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CORO'NOPUS* *. 
Linncan Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia+, Siliculo'sa 
Natural Order. Cruci'fer.f. §, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 237. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 138. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 153. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p.498. — Cruciferas ; subord. Notorhizeac || ; tribe, Lepidineae ; 
Lindl. Syn. pp. 20, 21, 29, & 30. ; Introd. lo 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 & 201. — Mack. FI. Hibern, pt. i. pp. 16, 23, & 25. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 397. — Rosales ; subord. Rhceadosa; ; sect. 
RtEEAniNAi; type, Brassicaceas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 
614, 784, 847, & 853. — Siuquosa;, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, equal at the base, of 4 egg- 
shaped, concave, spreading, deciduous sepals. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 
4 egg-shaped, or inversely egg-shaped, undivided petals, some- 
times wanting. Filaments (see figs. 2, 3, & 4.) 6, awl-shaped, 
simple, about the length of the calyx, 2 or 4 of them occasion- 
ally wanting. Anthers roundish, 2-lobed, Germcn (see figs. 4 & 5.) 
roundish, or 2-lobed, compressed. Style very short. Stigma 
blunt. Pouch fsiliclej (figs. 6 & 7.) roundish, transversely com- 
pressed, more or less distinctly 2-lobed, 2-celled, not bursting, 
tipped with the style ; valves globular, or roundish, somewhat 
crested, rugged, each containing a solitary, pendulous, roundish, 
3-cornered seed (fig. 9.), with incumbent, strap-shaped cotyledons 
(fig. 10). 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, 
by the nearly entire, 2-lobed, transversely compressed, wrinkled, 
indehiscent pouch , of two 1 -seeded cells; and the roundish, 3- 
tornered seeds, with strap-shaped, incumbent cotyledons. 
Two species British. 
CORO'NOPUS RUE'LLII. Common Wart-Cress j|. Swine’s- 
Cress. Buck’s-Horn. Herb-Ivy. Herb-Eve. 
Spec. Char. Leaves pinnatifid, subdivided. Pouch undivided, 
crested, with little sharp points. Style prominent. 
Engl Bot. t. 1660.— Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 427. f. 2. — Bauli. Hist. v. ii. p. 
919. — Gmrtn. v.ii. p.293. 1. 142. f. 5. — Sm. FI. Bril. v. ii. p.690. — With. (7th ed.) 
v. iii. p. 764. — Lindl. Syn. p. 30. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 294. — Macr. Man. Brit. 
Bot. p.20. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p.63. — Relh FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 263. — Hook. 
F'l. Scot. p. 193. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 139 — FI. Devon, pp. 107 & 187. — Jacob’s 
W. Devon, and Cornw. FI. — Mack. Catal. of Plants of Irel. p. 60. ; FI. Hihern. 
p. 25. — Coronmms coadunata, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 689. — Cochledria 
Coronopus, Linn. Sp. PI. p.904. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 284.— Willd. 
Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. i. p. 450. — Light!. FI. Scot. v. i. p.345. — Sibth. F'l. Oxon. p. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A separate Flower. — Fig. 3. A separate Stamen. — 
Fig. 4. The six Stamens, the Glands or Nectaries, and the Pistil. — F’ig. 5. The 
Germen, Style, and Stigma. Fig. 6. The same. — Fig. 7. The Pouch, the valves 
forced a little apart.— Fig. 8. A transverse section of a Pouch. — Fig. 9. A Seed. — 
Fig. 10. The Cotyledons, and the Radicle . — All magnified; figs. 3, 6, 8, 9, &c 10, 
highly so. 
* From korone, Gr. a crow ; and pous, Gr. a foot ; illustrative of the shape 
of its leaves; though the name of Crowfoot be more appropriately attached to 
Ranunculus . Withering. 
t See folio 38, note f. t See folio 107, note 1. § See folio 38, a. 
|| From the pouch being covered as it were with warts, (corrugated). 
