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Bristly Hedge-Mustard. PI. 1 foot. 



f Species, the generic characters of which are doubtful. 



51 S. ? A'LBUM (Pall. itin. 3. app. no. 102. t. U. ed gall. 8vo. 

 vol. 8. app. no. 349. p. 344. t. 96.) leaves white from pubes- 

 cence, pinnate-parted ; lobes oblong, bluntish, and are as well as 

 stem without glands. i;. H. Native of Siberia at lake 

 Baikal. Nasturtium album, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 883. Rootfru- 

 tescent, with many stems rising from the same neck. Racemes 

 when in flower corymbose, afterwards elongating. Flowers 

 white. Stamens all toothless. Pods scarcely the length of pe- 

 dicel. Perhaps a species of Nasturtium, from its short pods, 

 ^BJid it may probably form a separate genus with Nasturtium sa- 

 gittfttum. 



H'Aite-flowered Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. | to ^ ft. 



52. S.? NA'NUM (D. C. syst. 2. p. 486.) leaves oblong, si- 

 nuately-pinnatifid, velvety with starry down ; pods torulose. 

 O. H. Native of eastern Siberia. Cheiranthus nanus, Merk. 

 ined. Mathiola nana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 897. Two or three 

 stems, rising from the same root. Petals oblong, purplish. Seeds 

 not sufficiently known. Habit of Malcomia. 



Dwarf Hedge-Mustard. Fl. April, June. PI. i foot. 



f" Species not sufficiently known. 



53 S. SINA'PIS (Burm. fl. ind. 140. exclusive of the synonyms 

 of Barrelier, which are referable to A'rabis Thaliana). Native 

 of Java. Leaves sublyrate, toothed. Flowers very small, 

 white. Stature and appearance of Sinapis arvensis. 



Sinapis-like Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. 1 to 1J ft. 



54 S. FASTENS (Moench. meth. 251.). Q. H. Native? 

 Leaves runcinate, extreme segment sagittate ; upper leaves lan- 

 ceolate. Petals pale yellow, entire. Pods round, smooth, bi- 

 fariously pilose. Perhaps a species of Brdssica. 



Spreading-branclieA Hedge-Mustard. PL 2 feet ? 



55 S. CAPE'NSE (Thunb. prod. 109.). Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Stem panicled, smooth. Pods linear, smooth. 



Cape Hedge-Mustard. PL 1 foot. 



56 S. SERBATUM (Thunb. prod. 109.) Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Stem somewhat 3-sided. Leaves elliptical, sharply- 

 toothed, or serrated, smooth. 



iSW-leaved Hedge-Mustard. PL 1 foot. 



57 S. CRASSIFO'UUM (Cav. prael. p. 437. no. 977. Lag. in 

 hort. madr. ined. t. 24.) I/ . H, Native of Spain in waste 

 places about Madrid. Radical leaves sinuately-runcinate, some- 

 what fleshy, upper ones linear, quite entire. Spikes nodding at 

 the top. Flowers pale sulphur-coloured. Siliques filiform, 

 curved. Perhaps a species of Diplotdxis. 



Thick-leaved Hedge-Mustard. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. 

 PL ^ to | foot. 



58 S. FU GAX (Lag. elench. hort. madr. 1805 and 1815. p. 20.) 

 l/.H. Dative of Spain. Plant smooth. Leaves lyrate ; lobes 

 oblong- lanceolate, acute. Pods filiform, at length twisted. 



Fugacious Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl.fto 1 ft. 



59 S. LEPTOPHY'LLUM (Raf. fl.lud. p. 84. no. 268.). Native 

 of Louisiana near water. Leaves pinnate ; segments lobed, 

 smooth, terminal one largest. Flowers small, yellowish. Petals 

 shorter than the stamens and calyx. Stigma sessile. Pods long, 

 round. 



Slender-leaved Hedge-Mustard. Fl. Feb. Mar. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. The greater part of the species of this genus are not 

 worth cultivating, except in botanic gardens. They grow well 

 in any kind of soil, and are all easily increased by seeds, or the 

 perennial kinds may be increased by dividing the plants at the 

 root. Sisyrnbrium millefdlii/m and strictissimum are the only 

 species worth general cultivation. The first is a greenhouse shrubby 

 species from TenerifFe, it grows freely in a rich light soil, and 



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young cuttings will root readily under a hand-glass, if planted 

 in a pot and placed in a sheltered situation : the last is a hardy 

 perennial, fit for shrubberies, and is easily increased by dividing 

 the plants at the root. 



