sisymbrium Officinale. Scop, (wild or hedge mustard.) 

 A common weed, known also as Sinapis nigra, growing to two 

 feet high, with yellow flowers on a long stalk. It is a trouble- 

 some weed, with small blossom but densely flowering. 

 Annual. May. 



Brassica Sinapistrum or Sinapis Arvensis. Boiss. (charlock) 

 Very similar to tli e above: flowers but somewhat larger, and so 

 denselj' grown as to give a field a yellow appearance: seed pods 

 one and a half-inch to two inches long, on spreading stalks. 

 A terrible weed for farmers and planters. Annual. March to 

 June. 



Senebiera Didyraa. Pers. (star of the earth; wart cresg; 

 swine grass. ) The first name is taken from the star-like leaves 

 close to the ground, covering in the second year large patches 

 Flowers very small, white. Common on waste ground. 

 Biennial. May. 



L/epidium Virginicum. L/inn. (pepper grass.) Common 

 everywhere on waj-sides and on cultivated land. lycaves lance- 

 shaped, slightly toothed. Very minute white flowers. Slightly 

 hairy stem one to two feet high. Annual. October to June. 



Capsella Bursa-Pastoris. Moh. (Shepherd's purse; locally 

 styled " The Poor man's weather glass.") Leaves near root, 

 spreading on the ground; flowers small, white, followed by 

 triangular seed pods, purse, or pouch-like. A weed in garden, 

 becoming yearly more abundant. Stem from .six to twelve 

 inches, high. Annual. November. 



Iberis Violacea. Ait. (candy-tuft.) Originally a flower, it 

 has spread profusely in some localities especially in old disused 

 quarries. An old quarry on the northern outskirts of Hamilton 

 is full of it. Seldom reaches one foot high. Annual. Spring 

 and early summer. 



Cakile Maritima. Scop, or aequalis. (scurvy grass) Grows 

 on seaside rocks and in sandy bays. It is mentioned by the 

 early discoverers. A smooth, fleshy plant, one to two feet 

 high, with lilac flowers half an inch wide. Leaves two to 

 three inches long, divided, oval, and upper ones lanced-shaped. 



