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CRA'MBE* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia f , Siliculo'sa %. 



Natural Order. CrucTferjE§, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 237. — Sm. 

 Gram, of Bot. p. 138. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 498. — Cruci'ferjE, 

 Suborder Orthoplo'ceje ||, Tribe Rapha'ne^e, (or Orthoplo'- 

 ce A 2 Lomenta'cete), Lind. Syn. pp. 20 & 34. ; Introd. to Nat. 

 Syst. pp. 14 & 18. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 498 & 499. ; Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist. v. i. pp. 143 & 240. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) inferior, spreading, nearly equal 

 at the base. Sepals 4, elliptical, concave, deciduous. Petals (fig. 2.) 

 4, equal, each with a spreading, rounded, ohtuse border, rather 

 longer than its claw. Filaments (figs. 1 & 3.) 6, two of them about 

 as long as the calyx, the other four longer, and generally each of 

 them with a sharp lateral tooth. Anther $ oblong, upright. Germen 

 (fig. 4.) oblong. Style scarcely any. Stigma (see fig. 4.) rather 

 thick and blunt. Pouch ( SiliculaJ (fig. 5.) succulent, finally 

 leathery, of 2 joints, each of 1 cell, the upper joint globose, not 

 bursting, deciduous, bearing 1 seed inverted, upon a stalk arising 

 from the bottom of the cell (see fig. 6.) ; lower joint abortive, re- 

 sembling a pedicle. Cotyledons roundish, convex, fleshy, incum- 

 bent, and folded lengthwise (conduplicate), see figs. 7 & 8. 



The globose, stalked, coriaceous (leathery), deciduous pouch, of 

 1 cell, without valves ; and solitary seed, with incumbent and con- 

 duplicate cotyledons ; will distinguish this from other genera in the 

 same class and order. 



One species British. 



CRA'MBE MARI'TIMA. Sea Kale. Sea Colewort. 



Spec. Char. Longer filaments forked. Pouch blunt. Leaves 

 roundish, sinuated, wavy, toothed, glaucous, and, as well as the 

 stem, very smooth. 



Engl. Rot. t. 924.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 937.-Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 299.— 

 Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.695. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 184. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 

 751.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p.689. — Lind. Syn. p. 34. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.294. 

 — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 364.— Hook. FI. Scot. p. 193. — FI. Devon, pp. 107 6c 

 187.— Johnst. FI. Bevv. v. i. p. 143. — Rev. J. E. Smith’s PI. ofS. Kent. p.36. — 

 Baxt. Lib. of Agr. and Hort. Knowl. (2nd ed.) p.538. — Loudon’s Encyclop. of 

 Gardening, p.729. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Card, and Bot. v. i. p. 256. — Mack. 

 Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 61 . — Crdmbe maritime, Brassicee folio, Ray’s Syn. p. 

 307 . — Brassica marina Anglica, Johnsoo’s Gerarde, p.315. 



Localities. — On the sea-coast in sandy or stony soils. Not very uncommon. 

 — Cornwall ; Near Mevagissey : Mr. Watt. — Cumberland; Coast between 



Fig. 1. Calyx, Stamens, and Pistil.— Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. One of the 

 longer Stamens. — Fig. 4. Germen and Stigma. — Fig. 5. A Pouch, or Silicula. — 

 Fig. 6. Pouch opened virtically, showing the seed suspended by its long curved, 

 capillary stalk. — Fig. 7. The folded Cotyledons and Radicle. — Fig. 8. Trans- 

 verse section of the same. 



* From krambe, the Greek name of Sea-kale or Sea-cabbage ; which is de- 

 rived from krambos, Gr. dry, because the plants usually grow in sand. Don. 



f See Draba verna, folio 38, note f- 



t The first order in the Linnean class, Tetradyna'mia, containing those 

 plants of that class with a short roundish pouch, the longitudinal and transverse 

 diameters of which are nearly equal. § See Draba verna, fol. 38, a. 



6 From orthos, Gr. upright, and ploke, Gr. a fold ; the cotyledons in this 

 order being incumbent (see folio 62, note j|), and at the same time folded 

 together or plaited lengthwise through their middle, enwrapping the radicle in 

 the recess, thus 0>>. When this is the case the cotyledons are said to be 

 incumbent and folded. 



