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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
^Linn;rus places this among die tetradymm'm ftlunlcfa ; the flower having tour longer and t^vo 
fhorter threads, and che feed-vefTel being a proper fiiicule. 
He introduci'S into the fame genas the horfe-radidi, and fome others, which do net agree with the 
chara£ters himfelf kas efl:ablifhed for afcertaining the dirtini5tion, we have therefore removed thefe to 
their proper places. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Common Sciirvygrafs. 
Cochlearia foliis fuhrotmidh. 
The root is long, Gender, white, and furninied 
with fevcral httle fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a large tuft, and have 
long and thick foocflalks ; they are fhort, broad, 
and of a figure approaching to round, but fome- 
what indented at the bafe, and finuaccd varioufiy 
and irregularly at the edges. 
The colour of thefe leaves is a frefh, bright 
green ^ and they are of a very tender, juicy fub- 
itance, 
The flalks are numerous, round, of a pale 
green, ten inches high, and not very firm : they 
are but little branched, and have only a few 
leaves. 
Thefe are oblong, narrow, and altogether un- 
hke chofe from the root : they ftand in pairs, one, 
two, or three pair on each (talk, and are of a 
faint green. 
Thp flowers grow at the tops of the branches 
in little tufts, and they are fmall and v;hitc. 
The feed-vfiTels are fmall, and the feeds are 
numerous and minute. 
It is common on our fea-coa(ts, and flowers in 
May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cochkaria folio fubrotundo. 
Others, Cochkaria rottindifolia. 
It gets a place in gardens from its ufe and vir- 
tues, and has thence alfo obtained the name of 
garden fcurvygrafs^ and cochlearia hortenfis. Some 
a!fo call it Dutch fcur'uygrafs. 
It is not only found upon the fea-coafts, but in 
many parts of England on hills near fprings. 
In thefe places the leaves are fmaller, and more 
perfeftly round ; and under this form it has been 
defcribed as a diftindl fpecies ; but the feeds being 
fown in a garden, produce the common kind. 
The cochkaria rotundifoUa of Merret, named in 
the laft edition of Ray's fynopfis, and the 
cochkaria rotundifoUa parva Batava of Lobel, are 
this variety of the common fcurvygrafs^ and not 
■any diftindt fpecies. 
2. Jagged-leaved Scurvygrafs. 
Cochkaria folio fimiato. 
The root is fmall, longifh, and furnifhed with 
innumerable fibres. 
The firll leaves rife in a little clufler, and have 
very fhort footflalks : they are of an oblong fi- 
gure, broadell toward the bafe, fharp at the 
point, and deeply and irregularly cut in along 
the edges. 
Their fubflianceis flefliy : they are full of juice, 
and their colour is an obfcure green. 
The flialks are numerous, thick, juicy, of a 
pale green, and ten inches high. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thole at the root 
in their general form ; but they have no fooc- 
ftalks, and they are more flightiy notched at the' 
edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the brancln's- 
in little cluRers, and they are fmall and white. 
The feed veflel is fhort and tender ; the feeds 
are numerous and fmall. 
It is comriion in our falt-marfhes, and on the 
fea-fhorefi, where the bottom is mud. It flowers 
in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cochkaria folio finuato \ and 
mofl: other writers take the fame name : but fome 
call it Cochkaria vulgaris^ and fome Cochkaria 
Britc.nnica. 
It has commonly in our markets the name of 
fea feurvygrnfs, by way of diftindion from the 
other called, as we have faid, garden fcnrvygrafs -^ 
and it has aifo the name of Engliflj fcurvygrafs^ by 
way of diftiniftion from that other kind called 
Dutch : but thefe are very ill chofen and unex- 
preflive terms. Names taken from the fliapc of 
the leaves, which is the true mark of their diffe- 
rence, would be much more proper. 
3. Litile fliort-leaved Scurvygrafs. - 
Cochlearia minor foliis brevibus. 
The root is a tuft of long, flender fibres, con- 
nefted to a little head. 
The firft leaves are fupported on long flefliy 
footftalks ; and they are fmalJ, and of a roundifti 
figure, but irregularly finuared at the edges, and 
terminated by a fliort point. 
The ftalks are very numerous, weak, of a pale 
green, fcarce at all branched, and five inches hi^h. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root : they are broad, fliort, roundifli, and fi- 
nuated on the edges. 
The flowers are larger than in the others, and 
of a milky white. 
The feed-veflels are fhort, and the feeds are nu- 
merous and fmall. 
It is foLind on the fea-coaft of Wales, and 
flowers in April. 
Ray calls it Cochkaria minor rotundifoUa. It 
may be called Welch fcurvygrafs. 
4. Ivy-leaved Scurvygrafs, 
Cochlearia foliis angulofis parzis. ^ 
The root is flender, long, white, and furnifhed 
with many fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a very fmall but thick 
tuft: they are fupported on fhort and flender 
footfl:alks, and are divided into 'three parts, in 
the manner of many of the leaves of ivy : they 
are of a thick, flefliy fubflance, and of a brownilh 
colour ufually, though fometimes of a frefh and 
lively green. 
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