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the SilicuU are comprefs'd, and remarkably- 

 large, being augmented by a circular membrana- 

 ceous wing, emarginated at the top : each cell 

 contains from one to fix feeds. 

 The plant fmells of garlick, and in countries where 

 it abounds, is found often to communicate its 

 difagreeable odor to the milk of cows that feed 

 on it. The feeds abound with an oil, ufed for- 

 merly for the rheumatifm and Iciatica, but at 

 prefent is out of pradice. 



ampejlre 2 T. filiculis fubrotundis, foliis fagittatis dentatis inca- 

 nis. Sp. pi. 902. (F^/. herb. t. 50./. 7. hna.) 

 Mithridate Muftard. Jn^lis. 

 In corn fields and dry gravelly foils, but not com- 

 mon. Dr. Farfons. 

 The ftalk is about a foot high, downy and branched 

 towards the top : the radical leaves are finuated 

 at the bale, but oval at the end : thofe on the 

 ftalk, as exprefied in the fpecific difference, but 

 are numerous, lefTile, and embrace the ftalk at 

 their bafe : the flowers are fmall and white, and 

 grow in clufters or tufts, which are afterwards 

 lengthened into fpikes : the peduncles are downy, 

 and bear each a fmgie flower : the Silicula is 

 flightly downy, oval, and gibbous underneath, 

 having two feeds in each cell. 

 7r. G. There is a variety of this with fmooth leaves, 



fcarcely ferrated, and v/ithout flnuated leaves at 

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