CAKILE MARITIMA. SEA ROCKET.
CAKILE m a r itim ; articulis ancipitibus superiore sagittate, foliis pinnatifidis subdentatis carnosis. Bi*.
CAKILE maritima. WiUi. Sp. PI. ml. S. p. 4,16. Decand. PL F r.ed. 3 -ml. *- P■ MB
s«n. s.382. A i t .H o r t .K e w .e i .i .m i .4 ,.p .7 i . w w m a m m M l l ä B m B m
FI. Amer. Sept. ml. 2. p. 434. Wahl. FI. Lapp. p. 178. Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. 193.
CAKILE Serapionis. Gasrt.de Fruct. vol.2 . p.3 S 7 . t . M . H B H
BUNIAS Cakile. Linn. Sp. PI. p.936. Huds. AngL p. 393- B B S M M B B M S H I S I
A r r ed.4,. m l.3 . p.551. FI. Dan. 1 .1168. Hefpm. Germ. ed.3. m l 1. F. 11. p. 33.
Smith FI. B rit. p . 694. Engl. Bot. t. 231'. Book. Iceland Tour, m l.3 . p. 528.
CAKILE quibusdam, aliis Eruca marina at Raphanus marinus. Sea Rocket. B an Syn. p. 307.
Dan Strandkarse. Dut. Europische knodsmvgt. Fr. Caquille. Germ. Der Mearseuf. It. Ca-
cfiile. Port. & Span. Cakile. Norw. Strandsemap. Welsh. Hedyddy tmrrlar.
Class a n d Or d e r . TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA.
[N a tu r a l Or d e r . CRUCIFERÆ, Dxv. I. SILICULOSÆ, Juss., Decand., LfiwL]
C har O hd Calyx tetraphyllus. Petala quatuor, foliolis alterna. Stamina sex, duo breviora solitary ante
longiora geminatie. approximate ante foliola calycma altera. Germen
unicum unistvlum Fructus siliquatus. Semina exalbuminosa. Embryo curvus cotyledombus super radi-
culain pr onis? Herbas aut Suffrutices, foliis simplicibus sæpius alterms, Sonbus soepissime racemosis ebractea-
tis. Decand.
Ge n Cha r. Silicula biarticulata, articulis monospermis: superior« semine erecto, sessili; inférions (quan-
doque abortientis) pendulo. Jar.
G e n . Ch a r . Pouch o f two single-seeded articulations ; upper articulation with an erect sessile seed ; lower one
with a pendulous seed (sometimes abortive).
H e r b a tota glabra.
R a d ix annua, parva, subfusiformis, fibrosa.
Ca u l is insigniter flexuosus vel etiam tortuosus, teres,
striatus, valde ramosus, ramis diffusis.
Fo l ia bi-ad triuncialia, camosa,flavo-viridia,spathulata,
inferiora fere integerrima, reliqua dentata vel
dentato-pinnatifida.
Flores corymbosi, demum racemosi, pallide purpurei;
Pedicelli breves, ebracteati.
Ca l y x tetraphyllus, foliolis erectis, duobus oppositis,
basigibbosis. _ . .
Corolla tetrapetala, petalis obcordatis, unguiculatis,
venosis. . . .
St am in a sex, quorum duo breviora; Filamenta alba,
erecta; Antherse oblongas, Havre.
P istil lum lineari-oblongum, biarticulatum; articulo
inferiore ovato, superiore elongato, subtetragono;
Stigma sessile, obtusum.
P e r ic a r p ium : Siliqua erecta, lineari-oblonga, paulu-
lum attenuata, curvata, biarticulata; articulo inferiore
duplo triplove minore, obovato, uniloculari,
monospermo; semine pendulo nonnunquam abor-
tiente, superiore ovato-attenuato, carnoso, sic-
citate ancipite, basi sagittate, uniloculari, monospermo,
semine erecto. . .
Sem e n ovatum, flavo-fuscum, podospermo brevi instructed).
E mbryo cylindraceus, curvatus; Cotyledones lineares,
divaricati.
W hole Plant glabrous.
Root annual, small, somewhat spindle-shaped, fibrous.
St em remarkably flexuose, and even twisted, rounded,
striated, very much branched, branches spread-
Leaves from two to three inches long, fleshy, yellowish-
green, spathulate, the lower ones nearly entire,
the others toothed, or dentato-pinnatifid.
Flowers in corymbs, afterwards in racemes, o f a pale
purple colour ; Pedicels short, destitute o f brac-
teas.
Caly x o f four divisions, the leaflets erect, opposite m
pairs, gibbous at the base.
Corolla o f four obcordate, clawed, veined petals.
Stam en s six, two of them shorter than the rest; Filaments
white, erect; Anthers oblong, yellow.
P is t il between linear and oblong, o f two jo in ts; lower
joint ovate, upper one elongated, nearly square;
Stigma sessile, obtuse.
P e r ic a r p : an erect linear-oblong, slightly attenuated,
curved, biarticulated P o d ; with the lower articulation
twice or thrice smaller, obovate, one-celled,
one-seeded; the seed pendulous,sometimes abortive
the upper one ovato-attenuate, fleshy, when
dry’two-edged, sagittate at the base, one-celled,
one-seeded, having the seed erect.
Se e d ovate, yellowish-brown, furnished with a short
podosperm.
Embryo cylindrical, curved; Cotyledons linear, diverging.
■ I M | S I 2. petal. Fig. 3. Stamens and pistil. Fig. 4. Pistil. Fig. 5. Silicule (not perfectly
1 |||| \ p-0, g ^The same cut open, to show the situation of the seed in the two cells. Fig. 7. Seed
1 ■ — I embryo. Fig. 9. Seed from the lower cell. Fig. 10. Its embroyo -.-a ll
magnified.
u T a im o f t e m t a " “ in t o leaves, run out in lo ten g branches, charged with the conspicuous seed-vessels,
confirmed the propriety o f this measure. Willdpnnw ■ but these again are formed by Decandolle into
H U g f e : alleging that it differs from Cakile in its yellow flowers; its never
"“ c e fo fe isT n e o°f ^ ^ * ^ W e l n b 5 referred to either o f the two
difficulty to the student,
o f Aberdeen. |jj|