118 TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. Sinapis. 
during the cold season for its seed, from’which they express 
an oil, used by them for various purposes, chiefly to anoint 
their bodies with, 
Root almost simple, annual, Stem dichotomous, round, 
and smooth, height of the whole plant in a good soil from 
two to four feet; its duration about three months, being ge- 
nerally sown in November, and the ripe seed gathered in Fe- 
bruary. Leaves stem- clasping; the dower ones lyrate with 
margins more or less. scolloped ; the superior ones entire, of an 
obtuse, triangular shape, with broad-cordate, stem-clasping 
base, all are smooth on both sides, and somewhat fleshy, from 
two to eight inches long. Racemes terminal. Flowers nu- 
merous, pretty large, bright yellow. Petals round. Stamens 
twice the length of the claws of the petals, *Siliques spread- 
ing, almost horizontal, sub-cylindric, smooth, two-cell 
from two to three inches long, with a tapering acute beak of 
from half an inch to an inchin length, Seeds small, smooth, 
of a light brown colour. ; 
2. S. glauea. R. 
Annual, Sihques long-pedicelled, erect, ‘iatncdlialai 
smooth, with a long, somewhat clavate beak, Stem and | 
branches straight, smooth, glaucous. Leaves stem-clasping, 
smooth in every part; the lower ones lyrate, the superior ones 
sub-lanceolate. . ss eee | 
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Cultivated as a field crop in all the northern. parts of India: 
during the cold season. 
Root very ramous, of three or four months duration. The : 
seed time being. November, and harvest in February, = 
Stem straight, with many straight scattered branches, all 
are round, smooth and glaucous, height of the whole plant. 
from three to five feet. Leaves stem-clasping, the lower and 
cauline ones lyrate, with lobes sub-opposite, obtuse,and neat- 
ly triangular, the terminal one nearly round and marae . 
pepilanrtaetiers the superior or floral leaves sub-lanceola 
