260 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
ftand irregularly on it, and they are oblong, 
broad at the Bate, where they furreund the Stalk, © 
and narrower all the Way to the Point. The. 
Leaves, which grow from the Root, are much 
larger, and deeply cut in at the Sides; and they 
are all of a pale or bluifh green Colour. The 
Flowers are {mall and yellow, and the Pods are 
long. The Seed is round and black. The Root 
is white and large, and has the Tafte, but not the 
round Shape of the Turnip, for it is rather like a 
~The Seeds are ufed, but not much. A Decoc- 
tion of them is faid to promote Sweat, and todrive _ 
any thing out to the Skin, but it does not feem — 
te deferve any great Regard. tie a 
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BUNIAS. ee 
THE Plant which produces what we call Rape- 
Seed, and in fome Places Cole-Seed. Tho — 
wild on our Ditch Banks; it is fown in fome — 
Places for the Sake of its Seed, from which anOil 
~ is made for mechanical Purpofes. The Plantistwo 
‘or three Feet high, the Stalk is round, upright, — 
fmooth, thick, firm, and of a pale Green, the 
lower Leaves are long and narrow, very deeply 
divided at the Edges, and of a pale or bluifh 
een Colour. Thofe on the Stalk are of the — 
fame Colour, but fmall, narrow, and little divided: 
The Flowers are fall and of a bright Yellow. — 
_ The Pods are long, and the Seeds are round, large, 
and black, they are of fomewhat hot, and sharp 
Tafte. The Seeds are ufed for the fame Purpofes 
as the other, and: are fuppofed to have more Vit- 
tue, but probably neither have much. - ; 
een = ee ae 
