YELLOW KOCKET. 



Barbarea vulgaris. Nat. Ord. 

 Crucifcrae. 



HE yellow rocket may com- 

 monly be met with in fields, 

 and on waste lands by the road- 

 sides; the specific name vul- 

 garis is a sufficient testimony 

 to this fact. It may be 

 found in flower from May to 

 August. Its general growth 

 is stiff and erect, the stout 

 and branching stem attain- 

 ing to a height of some 

 eighteen inches or two feet. 

 The leaves vary in cha- 

 racter according to their 

 position on the plant. " It 

 hath many greene, broad, 

 smoothe, and flat leaves, like 

 iinto those of the common 

 turneps." Both upper and 

 lower leaves are clearly shown 

 in our illustration : the upper leaves, it will be seen, are cut 

 into numerous deep depressions so as to form a leaf of 

 several rounded lobes, while the lower leaves are con- 

 siderably larger and consist of a large terminal lobe, and 

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