CRUCIFERA. LVII. Sisymprivum. 
Bristly Hedge-Mustard. Pl. 1 foot. 
t Species, the generic characters of which are doubtful. 
51 S.? a’uaum (Pall. itin. 3. app. no. 102. t. U. ed gall. 8vo. 
vol. 8. app. no. 349. p. 344. t. 96.) leaves white from pubes- 
cence, pinnate-~parted ; lobes oblong, bluntish, and are as well as 
stem without glands. Y%. H. Native of Siberia at lake 
Baikal. Nastúrtium album, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 883. Root fru- 
tescent, with many stems rising from the same neck. Racemes 
when in flower corymbose, afterwards elongating. Flowers 
white. Stamens all toothless. Pods scarcely the length of pe- 
dicel. Perhaps a species of Nastértium, from its short pods, 
and it may probably form a separate genus with Nastirtium sa- 
gittatum. 
White-flowered Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
52 S.? wa‘num (D. C. syst. 2. p. 486.) leaves oblong, si- 
nuately-pinnatifid, velvety with starry down ; pods torulose. 
©. H. Native of eastern Siberia. Cheiranthus nanus, Merk. 
ined. Mathiola nana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 897. Two or three 
stems, rising from the same root. Petals oblong, purplish. Seeds 
not sufficiently known. Habit of Malcdmia. 
Dwarf Hedge-Mustard. FI. April, June. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
53 S. stna‘pis (Burm. fl. ind. 140. exclusive of the synonyms 
of Barrelier, which are referable to A’rabis Thaliana). Native 
of Java. Leaves sublyrate, toothed. Flowers very small, 
white. Stature and appearance of Sinàpis arvénsis. 
Sinapis-like Hedge-Mustard. FI]. Ju. Jul. Pl. 1 to 13 ft. 
54 S. pa'rens (Moench. meth. 251.) ©. H. Native? 
Leaves runcinate, extreme segment sagittate ; upper leaves lan- 
ceolate. Petals pale yellow, entire. Pods round, smooth, bi- 
fariously pilose. Perhaps a species of Brassica. 
Spreading-branched Hedge-Mustard. PI. 2 feet ? 
55 S.Capre’nse (Thunb. prod. 109.). Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Stem panicled, smooth. Pods linear, smooth. 
Cape Hedge-Mustard. PI. 1 foot. 
56 S. serra’ tum (Thunb. prod. 109.) Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Stem somewhat 3-sided. Leaves elliptical, sharply- 
toothed, or serrated, smooth. 
San-leaved Hedge-Mustard. PI. 1 foot. 
57 S. crassiro'tium (Cav. prel. p. 437. no. 977. Lag. in 
hort. madr. ined. t. 24.) 4%. H. Native of Spain in waste 
places about Madrid. Radical leaves sinuately-runcinate, some- 
what fleshy, upper ones linear, quite entire. Spikes nodding at 
the top. ` Flowers pale sulphur-coloured. Siliques filiform, 
curved. Perhaps a species of Diplotdzis. 
Thick-leaved Hedge-Mustard. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. 
Pl. 3 to 3 foot. 
58 S. ru'cax (Lag. elench. hort. madr. 1805 and 1815. p. 20.) 
Y.H. Native of Spain. Plant smooth. Leaves lyrate ; lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, acute. Pods filiform, at length twisted. 
Fugacious Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. $to 1 ft. 
59 S. LEPTOPHY'LLUM (Raf. fl. lud. p. 84. no. 268.). Native 
of Louisiana near water. Leaves pinnate; segments lobed, 
smooth, terminal one largest. Flowers small, yellowish. Petals 
shorter than the stamens and calyx. Stigma sessile. Pods long, 
round. 
Slender-leaved Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Feb. Mar. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The greater part of the species of this genus are not 
worth cultivating, except in botanic gardens. They grow well 
m any kind of soil, and are all easily increased by seeds, or the 
perennial kinds may be increased by dividing the plants at the 
root, Sisýmbrium millefòlium and strictíssimum are the only 
Species worth general cultivation. The first is a greenhouse shrubby 
species from Teneriffe, it grows freely in a rich light soil, and 
VOL. I.—PART III. 
P). 4 foot. 
