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cal leaves pinnatifid with narrow segments j cauline leaves linear, 

 entire ; petals absent ; stamens 2 ; pod oval, notched, winged at 

 the top. — Waste places near the sea ; uncommon. — Fl. May, June. 

 Annual. 



3.* L. sativum (Common Cress). — A similar plant, occurring 

 as an escape from cultivation ; pod more completely winged. 

 Annual. 



** Style distinct 

 4. L. campestre (Field Pepperwort). — Pubescent; stem 16 — 18 

 in. high, erect, slightly branched ; leaves hoary, upper ones arrow- 



LEpfmuM campestre (Field Pepperwort). 



shaped at the base ; a?ithers yellow ; pod rough with minute 

 scales ; style not longer than the notch in the pod. A common 

 weed. — Fl. May — August. Annual or biennial. 



5. L. heterophyllum (Hairy Pepperwort). — More downy, more 

 woody, and more branched ; anthers violet ; pod less scaly ; style 

 much longer than the notch. As common as L. campestre. — Fl. 

 April — August. Perennial. 



6.* L. Drdba. — Stem flexuous, leafy, a foot in height, 

 branched; leaves hoary, oblong, lower ones stalked, upper ones arrow- 

 shaped at the base ; flowers many, small, corymbose, long-stalked ; 

 pod cordate, constricted between the valves ; valves swollen ; 

 style slender. Not indigenous. — Fl. May — June. Perennial. 



24. ThlAspi (Penny Cress). — Glabrous herbs; radical leaves 

 rosulate ; cauline leaves sessile, sagittate ; flowers small, white ; 



