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ties muleineatli, and beyoiul the middle div'ides like the radii 

 of a fan, wliich nloiie readily di.sfinouiislies this species while 

 young- from all the other sorts 1 have yet met witii. Floral 

 leaves linear, and mostly entire. Racemes terminal, &c. 

 as in the other species. Floicers numerous, bright yellow. 

 Siliqnes short- ped uncled, expanding, linear, obscurely four- 

 sided, torose ; beak short and subulate. Seeih from ten to 

 twenty in both cells, small, round, dark brown, pitted. 



It approaches nearer to S. brassicata than to any other 

 species 1 am acquainted wiih. The young plant possesses a 

 warm agreeable taste, and makes excellent sallad. 



8. S. er t/ si m aides. Roxb. 



Annual, erect, with divaricating branches and branchlets. 

 All the leaves petioled, serrate and smooth, from lyrate to 

 pinnatiHd, and lastly, linear-lanceolate. Siliques fihoriAowr- 

 sided, smooth, short-be.;ked, adpresscd to the raceme. 



The seeds were sent from Wynaad, a province of Malabar, 

 by Captahi Dickinson, to the Botanic garden, where the 

 plants thrive luxuriantly during the cold season ; it blossoms 

 in February and March, and the seed ripens soon after. 



Stem annual, erect, or nearly so; branches and branchlets 

 numerous, diverging, smooth, often deeply tinged with red, 

 or purple; general height of the w hole plant from three to 

 four iec\. Leaves petioled, serrate and smooth, the larger or 

 inferior are lyrate, with the large terminal lobe thereof deep- 

 ly and variously divided, advancing upwards they become 

 less and less cut, till at last they are simply lanceolate. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, &c.as in the other species. Petioles obovate, 

 winged, lengthofthecalyx. Siliqnes short-peduncled, linear, 

 four-sided, torose, smooth, adpressed to the racemes, as in 

 Sanapis nigra ; beak short, subulate, headed. Seeds about 

 eight or twelve in each cell. 



9. S. divaricata. R. 



Annual, erect, angular, with branches divaricate. Leaves 



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