II.OWl'.RS Ol' 'mi''. COKNMl'-.I.ns 



amid llic tail cornslalks, ami is liall-nl)scnrctl unless one lias eyes for 

 llie unexpected. 



I'all ami erect, widi nearly entire ]ea\-es, whitli on tin: stem have 

 ear-like lol)es at the base, it is only l)ranc:hed at the top, and is a 

 graceful plant, ha\im; the lla\ hahit, as tin: Latin generic name 

 implies. 



Amiil the ((irn it is elongated, and never becomes a branched, 



spreadino-, or cymose plant. The 

 radical-leaves are stalked. With 

 small yellow flowers, like a S/sy///- 

 biiuiii, the ( iold-of- Pleasure may 

 be distinguished by the shape of 

 th<- pods, which are swollen, Ijlunt 

 .11 the ti|), the pouches keeled, the 

 four keels continued in the lono- 

 st\le, and the ultimate llower- 

 stalks are spreadini^". The seeds 

 are in two rows, without margins, 

 oblong, and covered with small 

 points. 



The stem \aries in h(.-ight 

 fi'om 2 to 3 it. blowers may be 

 gathered b'om June to |ul_\'. The 

 plant is annual and pro])agated by 

 seeds. 



The Howers are small and 

 largely hidden amongst the corn, 

 so that insect \isitors are few, and 

 the petals are erect, the stigma 

 undivided. .Self-pollination is thus 

 the normal mode of producing 

 fertile seeds. The seeds of Gold -of- Pleasure are dispersed by the 

 plant itself, the pods opening and allowing the seeds to fall imme- 

 diately around tlie parent plant. 



'I he soil required is a .sand soil, and tlie plant is stricth a sand plant. 

 No fungi or insects are known to infest the plant. 

 The name Camclina is derived from the (irecdc cliaiiiai, in the 

 ground. ;uid liiioii, llax, while saliva is Latin, meaning sown or culti- 

 vated, as opposetl to wild. The P'nglish names are Camline, Cheat, 

 1 )ut(h Llax, Gold-of- Pleasure, Myagrum, Oil-seed. 



It is often, no dou])t, introduced, as perhaps originally, with linseed. 



CiOLD-DF-I'l.KA.si RK {Citmclina sniiviu Cr.inlz) 



