAGE FAMILY 53 



or winged. (Name from the Greek lepis, a scale, from the flattened 

 pods.) 



* Style minute 



1. L. latifblium (Broad-leaved Pepperwort, Dittander). — The 

 largest British species, glabrous and glaucous ; stem z — 4 feet 



lepidium latifouum {.Broad-leaved Pepperuwrf). 



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

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

 sessile, lanceolate ; flowers numerous., small, white, in leafy pani- 

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

 rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. L. ruderdle (Narrow-leaved Pepperwort). — A smaller plant, 

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



