An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . Gekl-s 14. MUSTARD FAMILY. 163 I. Armoracia Armoracia (L.) Britton. Horse-radish. Fig. 2034. Cochlearia Armoracia L. Sp. PI. 648. 1753. Nasturiinm Armoracia Fries; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 31. Armoracia A. S. Hitchcock, Spring FI. Manhattan 18. ruslicana Gaertn. Meyer & Schreb. Fl. Wett. 2 : 426. 1800. Erect, 2°-3° high, from deep thick roots. B
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . Gekl-s 14. MUSTARD FAMILY. 163 I. Armoracia Armoracia (L.) Britton. Horse-radish. Fig. 2034. Cochlearia Armoracia L. Sp. PI. 648. 1753. Nasturiinm Armoracia Fries; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 31. Armoracia A. S. Hitchcock, Spring FI. Manhattan 18. ruslicana Gaertn. Meyer & Schreb. Fl. Wett. 2 : 426. 1800. Erect, 2°-3° high, from deep thick roots. Basal leaveson thick petioles 6-i2 long, the blade oblong, oftennearly as long, crenate, sinuate or even pinnatifid,rough but glabrous; upper leaves smaller, sessile, nar-rowly oblons or lanceolate, crenate or dentate; racemespaniculate, terminal and axillary; pedicels very slender,ascending, 2-3 long; flowers white, showy, 2-^broad; pods oblong or nearly globose; style very short Escaped from gardens into moist grounds, especiallyalong streams. Frequent, .\dventive from Europe. Theroots furnish the well-known sauce. 15. COCHLEARIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 647. 1753. Annual or biennial maritime herbs, with simple alternate mostly fleshy leaves, andwhite or rarely purplish or yellowish racemose flowers. Silicle inflated, oblong or very convex, dehiscent. Stigma nearly simple, or capitate. Seeds several in eachcell of the pod, usually in 2 rows, marginless. Cotyledons mainly accumbent. [Greek, spoon,from the shape of the leaves.] A genus of about 23 species, all natives of the colder parts of the north temperate the following, about three others are found on the arctic and northern Pacific coasts ofNorth .America. Type species: Cochlearia officinalis L. I. Cochlearia officinalis L. Scurvy-grass or weed. Spooiiwort. Fig. officinalis L. Sp. PI. 647. oblongifolia DC. Syst. Veg. 2: 363. 1821. Diffuse, bratiching, glabro
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