. Flowers of the field. Botany. 52 _flowcrs minute, white, in short lateral racemes ; fods reniform, indehiscent, or splitting into two indehiScent lobes ; seeds one in each lobe. (Name from the Greek koro/ios, a raven, />oi/s, foot.) I. C. didvmi/s (Lesser Wart-cress).—Sle/>i prostrate, branched, slender, hairy, a foot or more in length* leaves finely pinnatifid or bi-pinnatifid ; pods separating into two hard, wrinkled lobes. Waste groiind near the sea in south-west! It emits a very power-. i^Lcsstr Wart-L ful smell, like that of I'epiJer-cress, especially when trodden on, o
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 52 _flowcrs minute, white, in short lateral racemes ; fods reniform, indehiscent, or splitting into two indehiScent lobes ; seeds one in each lobe. (Name from the Greek koro/ios, a raven, />oi/s, foot.) I. C. didvmi/s (Lesser Wart-cress).—Sle/>i prostrate, branched, slender, hairy, a foot or more in length* leaves finely pinnatifid or bi-pinnatifid ; pods separating into two hard, wrinkled lobes. Waste groiind near the sea in south-west! It emits a very power-. i^Lcsstr Wart-L ful smell, like that of I'epiJer-cress, especially when trodden on, or m hot weather; and has a particularly nauseous taste. —Fl. July—.September. Annual. 2. c: pivei'iinbens (Wart-cress or Swine's cress).—Glabrous, less branched and with larger, less divided h-iives and larger pods than C. didv/iii/s. The pods are indehiscent. A conunon ixiad- side weed. ~F1. June—September. Annual. 23. LkpfuruM (Pepperwort).—Herbs with small \\h\\.e /faiivrs ; some of the peta/s or siaineiis often absent ; pods rounded or obcordate, much compressed, generally ^-seeded ; valves keeled. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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