so 



4. CllUClFER.E. 



recorded in Australia until 1869, when it was found on the 

 shores of Port Phillip Bay and French Island. — Nov.-Apl.^ 

 8ea-coast of Europe and western Asia. 



11. Rapistkum, Desvaux. 



(Diminutive of lapn; Biassica llapa is Turnip.) 



1. Rapistrum rugrosuin, All. Downy or almost 

 glabrous, erect annual, oi^ten ovei' 1 m. (3 ft.) high; branches 

 stiff, erect or spreading horizon- 

 tally ; lower leaves lyrate, the 

 upper ones sessile, lanceolate, 

 coarsely toothed ; flower.s pale- 

 yellow ; sepals erect, lateral ones 

 pouched at base ; fruiting ra- 

 cemes long, narrow, the pedicels 

 appressed or spreading slightly, 

 about as long as the lower joint 

 of the fruit; pod tough, downy, 

 of 2 indehiscent joints, the upper 

 one globular, wrinkled length- 

 wise, with 1 erect seed, the lower 

 joint cylindrical, with one hang- 

 ing seed, or sterile ; beak awl- 

 .shaped, as long as, or slightly 

 longer than, the upper joint; 

 cotyledons of Diplotaxis. 



AVheatfields ; sometimes called 

 Giant j\histaid or Turnip-irced 

 by farmers. — Oct. -Dec. — Central 

 and southern Europe. Rapistrum rugosum. 



12. E.-iPHANUS, L. 



Sepals erect, the lateral ones pouched at base ; pod 

 long, cylindrical, indeliiscent, tilled with a spongy tissue 

 between the globular seeds, and terminating in a long, 

 conical beak; cotyledons of Diplotaj-is. 



JR. Raphantittruiii 1 

 7?. sat if us 2 



Pod jointed, strongly nerved 



Pod not jointed, swollen, smooth 



1. Raphanus Raphanistrum, L. Wild Uailish, 

 White (liniiock. Annual or biennial, almost glabrous, 

 branching, with a tough, slender taproot ; lower leaves 

 lyrate, the middle ones oblong, coarsely toothed, the upper- 

 most narrow and often entire ; petals white, with violet 

 veins, or sometimes yellow ; pods suberect, knotted between 

 the seeds, with raised longitudinal nerves and .separating 

 into joints when ripe. 



