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Seed almost as lai-ge as Eape-seed. — j3. C. intermedium (M. & K. ) ; 
1. -nath large acute teeth. E.B.IYJ. — Neai- Oxford. Sm.Fl.Br. 
/3. Waste places. A. MH. E. S. I. 
4. C. aVhum (L.) ; 1. rhomhoicM-ovate sinuate-dentate entire 
below, upper ones lanceolate nearly entire, fl. in compound 
branched nearly leafless racemes, seeds smooth and shining blimt 
but keeled at the edge. — -E. B. 172:1 St. 75. 6.— Axillary racemes 
spicate dense, 1. mealy. — ^. C. vin'de (L.) ; racemes c\-mose, 1. 
m-een often quite entire. <sif. 75. 7. — Cidtivated and waste places. 
A. VU. Vin. Fat Heiu E. S. I. 
5. C.^ficifolium (Sm.) ; I unequalli/ S-lobed from mvedf/eshaped 
base, lobes ascending, middle lobe long oblong -lanceolate deMate 
blunt, upper 1. linear-lanceolate entire, 11. in erect nearly leafless 
cvmose racemes, seeds minutely pitted shining blunt and not 
keeled at the edge.— i". £. 1724. St. 75. 10.— Mealy. L. blunt ; 
middle lobe- nearly equally broad throughout. Seeds smaller than 
in C. Cultivated and waste gi'ound. A. VIII. IX. E. I. 
6. C. murdle (L.) ; /. rhomboidal-ovnte imequally and shai-ply 
toothed entire below, fl. in divaricately-branched leafless cjTues, 
seeds minutelg granular opaque acute and keeled at the edge. — F. B. 
1722. St. 75. 5. — Waste gi-ound near towns and villages. A. 
VIII. Soivbane. E. I. 
7. C.hyb'ridum (L.) ; /. st/bcordate angtdate-dentate acivmhiate, 
teeth large distant, fl. in panicled leafless cymes, seeds mimdely 
pitted opaque blunt and not keeled at the edge.— i^. B. 1919. 
75. 2. — Seeds vei-y large. L. with 2 — 4 large teeth on each side. 
— Waste places, rai'e. A. "STII. E. I. 
** Perianth not covering the fruit ; seed mostly vertical. 
t Stigmas short. 
8. C. riibnim (L.) ; I. rhomboidal irregiJarly toothed and sinu- 
ate entire below, fl. in erect compound dense leafy spikes, seeds 
very minute smooth shining blunt or very slightly keeled at the 
edge. — E. B. 1721. — St. erect, often 1 — 2 ft. high. Pericai-p very- 
loose. Seed vertical, or horizontal in the terminal fl. Fl. generally 
incomplete. Cal. 4- rarely 5-cleft. Stam. 1 or 2. "A variety 
with much more triangidar 1., shorter spikes and larger seeds, 
was found near London. — Waste places, particulai-lv salt marshes. 
A. Vm. IX. ' E. S. I. 
9. C. botryoides (Sm.) ; I. triangular somewhat toothed, fl. in 
compoimd dense leafy spikes, seeds very minute smooth shining 
acutely keeled at the edge. — E. B. 2247. — St. prostrate, spreading, 
4 — 5 in. long. Pericarp loose. Seeds vertical. — Moist sandv 
places near the sea. Cornw., SulF., Northumb. A. IX. E. 
