C O C H L E A R I A dairies.
Danijh Scurvy-grafs.
T E T R A D Y NA MIA Silwulofa.
G en. Char. Pouch turgid, rugged; valves gibbous*
obtufe. Calyx fpreading, concave.
Spec. Char. Leaves all deltoid, on footftalks. Fruit
elliptical, reticulated with veins.
Syn. Cocblearia danica. Linn. Sp. PL 903. Sm.
FI. Brit. 689. Hidf. 2,84. With. 573. Hull 144.
FI. Dan. t. 100.
C. marina, folio angulofo parvo. Rati Syn. 303.
L a W SO N appears to have difeovered this plant in Wal-
ney ifland, Lancashire, and Mr. Llwyd afterwards in Anglefea.
It has been but little known, and many perfoiis have fufpected
it to be a variety of C. anglica, but without the leaft found a-*
tion. Mr. Crowe fome years ago dete&ed it in fait marlhes at
Wells, Norfolk. Mr. D. Turner and Mr. Sowerby obferved
it in feveral parts of the fouthern coaft from Portland ifland to
the Land’s end, and gathered our prefent fpecimen. It is annual,
flowering from May or June till late in the fummer.
This fpecies is always fmaller than thofe figured in t. 531
and 333, though like them it varies in fize. The root is
fibrous. Stems fpreading, about four inches high, moftly
Ample. Leaves all on longer or fliorter footftalks, uniform,
deltoid or trowel-fhaped, with three (rarely five) lobes, fmooth
and finning, having much of an ivy-like appearance, fo that
Lobel aptly called it Thlafpi hederaceum. The flowers are
fmall and white, in a corymbus which is feldom fo much
elongated as in the other fpecies. Pouches elliptical, flattilh,
marked with a net-work of veins, and crowned with a ftiort
ftyle. Seeds about 6 in each cell, rugofe.
If the ivy-like form of the leaves, efpecially the radical ones,
be attended to, this fpecies can never be miftaken. In fenfible
qualities it agrees with the reft of its tribe.