LVIII. ALLIARIA. 
LIX. Erysimum. 209 
young cuttings will root readily under a hand-glass, if planted 
in a pot and placed in a sheltered situation : the last is a hardy 
perennial, fit for shrubberies, and is easily increased by dividing 
the plants at the root. 
LVIII. ALLIA‘RIA (from Allium, Garlic ; plants smelling 
like garlic when bruised), Adans. fam. 2. p.418. D.C. syst. 
2. p. 488. prod. 1. p. 196. 
Lyn. syst. Tetradyndmia, Siliqudsa.  Silique roundish, 
somewhat four-sided, with prominent nerves. Calyx loose. 
Seeds somewhat cylindrical. Cotyledons linear-oblong, flat. Pe- 
rennial erect herbs. Leaves large, stalked, toothed, cordate or 
orbiculate. Racemes terminal, at time of flowering corymbose, 
afterwards elongated ; pedicels bractless. Flowers white. 
1 A. orricina‘ttis (Andrz. cruc. from Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 
p. 445.) leaves cordate; pods prismatic, much longer than the 
pedicels. 2. H. Native throughout Europe under hedges, 
coppices, and in ditches ; also in Persia about Lenkeran. Ery- 
simum Alliaria, Lin. spec. 922. Fl. dan. 935. Bull. herb. 
338. Smith, engl. bot. 796. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1835. t. 
183. Hésperis Alliaria, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 503. Sisymbrium 
Alliaria, Scop. carn. ed. 2. no. 825. Erysimum cordifolium, 
Pall. ined. taur. Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 458. 
Var. B; leaves more deeply cut. Mich. hort. flor. p.49. no. 4. 
This plant having a strong smell and taste of garlic, it was for- 
merly used by country people in sauces; with bread and butter, 
salted meat, and in salads, hence one of its common names sauce 
alone, and from growing by hedge sides it is called Jack by tie 
hedge. In Germany it is called das Knoblauchkraut, der Knob- 
lauchhederich, Lauchel, Waldknoblauch, Ramfen, Ramschelwur- 
zel, Gernsel, Salsekraut, Saskraut. In Danish Hvidlogsurt, 
Gaflekaal. In Swedish Hvitléksort. In French L’Altiare, 
Vherbe des aux, herbe aux aillets. In Spanish and Portuguese 
Alliaria. The whole plant, as the generic name imports, scents 
strongly of garlic. It is occasionally used as a salad, boiled as 
a pot-herb, or introduced in sauces, Mr. Neill observes that 
“ when gathered as it approaches the flowering state, boiled 
separately, and then eaten to boiled mutton, it certainly forms a 
most desirable pot-herb; and to any kind of salted meat an 
excellent green.” According to Linnzus’s observation, horses, 
sheep, and swine refuse it, but kine and goats eat it. If eaten 
by cows it gives a strong disagreeable taste to the milk. When 
it grows in poultry-yards the fowls eat it, and it gives an in- 
tolerable rank taste to their flesh. The seeds excite sneezing. 
The leaves were formerly recommended internally as_sudorific 
and deobstuent, of the nature of garlic, but much milder; ex- 
ternally as antiseptic, in gangrenous and cancerous ulcers. 
Officinal Jack-by-the-hedge or Sauce alone. Fl. May, June. 
Britain. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
2 A. pracnyca’rpa (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 445.) leaves ovate- 
orbicular ; pods lanceolate, length of pedicel. %.H. Native 
of Iberia. Raphanus Tatricus, Adam. Raphanus rotundi- 
folius, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 130. Stems either procumbent or 
erect. 
Short-podded Jack-by-the-hedge. Fl. May, June. Clt. 182+. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
Cult. These plants are not worth cultivating except in general 
collections; they are easily increased by seeds. 
LIX. ERY’SIMUM (from epvw, eryo, to draw, to cure; on 
account of its supposed salutary effects in medicine. It is even 
now reckoned a powerful cure for a sore throat ; it is also said 
to draw and produce blisters). Geertn. fruct. 2. p.297. t. 143. 
D. C. syst. 2. p. 490. prod. 1. p.196. Erysimum et Brassica, 
Lin. l 
Lin. syst. Tetradynàmia, Siliquosa. Silique 4-sided. (f. 46. q.) 
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