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spreading, narrower than the ensiform beak ; leaves lyrate, sca- 

 brous ; stem beset with bent-back stiff hairs. Q. H. Native 

 of Morocco, Teneriffe, Portugal, &c., in mountainous places, 

 about the edges of fields. S. flexu6sa, Lam. diet. 4. p. 341. 

 This plant is very like S. alba, but is easily distinguished from it 

 in the stem being beset with retrograde hairs, not smooth. 

 Hispid Mustard. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 2 feet. 



31 S. DISSE'CTA (Lag. cat. hort. madr. 1816. p. 20.) pods 

 rather erect, torulose, rather shorter than the ensiform beak ; 

 leaves pinnate-parted ; lobes narrow, deeply toothed, or pinna- 

 tifid. 0. H. Native of Spain, in fields of flax. Bonannia 

 dissecta, Presl. ex Spreng. Stem with a few retrograde hairs. 

 Pods smooth, but sometimes scabrous on the nerves. 



Far. a, siliques smooth. 

 Var. ft, siliques rather hispid. 



Dissected-leaved Mustard. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 1 to 1 i foot. 



32 S. HASTA'TA (Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 2. p. 151.) pods 

 erectish, smooth, linear, torulose, longer than the ensiform beak ; 

 leaves smooth, pinnate-lobed ; lobes lanceolate. Q. H. Native 

 of New Holland. Perhaps a separate section. 



Hastate-leaved Mustard. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



33 S. FOLIOSA (Willd. enum. 688.) beak of pod compressed, 

 very scabrous, longer than the pod, which is also hispid ; leaves 

 lyrate, repandly-angular, smooth. O- H. Native of the Le- 

 vant. Stem simple, beset with long bent-back hairs. Terminal 

 lobe of the leaf hardly larger than the lateral ones. 



Leafy Mustard. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 1 foot. 



34 S. A'PULA (Tenore app. prim. cat. hort. nap. p. 60.) pods 

 even, smooth, spreading ; style oblong, compressed ; leaves run- 

 cinately-pinnatifid, smooth ; segments all lanceolate, toothed and 

 acute. Q. H. Native of Naples, in Abruzzo, in corn-fields. 



Apulian Mustard. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to 1| ft. 



SECT. V. DISA'CCIUM, (from Ste, dis, double, aaxKiov, saccion, 

 a little sack ; calyx bisaccate at the base.) D. C. syst. 2. p. 

 623. prod. 1. p. 220. Calyx half-spreading, bisaccate at the 

 base. Stigma capitate. Perhaps this section is sufficient to 

 constitute a distinct genus. 



35 S. FRUTE'SCENS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 404. ed. 

 2. vol. 4. p. 127.) calyx bisaccate at the base ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, lower ones oblong-lanceolate, tapering to the base, some- 

 what toothed, upper ones lanceolate, entire. Tj . G. Native of 

 Madeira, among the rocks near Curral das Freiras. Hook. bot. 

 misc. 2. p. 119. t. 28. Hesperis diffusa, Spreng. syst. 24. Stem 

 branched, twisted, and is, as well as the leaves, smooth. Flow- 

 ers about the size of those of Cheirdnthus versicolor, of a pale 

 yellow colour. Pods erect, smooth. 



Shrubby Mustard. Fl. Ju. Dec. Clt. 1777. Shrub, 2 feet. 



36 S. ANGUSTIFOLIA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 220.) calyx bisac- 

 cate at the base; leaves linear, entire. Tj. G. Native of Ma- 

 deira. Brassica frutescens, Sol. in herb. Banks. Flowers about 

 the size of those of the preceding. 



Narrow-leaved Shrubby Mustard. Fl. Ju. Dec. Shrub, 1 ft. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



37 S. PEKINE'NSIS (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 2. p. 485.) 

 siliques linear, smooth, compressed ; leaves obovate, entire, curled; 

 petioles flattish, broad. . H. Native of China, about Pekin, 

 and where it is cultivated. Perhaps the same as S. Chinensis 

 brassicata, or juncea. Leaves entire, runcinately serrated. 



