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scgc/inn). Cabbage IMoth {J/ii//us/ja druss/ca-), Hn'i^ht line I Wow 11 l'".)c 

 (J/. o/i'ni(i(i), P/ittil/a cntiifcraru)!! (Lcpidoptcra) IlxlI on ii. 



Brassica is Latin tor cabbai^c, aiul arviiisis nicans bcluiiniiiL;' to 

 arable laiul. 



It is called Charlock: iirassics (troin the i.aiiii which was used 

 in old leases, in which were conditions as to its beiny kept under); 

 Corn Kale, so calK'd when hawked as a salail, before flowering", 

 in Dublin. It has been ^^mwn as a salail, and niixcil with lllack 

 Mustard as mustard. It contains an oil, and the seeds are hot and 

 acriel. 



HSSKNTIAL Si'KCIFIC Ci i.\k.\c rKRS : — 



34. Brassica ati'cits/'s, ( ). Kuntze. — Stem thick, hirstite, purple at 

 the joints, r.idical leaves petiolate, sublyraie, u[)per sessile, dentate, 

 flowers yellow, lan^e, pods knotted, subcylindrical, many-angled, with 

 conical beak. 



Candytuft ( Iberis amara, L.) 



Xo instance of its occurrence before the present day is known as 

 yet. It is found in the Warm Temperate Zone to-day in Europe to 

 the south of Belgimn. It is common in tinat l>ritain, occurring in 

 Somerset, S. Wilts, Dorset, N. Dants, .Surn\, Herts, Berks, O.xford, 

 Bucks, W. Norfolk, Cambridge, Carnarvon, blint, Anglesea, Bedford, 

 or principally, that is to say, in Mid and East England, and it is rare 

 in Scotland, according to Watson, l)elng only a colonist. 



The Candytuft, as really but a wild form of the cultivated form, is 

 in England an escape trom gardens or cultixated sources. It is lound 

 in cornfields and on cultivated ground entirely, inelicaling its want of 

 permanence and source of introduction. As a rule the soil it tavours 

 is dry, and it usually occupies a lowland statitjn. 



It is an herbaceous plant, erect, with a branched stem, gixing 

 it a shrubby appearance on a small scale. The leaves are narrowly 

 elliptical with several blunt teeth, and the whole plant is fleshy. The 

 stem is ribbed and downy along the ribs, smooth elsewhere. The 

 leaves are not very closely placed, antl are stalkless, and occasionally 

 fringed to some extent with hairs. 



The flowers are white or purple, two outer petals exceeding the 

 others and spreading. The flowers grow in a corymb or llowerhead, 

 or in lengthened racemes. The pods are heart-shapetl at the tip, with 

 a triangular notch, and the valves are winged, usually flat. The style 

 is longer than the wings, and the stigma notched. 



Candytuft rarely reaches a height of i ft., being usually 6-9 in. 