LVIII. ALLIA'RIA (from Allium, Garlic ; plants smelling 

 like garlic when bruised). Adans. fam. 2. p. 418. D. C. syst. 

 2. p. 488. prod. 1. p. 196. 



LYN. SYST. Tetradyndmia, Siliquosa. Silique roundish, 

 somewhat four-sided, with prominent nerves. Calyx loose. 

 Seeds somewhat cylindrical. Cotyledons linear-oblong, flat. Pe- 

 rennial erect herbs. Leaves large, stalked, toothed, cordate or 

 orbiculate. Racemes terminal, at time of flowering corymbose, 

 afterwards elongated ; pedicels bractless. Flowers white. 



1 A. OFFICINA'LIS (Andrz. cruc. from Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 

 p. 445.) leaves cordate ; pods prismatic, much longer than the 

 pedicels. I/ . H. Native throughout Europe under hedges, 

 coppices, and in ditches ; also in Persia about Lenkeran. Ery- 

 simum Alliaria, Lin. spec. 922. FL dan. 935. Bull. herb. 

 338. Smith, engl. bot. 796. Schkuhr. handb. 2. no. 1835. t. 

 183. Hesperis Alliaria, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 503. Sisymbrium 

 Alliaria, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 825. Erysimum cordifolium, 

 Pall. ined. taur. Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 458. 



Var. ft ; leaves more deeply cut. Mich. hort. flor. p. 49. no. 4. 



This plant having a strong smell and taste of garlic, it was for- 

 merly used by country people in sauces ; with bread and butter, 

 salted meat, and in salads, hence one of its common names sauce 

 alone, and from growing by hedge sides it is called Jack by t/ie 

 hedge. In Germany it is called das Knoblauchkraut, der Knob- 

 lauchhederich, Lauchel, Waldknoblauch, Ramfen, Ramschelnur- 

 zel, Gernsel, Salsekraut, Saskraut. In Danish Hvidliigsurt, 

 Gajlekaal. In Swedish Hvitloksort. In French L'Alliare, 

 I'herbe des aux, I'herbe aux aillets. In Spanish and Portuguese 

 Alliaria. The whole plant, as the generic name imports, scents 

 strongly of garlic. It is occasionally used as a salad, boiled as 

 a pot-herb, or introduced in sauces. Mr. Neill observes that 

 " when gathered as it approaches the flowering state, boiled 

 separately, and then eaten to boiled mutton, it certainly forms a 

 most desirable pot-herb ; and to any kind of salted meat an 

 excellent green." According to Linnseus's observation, horses, 

 sheep, and swine refuse it, but kine and goats eat it. If eaten 

 by cows it gives a strong disagreeable taste to the milk. When 

 it grows in poultry-yards the fowls eat it, and it gives an in- 

 tolerable rank taste to their flesh. The seeds excite sneezing. 

 The leaves were formerly recommended internally as sudorific 

 and deobstuent, of the nature of garlic, but much milder ; ex- 

 ternally as antiseptic, in gangrenous and cancerous ulcers. 



Officinal Jack-by-the-hedge or Sauce alone. Fl. May, June. 

 Britain. PL 1 to 3 feet. 



2 A. BRACHYCA'RPA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 445.) leaves ovate- 

 orbicular ; pods lanceolate, length of pedicel. ^.H. Native 

 of Iberia. Raphanus Tauricus, Adam. Raphanus rotundi- 

 folius, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 130. Stems either procumbent or 

 erect. 



Short-podded Jack-by-the-hedge. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 824. 

 PL | foot. 



Cult. These plants are not worth cultivating except in general 

 collections ; they are easily increased by seeds. 



LIX. ERY'SIMUM (from cpvw, eryo, to draw, to cure ; on 

 account of its supposed salutary effects in medicine. It is even 

 now reckoned a powerful cure for a sore throat ; it is also said 

 to draw and produce blisters). Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 297. t. 143. 

 D. C. syst. 2. p. 490. prod. 1. p. 196. Erysimum et Brassica, 

 Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynumia, Siliquosa. Silique 4-sided, (f. 46. j.) 

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