The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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Linnfcus explodes this, and gives to the genus that of hunias : but this will create in the mind ot the 
young ftudent a double confufion, as it fets afide a received name, and as this now appropriated by 
Linnreus has been long ufed by authors in another fenfe, exprcIBng a plant of the former clafs, of 
the turnep or }iavew kind. 
He alfo feparates fome of the fpecles under the name of cramhe, becaufe the threads are fpUt ac 
the top J but thefe are too flight accidents to characterife a gen.us. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
1. Smooth Crambe. 
Crambe maritima hroJ[ic-€ folus. 
The root is long, thick, and divided into 
many parts. 
The firft leaves are very large, and numerous : 
they are oblong, very broad, deeply and irrcgu- 
Jarly finuated at the edges of a thick, flefliy 
fubfl:ance, perfedly fmooth, and of a bluifh green : 
the ribs and veins are often purplifh. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and is 
round, thick, whitilli, upright, and branciied ; 
it grows to two feet and a half in height. 
The leaves on this are few : thofe toward the 
lower part refemble fuch as rife from the root; 
but near the top they are fmall, of an oval fiiape, 
pointed, and not at all waved at the edges. 
The flowers fliand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are fmall and white. 
The feed-vefTels are fliort and roundifb, and in 
each is contained a fmgle large feed. 
It is not uncommon on our fea-coafl:s, and 
flowers in June. 
C.Bauhine calls it Brajfica maritima monofpermos. 
In Englifh it is called the iS"^;; cak^ or Sea-cabbage. 
The people about the fea-coaflis boil it in the 
way of favoys and cabbages, and the like ; and 
it is very well-taftcd, and perfe£lly wholefome. 
This has led fome to take it into their gardens, and 
it is preferred to m oft other kinds at table. The 
root creeps under the furface, and the leaves are 
green all winter. 
DIVISION II. 
Rough-podded Crambe. 
Crambe Jiliculis bicrifiatis. 
The root is thick, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, oblong, and 
deeply indented on the edges in a pinnated form : 
each leaf has four or five pairs of fegments thus di- 
vided, and is terminated by an oblong piece; and 
thefe are all ferrated and pointed. 
The fl:alk is round, upright, weak, and not 
much branched : the colour is ufually a pale 
green, fometimes redifli, and it is hairy. 
The leaves on it are not divided in the man- 
ner of thofe at the root, but are oblong, and 
ferrated at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are fmall and yellow. 
The fced-velTel is fliortj and of a rough, pointed. 
2, Sea-Rocket. 
Crambe foliis ajperii cruca marina diLla. 
The root is long, flender, and furnilhed with 
numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are few and fmall : they are 
narrow, oblong, and a little indented ; ufually 
there are about two notches on each fide ; thefe 
are of a yellowini green colour, and quickly 
fade. 
The ftalk is round, weak, of a pa!e green, and 
fmooth, and is very much branched. 
Hie leaves on this are numerous, broad, ob- 
long, and very deeply cut at the edges, in a 
manner fomewhat refembling the pinnated divi- 
fion ; they are of a pale green colour, and of a 
flcfhy fubftance. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of ftaiks and 
branches and are large, and of a purplifli blue. 
The feed-vefiels are ftiort, thick, and two- 
edged : the feeds are large and brown. 
It is a native of our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Eruca maritima Italka fili- 
qua haft^ cfupidi fmiili. Others call it Eruca ma- 
rina, and Cakile, 
The people about the coafts take the feeds in 
rheumatic cafes, and, as is reported, with fuc- 
cefs. 
and crefted form : the feeds are oval and brown. 
It is common in the fouth of France, and 
flowers in July. 
C. B.iuhina calls it Erucago monfpeUaca Jdiqua. 
qiiadrangula echinata. Van Royen, Bunias ; and 
from this has arifcn LinnEeus's ufe of that word 
as a name for the whole genus. 
As we do not allow the cramhe to be feparared 
from this otherwife than as fpecies of the fame 
genus, the divifion of the threads in the flower 
not being a mark of greater diftinaion, we retain 
that name to the whole genus. 
Linua:us authorifes In other places the redu^ 
cing to the fame genus plants that have thefe 
little differences in their minute parts. We have 
given an inftance of it in the Jnapijlrum, even 
though it Ihakes his whole fyftem : here there 
would have been Icfs objeition to the fame con- 
dud, 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
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