PL ex, that, 80. CRUCIFERS 441. Lepidium. 695 
Stem branched; leaves not nicked, curled. — Herb , while 
young, eaten as a warm sallad ; seeds diaphoretic, promote 
absorption. 
XXV. 442. COCHLEAEIA. Gesner. Scurvy-grass. 
Siliculce nearly ovate, many-seeded ; valves bellied ; seeds 
not margined; cotyledons incumbent;j£ZtfW2e72/.s short, tooth- 
less ; calyx open. 
a^ Cochlearia. Annual. 
1. Cochlearia rotundifolia. Round-leaved scurvy-grass, 
Siliculce nearly round ; root -leaves kidneyshape. 
Cochlearia, Raii Syn. 302, 1. 
Cochlearia rotundifolia, Ger. era. 401. 
Cochlearia major rotundifolia, give Batavorum, Park. 285. 
Cochlearia officinalis, Lin. S. P. 903. 
Scurvy-grass. Scruby grass. Spoonwort. 
Sea-side ; annual ; May and June. 
Herb bald, fleshy ; stem angular ; branches corymbose ; 
root-leaves round, petioled; stem-leaves embracing the 
stem, oblong, sinuated; cory mbits many-flowered; siliquce 
globular, slightly wrinkled and veined, crowned with a 
very short style. 
(3. alpina. Plant small ; leaves fleshy ; flowers reddish, 
large. 
Cochlearia rotundifolia, Dillen in Raii Syn. 302, 2. 
Cochlearia Grcenlandicra, Lin. S. P. 903. 
2. Cochlearia ovalifolia. Oval-leaved scurvy-grass. 
Siliculce elliptic ; root-leaves ovate, not nicked ; stem ' 
leaves, lanceolate, toothed. 
Cochlearia folio sinuato, Raii Syn. 303, 3. 
Cochlearia Britannica, Ger. cm. 401 , 2. 
Cochlearia vulgaris, Park. 285. 
Cochlearia Anglica, Lin. S. P. 903. 
Cochlearia ovatifolia, Stokes Bot. 31. 31. 3, 436. 
Sea scurvy-grass. 
Sea-shores on mud, also cultivated ; annual ; May. 
Leaves fleshy: root-leaves longly petioled ; flowers white; 
siliquce wrinkled reticulately, crowned with a very long 
style. — Herb acrid, but eaten as a sallad, powerfully anti- 
scorbutic; the juice, distilled water, and a conserve of the 
leaves, are also employed in the true or sea-scurvy, the 
asthma, and rheumatism : it does not seem altered by cul- 
tivation in gardens. 
