450 Mr. Lambert's Note on the Mustard Plant of the Scriptures. 



of the Holy Land, although a very common plant in the East Indies. Now as 

 there is but one nmstard-seed mentioned in three different places in the Scrip- 

 tures, the oldest records appear to prove that the mustard so common in those 

 days, and to which our Saviour so often alludes, was a species of Sinapis, and 

 most probably Sinapis nigra. 



Captains Irby and Mangles inform me they have seen our Mustard plant in 

 the Holy Land growing as high as their horses' heads ; and other travellers 

 have seen the Sinapis nigra growing to the height of ten feet, 



