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Both long and short stamens open inwards. Self- 

 polhnation, in the absence of insects, is thus the 

 rule. The hive bee visits it and the common Char- 

 lock. 



The pods v^hen ripe have no longitudinal septum, 

 the seeds being separated by a kind of pith. The 

 pod is a schizocarp, one-seeded portions breaking 

 off at the joints. 



The radish was used as part payment of the 

 builders of the Great Pyramid, according to Hero- 

 dotus. 



The following names have been bestow^ed upon 

 the White Charlock : Cadlock, Charlock, Jointed 

 Charlock, Crawps, Curlock, Kedlock, Kellock, Ket- 

 lock, Wild Mustard, Rump, Runch, Skeldock, 

 Skeldick, Skellie, Skellock, Skillock, Warlock. 



Raphanus Raphanistrum. — Note in Fig. i8 the 

 long awl-like cylindrical pods, which have a beak longer 

 than the pod. 



7. The Mignonette Group. 



There is no greater favourite in the garden than 

 the Sweet Mignonette (Reseda odovata). It would 

 doubtless surprise many that we have in the British 

 Flora three plants that are akin to the garden plant 

 which is a native of Egypt, and not unlike the one 

 selected for description here, or the Wild Mignonette. 



The order Resedacese comprises about half a dozen 

 genera and nearly fifty species, natives of the Medi- 



