p. 43. — Don'* Gen. Syst. of Gatd. and Bot. r. i. p. 188. — Loud. Encycl. of Gard. 
(new edit. 1835.) p. 866. paragr. 4475. — Walker’s FI. Oxf. p. 185. — LI lull. FI. Med. 
p. 91. — Perry's PI. Varvlc. Selec, p. 54. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 45. — Irv. Lond. FI. 
p. 163. — Mack. Catal. PI. Irel. p. 60 ; FI. Hibern. p. 21. — Coehlearia, Bay’s Syn. 
p. 302. — Coehlearia rotundifolia, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 401. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 695. 
Localities. — On the sea-coast, in stony or muddy places, common ; some- 
times also in watery spots on inland mountains. — Cheshire; Sea-coast below 
Parkgate : Mr. Bradbury. Shore of the Mersey: Mr. H. C. Watson, in 
N.B.G .— Cornwall ; Rocks at Polperro, and elsewhere: Mr. E. Foster, jun. 
Sea-shore; near Castle Treryn : N.B.G. — Cumberland; Among rocks at 
Cross Fell : Hutchinson. — Derbysh. Mountains round Castleton : D. Turner, 
Esq. In a small vale below Peveril Castle, and on the Castle walls: Mr. H. C. 
Watson, in N. B. G. Stony Middleton : Howitt, in N. B. G. — Devon ; Top- 
ham Marshes ; the Hoe, Plymouth ; walls at Torquay, and between Teignmouth 
and Dawlish on the Cliffs: Rev. A. Neck. On the coast; at Biddeford, near 
the bridge; and on a stone wall between Oakhamptou and Lifton: B. G. Barn- 
stable: N.B. G. — Dorset; Common on the Cliffs, as well as on the sandy 
shore: B.G. — Durham; Marsden Rocks; sea-coast, and shores of Tyne, 
Wear, Tees, &c. ; on the wet ground near the Wheysike House, and at Cauldron 
Snout, Teesdale: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Hants; By the side of Southampton 
Water, about a mile from the town : N. B. G. — Lancash. On a mountain above 
Coniston Lake: B.G. Sea-coast and banks of the Mersey : Mr. H. C. Watson. 
Southport: N.B.G. — Norfolk; Salt-marshes at Yarmouth, and Stokesby : 
B.G. In Salt-marshes at Caister: 1836, Mr. Manners, in N. B.G. — Nor- 
thumberland; On rocks and marshy places on the sea-coast, common; shores 
of Tyne; Fern Islands, abundant; naturalized on rocks at Hornham ; wet places 
near Coal Cleugh : N. B.G. — Notts; In several places on the walls at Wool- 
aton : B.G. — Somersetsh. Chedder Cliffs: B.G. — In Sussex. — Warwicksh. 
Packington: B.G. — Westmoreland: Kirkston Fell near Ambleside: B.G. — 
Yorksh. Sea-shore; Ingleborough Hill; very common near rivulets in Craven ; 
Wensley Dale; above Pately Bridge near Ripon ; woods near Bolton Abbey; 
and banks of the Wharf as far down as Ilkley : B. G. Richmond ; and Lime- 
stone tract near Leeds : N.B.G. — WALES. Anglesey; In muddy ditches on 
the sea-coast ; on the roofs of houses; and old walls in Beaumares ; in Priest- 
holm Island: Rev. H. Davies. — Caernurvonsh. From the shore to the higher 
mountains, at all elevations : N.B.G. Rocks of Clogwyn y Garnedd: B.G. — 
Glamorgansh. Banks of theTawey, between Swansea and Landore, plentifully : 
B.G. — Monmouthsh. Near Poutnewydd Works: N.B.G. — Frequentin SCOT- 
LAND. And in IRELAND; about Coolum, near Waterford : Right Hon. the 
Countess of Carrick. 
Annual. — Flowers in April and May. 
Root fibrous. Stem angular, nearly upright, branched ; from 
3 inches to a foot high. Lower leaves on long petioles, roundish- 
heart-shaped, wavy ; upper ones sessile, smaller, more oblong, si- 
nuated, or deeply toothed, clasping the stem by their base. Flowers 
white, in numerous corymbose tufts, which become elongated and 
racemose as the fruit ripens. Pouch (fig. 5.) nearly globular, 
obscurely veiny, either not notched at the end, or scarcely sensibly 
so, tipped with the short style ; partition double, broadly egg- 
shaped. Seeds roughish. 
Plant smooth, succulent, and of a bright glossy green ; varying 
much in size, according to its situation. Dr. Withering has de- 
scribed a singular metamorphosis of this plant in the 7th edition of 
his Botanical Arrangements, v. iii. p. 762. 
The common Scurvy-grass is native on sea-shores throughout the north of Eu- 
rope. It was once in great icport as an antiscorbutic ; and is said to be a powerful 
remedy in the pituitous asthma, and in what Sydenham calls the scorbutic rheu- 
matism. A distilled water, and a conserve, are prepared from the leaves, and its 
juice is prescribed along with that of oranges by the name of anti -scorbutic juices. 
It may be eaten as a salad.— Cows eat it ; horses, goats, and sheep refuse it. 
