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CRUCIFER.E. LVII. SISYMBRIUM. 



. 2. Leaves pinnately-lobed ; lobes entire or toothed. 



13 S. OBTUSA'NGULUM (Schleich. cat. p. 48.) leaves pinnate- 

 parted ; lobes oval-oblong, blunt, sinuately-toothed, recesses 

 roundish ; stems hispid at the base with reflexed hairs. Q . H. 

 Native of Spain, France, Switzerland, and Piedmont, in sandy 

 cultivated land, and among rubbish. Sinapis nasturtiifolia, 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 346. Sisymbrium jacobesefolium, Berg, phyton. 

 icon. Sinapis HispSnica, Lam. fl. fr. 4. p. 645. Erysimum ob- 

 tusangulum, Clairv. herb. val. 219. Eruca inodora, Bauh. hist. 

 2. p. 862. f. 3. Chabr. sciagr. 276. f. 6. Moris, oxon. 2. p. 

 229. sect. 3. t. 5. f. 10. Plant very variable in size and hairi- 

 ness. Stem hispid at the base, with reflexed bristles, the rest 

 pubescent or smooth. 



Var. ft, S. Icevigatum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 500.) stems smooth- 

 ish at base, not hispid. 



Blunt-angled-\ea\ed. Sisymbrium. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 1 to li foot. 



14 S. ACUTA'NGULUM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 670.) stem and leaves 

 smooth ; radical ones runcinate, cauline ones pinnatifid, lobes 

 and recesses acute ; calyx much spreading ; pods rough. $ . H. 

 Native of Piedmont, and also of the hills in the south of France 

 and Liguria ; of the Pyrenees, Dauphiny, and Savoy, in rugged 

 exposed places of valleys, and on low mountains. Erysimum 

 Pyrenaicum, Vill. prosp. p. 39. t. 21. f. 2. Sinapis Pyrenatca, 

 Lin. spec. 934-. Jacq. vind. 3. p. 50. t. 97. All. ped. no. 960. 

 t. 55. f. 1. Sisymbrium Pyrenaicum, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 341. t. 

 38. not of Lin. S. sinapioides, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 1812. 

 vol. 4. p. 112. Stems sometimes rather pubescent; sparingly 

 branched at the top. Pods slender, an inch long. 



Acute-angled-leaved. Sisymbrium. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1791. 

 PI. 1 to li foot. 



15 S. TARAXACIFOLIUM (D.C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 670. icon, 

 rar. gall. p. 1 1 . t. 37.) leaves runcinately-pinnate-lobed ; lobes 

 and recesses acute ; pods declinate, smooth ; calyx erectish. 



$ . H. Native of the Mountains of Provence. Flowers 

 very small, but the petals are, nevertheless, longer than the 

 calyx. Pods usually declinate. 



Var. ft, S. contortum (Cav. from Willd. enum. 678.) differing 

 from the species in the stems being much more hispid at the 

 base ; radical leaves hispid, and the cauline ones less strictly 

 erect. 



J'ar. y, S. ajfine (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 44.) calyx more 

 spreading, with the leaves of S. taraxacifolium and the calyx of 

 S. Austriacum. 



Dandelion-leaved Sisymbrium. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 1 to li foot. 



16 S. AUSTRI'ACUM (Jacq. aust. 3. t. 262.) stem, pods, and 

 leaves smooth ; radical leaves runcinate, cauline ones cut or pin- 

 natifid ; lobes and recesses acute ; calyx spreading. $ . H. 

 Native of rugged exposed places, and among rubbish on hills, 

 and in valleys in the south of France, Piedmont, Switzerland and 

 Germany. S. multisiliqttosum, Hoffm. germ. 4. p. 50. S. 

 compressum, Mcench. suppl. 83. 



Var. ft, S. Eckartsbcrgense (Willd. spec. 3. p. 502.) pods de- 

 flexed, spreading. 



Var. y, S. erysimifblium (Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 329.) pods 

 erect. 



Var. S, S. Tillieri (Bell. ined. Willd. spec. 3. p. 497.) Per- 

 haps differing from all, in the pods being longer, the radical 

 leaves more crowded, and fewer stem ones. 



Austrian Hedge-Mustard. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1799. PI. 

 li to 2 feet. 



17 S. TRIO (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 270.) stem and leaves smooth; 

 leaves runcinately-pinnatifid ; lobes toothed, terminal lobe elon- 



, gated; calyx and pods spreading, erect. Q. H. Native of 



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waste grounds, or on banks and heaps of rubbish : plentiful in 

 the neighbourhood of London. At Faulkbourn, Essex, and on 

 the walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It covered the ground in 

 the spring, after the great fire of London. Haller records the 

 same tendency in Sisymbrium Officinarum (Smith). From Greece 

 to Tauria, and from Spain and Sicily to Sweden. Jacq. aust. t. 