Pekin Mustard. PI. 2 feet. 



38 S. POLYMO'RPHA (Geners, in Schult. obs. no. 1021.) si- 

 liques spreading, smooth, crowned by a somewhat tetragonal 

 compressed beak ; leaves lyrately-pinnatifid, smooth, but sca- 



brous on the nerves and margins ; stem hispid at the base. 

 . H. Native of? Stem furrowed. Flowers large, yellow. 

 Polymorphous Mustard. PI. 2 feet. 



39 S. PROCU'MBENS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 12.) stem procumbent ; 

 radical leaves lyrately-pinnate, expanded, nearly smooth, upper 

 cauline ones simple, stalked ; lower pedicels very long, capil- 

 lary. O- H. Native of Mauritania, in sandy fields. Flowers 

 pale yellow. Leaves like those of Brassica fruticulota. Stem 

 simple, weak, smooth. Silique unknown. 



Procumbent Mustard. PI. procumbent. 



40 S. NUUICAU'LIS (Lag. cat. hort. madr. 1816. p. 20.) scape 

 naked ; radical leaves hispid, pinnatifid ; siliques erect, smooth, 

 longer than the awl-shaped beak. If, . H. Native of the south 

 of Spain, in mountainous places, by way-sides. Sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from all the others. 



Naked-stemmed Mustard. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 



41 S. MESOPOTA'MICA (Spreng in Schrad. journ. 4. p. 199.) 

 siliques somewhat tetragonal, terminating in a point ; leaves 

 lyrate, hispid. O- H. Native of Syria. 



Mesopotamia Mustard. PI. 1 foot. 



f Species only known by name, from Roxburgh's Hortus Ben- 

 galensis, p. 74. 



1 S. dichdtoma. Native of Bengal, where it is called Surisha, 

 or Surshupa. 



2 S. glauca. Native of Bengal, where it is called Shweetrace. 



3 S. ramosa. Native of Bengal, where it is called Joony-race, 

 or Rajilca. 



4 S. trilocularis. Native of Nepaul. 



5 S. cuneifolia. Native of Thibet. 



6 S. erysimoldes. Native of Malabar. 



7 S. divaricata. Native of Bengal, where it is called Bun- 

 race. 



8 S. patens. Native of the East Indies, where it is called 

 Beel-race. 



9 S. pustlla. Native of Coromandel. 



10 S. proslrata. Native of China. 



Cult. The species of this genus will grow under any circum- 

 stances. They are mostly annuals, and require common treat- 

 ment. S. frutescens and S. angustifolia, will grow well in a 

 mixture of sand, loam, and peat, and ripened cuttings of them 

 will strike root freely if planted under a hand-glass, or they may 

 be increased by seeds. None of the species are worth cultivat- 

 ing, except in general collections, or in botanic gardens, 



LXXXV. MORICA'NDI A (in honour of Stephan Moricand, 

 an Italian botanist, author of Florae Venetse). D. C. syst. 2.. 

 p. 626. prod. 1. p. 221. 



LIN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique tetragonal, 

 somewhat 2-edged. Seeds disposed in two rows in each cell ; 

 they are ovate, small, and a little margined. Annual or biennial 

 herbs, rather ligneous at the base, smooth, rather glaucous. 

 Stem round, whitish, erect, branched. Leaves thickish. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, loose ; pedicels filiform, bractless, erect. Flowers 

 large, beautiful purplish. 



1 M. ARVE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 626.) pods somewhat te- 

 tragonal ; cauline leaves cordate, stem-clasping, quite entire. 

 $ . H. Native of the south of Europe in humid gravelly places, 

 Spain, Algiers, Greece, Naples, Piedmont, Provence, &c. Bras- 

 sica arv6nsis, Lin. mant. 95. Smith, fl. graee. t. 644. B. pur- 

 purea, Mill. diet. no. 6. B. perfoliata, var. ft. Lam. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 487. Turritis arvensis, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 

 p. 108. Bocc. sic. p. 49. t. 25. f. 3. Flowers beautiful, vio- 

 laceous. 



Far. ft, Brassica suffruticosa (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 94.). Native 



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