COCHLEA'RIA ACAU'LIS. 
STEMLESS SCURVY-GRASS. 
Class. 
TETRADYNAMIA. 
Natural Order. 
BRASSICACEAE. 
Order. 
SILICULOSA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Portugal. 
2 inches 
Spring. 
Annual. 
in 1824. 
No. 1240. 
Cochlearia has not the far-fetched derivation of 
many of the names of plants that come under our 
notice, being deduced from the Latin cochlear, a 
spoon, the leaves of nearly all being hollow. 
The plants of this genus are in general small 
and not showy ; indeed, the order to which they be- 
long scarcely admits of gaiety. The whole of the 
Order Brassicaceae, seems to be esteemed antiscor- 
butic, and one of the Cochlearias especially so — the 
officinalis, a native of England, whence the genus 
has the name Scurvy-grass. That species is sup- 
posed to be synonymous with Cochlearia Groen- 
landica, published at No. 64 of this work. Respect- 
ing the Scurvy-grass, all old authors esteem it a 
valuable medicine, and as well as being valuable for 
scorbutic affections, taken inwardly, Gerard says, 
“The herb stamped and laid upon spots and blem- 
ishes of the face, will take them away within six 
hours, but the place must be washed after with 
water, wherein bran hath been sodden.” 
Cochlearia acaulis is a neat alpine plant, and suit- 
able for pot culture, or planting on the shady side 
of rockwork. 