 322. Curt. fl. lond. 5. t. 48. Smith, engl. hot. t. 1631. S. 

 glabrum, Willd. enum. suppl. 44. S. erysimastrum a, Lam. fl. 

 fr. 2. p. 521. Herb with the hot flavour of mustard. 



Var. ft, S. glabrum (Jacq. hort. vind. from Schrad. spec, 

 sice.) lower leaves lyrate, witli the terminal lobe rounder than 

 in var. a. 



Var. y, i>. pinnatifidtcm (Forsk. fl. arab. CXVI.) pods and 

 pedicels one-half shorter than in the species. Native of Arabia 

 Felix, in the mountains of Hadio. 



Var. S, S. Gdllicum (Willd. enum, 678.) stem pubescent at 

 the base. 



Irio, London- Rocket, or Broad-leaved Hedge-Mustard. Fl. 

 July, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 S. NI'TIDUM (Zea. in Desf. cat. hort. paris, 1815. p. 153.) 

 smooth ; lower leaves lyrate, repand-toothed, upper ones hastate, 

 angular, running into the foot-stalk at the base ; pods sessile, 

 filiform, spreading, rather incurved. Q. H. Native of Spain. 

 S. Zese, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 904. Flowers small, yellow, not 

 white. Seeds small, pale, oval, compressed. Very like S. Irio. 



Shining Hedge-Mustard. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl.f tolft. 



198. SUBHASTA'TUM (Willd. enum. 679.) smooth, somewhat 

 glaucous ; radical leaves runcinate ; cauline leaves lanceolate, 

 "hastate at the base from two acute auricles; pods spreading, 

 rigid ; pedicels thick, very short. 0. H. Native of the islands 

 in the Archipelago. Brassica subhastata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 550. 

 Stems branched. 



Subhastate-lea\ed Hedge- Mustard. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



20 S. COLU'MNJE (Jacq. aust. t. 323.) stem villous, somewhat 

 hoary ; leaves runcinate, pubescent ; lobes toothed or entire, 

 acute; pods erectish; calyx loose. O- H. Native of waste 

 ground, among rubbish, by way sides, and in gardens in the south 

 of Europe, particularly in the south of France, Alsace, Germany, 

 south of Italy, Transylvania, and Greece ; also in' Tauria and 

 Armenia. Plant very variable in height. 



Var. a, altissirnum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 469.) pods smooth, 

 lobes of leaves almost entire. S. altissimum, 'Lin. spec. 920. 

 S. Waltheri, Crantz. aust. p. 91 Buxb. cent. 5. p. 26. t. 51. 



Var, ft, leiocdrpum (D. C. 1. c.) pods smooth ; lobes of leaves 

 toothed. S. Columnse, Jacq. aust. t. 323. Column, ecphr. 1. 

 p. 266. t. 268. S. villosum, Mcench. meth. 251. Native of 

 France. 



Var. y, villosissirmtm (D. C. 1. c.) pods pubescent; stem and 

 leaves very villous ; lobes of leaves toothed. S. erysimastrum 

 ft, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 521. S. Loeselii, Thuil. fl. paris, ed. 2. vol. 

 1. p. 335. Native of France, about Paris. 



Var. I, tenu'mliqiium (D. C. 1. c.) pods pubescent, very slen- 

 der ; stem and petioles pubescent ; lobes of leaves almost entire. 

 S. Columnse, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 1 14. var. a. Native of Tauria. 



Var. (., orientale (D. C. 1. c.) pods puberulous ; the lower 

 part of the herb is downy-villous, upper part smooth ; lobes of 

 leaves toothed. S. orientale, Lin. amo3n. 4. p. 322. spec. 921. 

 S. Columnse, var. ft, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 114. Native of Tauria. 



Columna's Hedge-Mustard. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1796. PJ. 

 from 1 to 3 feet. 



21 S. PANNONICUM (Jacq. coll. 1. p. 70. icon. rar. 1. t. 123.) 

 lower leaves runcinate, hispid, with toothed lobes ; upper leaves 

 pinnate, smooth, with very entire linear lobes ; pods spreading. 

 Q.H. Native in sterile and rugged fields and vine-yards. In the 

 valleys of Anivie and Iserable in Switzerland. In Alsace, Hungary, 



