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CAKI'LE * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia f, Siliculo'sa +. 
Natural Order. Cruci'feraj §, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 237. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 138. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 153. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 498. — Crucifers; subord. Pleurorhize.e || ; tribe, Caki- 
LINE.-E ; Lindl. Syn. pp. 20, 22, & 28. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
pp. 14 to 18. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 498 & 499. ; Mag. Nat. Hist, 
v. i. pp. 143 & 240. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
pp. 146 & 148. — Mack. FI. Hib. pt. i. p. 16. — Rosales; subord. 
Rhoeadosje ; sect. RHA 2 ADiNiE ; type, Brassicace.e ; subtype, 
Arabid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 847, 854, & 856. — 
SiLiQUoSiE, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 4 nearly close, upright, 
oblong, deciduous sepals ; the two opposite ones protuberant at the 
base. Corolla (fig. 2.) cruciform, of 4, inversely egg-shaped, blunt, 
spreading sepals (fig. 3.) ; their claws as long as the border, and 
equal to the calyx. Filaments (fig. 4.) 6, two shorter than the other 
four, awl-shaped, simple. Anthers oblong, cloven at the base. 
Germen (see fig. 4.) oblong. Style none. Stigma blunt, sessile. 
Silicula (Pouch) (fig. 5.) angular, of 2, 1-seeded, indehiscent 
joints, the upper joint sword-shaped or egg-shaped, deciduous, 
bearing an upright, sessile seed (see fig. 6.) ; the lower one (sometimes 
abortive) pendulous. Cotyledons (see figs. 7 & 8) accumbent (o=). 
Distinguished from other genera, with accumbent cotyledons, in 
the same class and order, by the compressed pouch of 2, 1-seeded, 
indehiscent joints, the uppermost of which is deciduous ; and the 
contrary direction of the seeds, when both are perfect. 
One species British. 
CAKI'LE MARI'TIMA. Purple Sea Rocket. 
Spec. Char. Joints of the Pouch 2-edged ; the upper one with 
2 teeth at the base. Leaves fleshy, pinnatifid, somewhat toothed. 
Hook. FI. Lond. t. 160. — Willd. Sp. PI. v, iii. pt. I. p. 416. — Ait. Hort. Kew. 
(2nd ed. ) v. iv. p. 71. — Sm. Eng. FI. v. iii. p 183. — With. (7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 751. — 
Gray’s Nat. Ait. v. ii. p. 688. — Lindl. Syn. p. 28. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 293. ; FI. 
Scot. p. 193.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 139.— FI. Devon, pp. 107 & 187.— Johnst. FI. of 
Berw. v. i. p. 142. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of Soutli Kent, p. 36. — Winch’s FI. of 
Northumb. and Durham, p. 43. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 200. — 
Mack. Cat. of PI. of Irel. p. 61. ; FI. Hibern. p. 22. — Cakile serapionis, Gartner, 
v. ii. p. 287. t. 141. f. 12. — Cakile quibusdam. aliis Eruca marina et Raphanus 
marinus, Bauh. Hist. v. ii. p. 867. f. 868. — Ray’s Syn. p. 307. — PI. Favershamien- 
ses, p. 17. — Bunias Cakile , Linn. Sp. PI. p. 936. — Engl. Bot. t. 231. — Sm. FI. 
Brit. v. ii. p. 694. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 363. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 63. — 
Eruca marina, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 248. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. A separate Petal. — Fig. 4. Stamens 
and Pistil. — Fig. 5. Pouch. — Fig. 6. The same divided vertically to show the seed. — 
Fig. 7. A Seed. — Fig. 8. A transverse section of the same. 
* An Arabic word employed by SEUAno for this plant. Don. 
+ See folio 38, note +. t See folio 107, note t. 5 See folio 38, a. 
II See folio 111, note ||. 
