Sinapis. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 117 
| * 1. B. Rapa, Willd, iii. 548. 
| Root caulescent, depressed, fleshy. 
| Pers. Shillum. 
Arab. Subjum, 
Beng. Shalgum. 
Is very generally cultivated in Persia, and most parts of 
India, during the dry season, from October until March. 
2. B, oleracea, Willd. iii. 548. 
Root caulescent, columnar, cats Common cabbage. 
| _ Arab. Kermub. 
| Pers. Ghellum or Kellum. 
| Beng. and Hind, Kobee. | 
Found in a cultivated state only, probably native of Per- 
3 and the western parts of Asia. 
3. B. erucoides. 
Leaves lyrate, Racemes very long. _ Stliques clavate, 
pressed, every part of the plant smooth. . 
Beng. Shwet, or Suffet shursi, Cultivated during the cool 
season for the seed, from which oil is procured by okpremten: 
SINAPIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1087. i 
Calyx expanding. Claws of the corol straight. Clands 
between the shorter stamina and pistil, and between the long- 
er and the calyx. 
1. S. dichotoma. 
~ Dichotomous. Siliques cylindric, smooth, spreading; beak 
straight and tapering. Leaves stem-clasping, the lower ones 
somewhat lyrate; the superior, ovate-lanceolate, entire, all 
smooth, as are also the stem and branches. 
owe. gl shurshi, or oats id ; 
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