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Tetradynamia Siliculosa
Cakile.
1. Maritima. Plant smooth & succulent. Stem
Radii. Annua fusiformis [cratitic?] fere digiti.
Great round branching. Leaves obovate sinuate
Caulis. erectus. ramosus ramis patertibus, teres, glabes,
interdum versus sum-
mitatem sub angulatus, carnosas —
& together on short footstalk. Flowers in terminal
Folia. alterna, sepilia, spathulato-ovata, sinuata, lobis
obtusis sub dentatis, obtusa
glaberrima, carnosa, obscure venosa, 2-3 poli: longa 1-1 1/2
lata.
[?] lower joint of the pod toothlip. upper com.
Petioli. O nisi barsia foliorum ia dicas —
Flores. in racemis terminalibus. — in corymbis, post
anthesis in racemos transcentibus?
Pressed. 8 inch to 3 feet high —
Pedunculi — commenices 1-3 poll: longi, angulati. glabri,
carmosi, partiales 2-3
lineas longi, teretes, glabri —
This plant is doubtless the one meant by Gronovius
Calyx tetra phyllus deciduus. foliolis lineari lanceolatus,
glabris sub acutis,
apice paulo incurois, basi, sub gibbis
but is most probably a different Species from the European
Corolla. tetrapetala. petalis cruciformibus, uniquiculatis,
unque calycem paulo
superante, limbo patenta, obcordato, albo —
None of the leaves I have seen can be called linea
—
Stamina. filamenta sex quorum duo breviora
filiformia. glabra, corolla paulo
breviora Anthera young, incumbentis oblonga.
striata, bilobae, flava per latera depiscembs.
The upper, a lanceolate the old obovate, the lower
seg.
Pistillum. germen oblongum sub compressum
infra meditatem cir cumscissum
Stylus O. Stigma crassius culum glandulosum —
Ments average forming a leaf almost hasate.
Nectaria. glandula quartaror, 2 ad basin
filamentorum brevorum 2 inter basis
Not descirbed by either Walter or Michaux.
Pericarpium. Siliqua biarticulata articulo
inferiore subtereti superiore
compresso obtuso, prec dehiscente —
Found plentifully on the open sea beach from S.
Catharines.
Semina. unum in articulo singulo ovale —
glabrum —
to the Nunting Islands, extend probably to
Virginia —
Hab. in arenis maritimis floreus Ap — Jul —
flowers from April to July — perhaps later.
20. Apr: 1813 —