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SINAPIS NIGRA 

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BLACK 
MUSTARD 
SYNONYM A. Sinapi. Pharm. Lond.& Edinb. Sinapl rapi folio. 
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Bauh. Pin. ft* 99. Sinapi fativum alteram. Gerard Emac. p. 244, 
Sinapi fativum rapi folio. Park. Tbeat. p. 831. Sinapi fativum 
fecundum. Rait Hifl. ft 
803. 
Synoft. ft. 295. Sinapi filiquis 
tetragonis trlabris. 
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Hal/. Stirft. Helvt n. 465. Sinapis nigra 
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Hudf. Flor. Ang. ft. 297. Light/'. Flcr. Scot. ft. 361. Withering 
Bot. Arrang. ft. 713. 
Clafs Tetradynamia. Ord. Siliquofa. Lin. Gen. Plant. 821. 
Gen. Ch. Gal. patens 
Cor. ungues recti. Glandula inter 
{lamina breviora et piftillum, interque longiora et calycem 
Sft. Ch. S. filiquis glabris racemo appreffis. 
THE root is annual : the flem erect, fmooth towards the top, 
channelled at the bottom, about three feet in height, divided and 
fubdivided in numerous diftant fpreading branches : the leaves are 
varioufiy fhaped ; thofe near the root are large, irregularly heart- 
fhaped, and pinnatiiid or lobed at the bafe ; thofe on the upper 
branches are narrow, and more entire: the flowers are yellow, and 
terminate the branches in clofe fpikes : the calyx confifts of four 
expanding ftrap-maped deciduous leaves : the corolla is compofed of 
four petals, which at their extremities are roundiih, flat, fpreading, and 
itand in oppofite dire&ions upon upright narrow claws : the filaments 
are fix, four long and two fhort ; they are all 
erect, tapering, 
and 
furnifhed with fimple antherse : the germen is cylindrical, terminated 
by a 
which is 
crowned with a knobbed ftigma : a final 1 gland 
is placed between each of the fhort filaments and the germen, and 
between each pair of the long filaments and the calyx, the feed 
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