CRUCIFEn^E. 
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Tribe VIII. Lepidinece. 
28. Lkpidium Linn. 
* Pouch cordate ivilh turgid valves, style filiform. 
*1. L. Draba (L.) ; l. oblong entire or toothed lower ones 
narrowed into a footstalk, stem 1. sagittate and amplexicaule, 
style as long as the dissepiment. — E. B. S. 2683. R. 4211. — 
One foot or more in height, branched, producing a somewhat 
umbellate corymb of numerous small white flowers upon long 
pedicels.— Hedges in Kent, probably introduced with foreign seed. 
P. V. VI. E. 
** Pouch oval or somewhat orbicular winged notched, style 
manifest. 
2. L. campestre (R. Br.); 1. downy toothed lower ones oblong 
narrowed into a footstalk, stem 1. lanceolate sagittate and amplexi- 
caule, pouch ovate rough with minute scales notched and rounded at 
the end, style scarcely longer than the notch. — E. £.1385. R. 421-1. 
— Scales on the pouch only minute globular blisters when fresh. 
St. upright, about a foot high, branched in the upper part. 
Smith mentions a variety with the 1. nearly glabrous and one 
with a few hairs on the pouch. — Dry gravelly soil. A. VI. — 
VIII. 
3. L. Smithii (Hook.) ; 1. hairy toothed lower ones obcordate 
stalked, stem 1. lanceolate-sagittate amplexicaule, pouch ovate 
glabrous notched and rounded at the end, style twice as long as 
the notch. — L. hirtum (Sm.). E. B. 1803. — Pouch sometimes 
with a few scales but never hairy as in the true L. hirtum (R. 
4213.) which has the lobes of the pouch acute. — Hedge-banks. 
P. VII. VIII. 
*** Pouch oval or roundish notched, style scarcely any. 
4. L. ruderale (L.); lower L pinnatifid, upper L linear entire, 
pouch roundish-oval notched patent, fl. diandrous without petals. 
— E. B. 1595. R. 4215. — Pouch with a very narrow wing at the 
end. St. branched, often a foot high. — Waste places near the 
sea. A. V. 
**** Pouch oval or roundish scarcely notched wingless, style 
scarcely any. 
5. L. lafifolium (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate serrate or entire un- 
divided, pouch oval entire downy. — E. B. 182. R. 4219. — Fl. 
numerous, small, in compound leafy panicled clusters, i^t. 3 feet 
high, erect, branched. L. large, the lower ones upon long stalks, 
the upper nearly sessile and narrower. — In salt marshes and 
sandy places near the sea. — P. VII. VIII. 
29. Capsella Vent. 
1, C. Bursa-pastoris (DC); radical 1. lanceolate pinnatifid or 
