52 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Erect-fruited Wintercress {Barbarea vulgaris, var. 

 erecta). Mustard family. 

 Similar to above but with larger lateral leafy divi- 

 sions and with pods erect and pressed against stem. 



Yellow Watercress {Nasturtium, palustre). Mustard 

 family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; stem erect; flowers small; leaves 

 pinnately lobed, or tipper lance-shaped. Wet places. 

 Early summer. 



Allen's Sundrops {Oenothera hum-if us a Alleni). Even- 

 ing Primrose family. 

 Low perennial, stems at first prostrate; flowers in 

 terminal racemes i or 2 in. long; petals notched; 

 leaves inversely lance-shaped. Sandy ground. 

 Summer. Eastern Long Island. 



Wild Radish {Raphanus Ra phani strum) . Mustard 

 family. 

 Tall weed; petals veined; leaves pinnately cut, 

 with large terminal lobe, rough; pods like string of 

 beads. Fields. Summer. 



Black Mustard (Brassica nigra). Mustard family. 



Ht. 2-several ft. ; flowers small, few in blossom at 

 once ; lower leaves lyre-shaped. Waste fields. Sum- 

 mer and autumn. 



Wild Mustard {Brassica Sinapistrum) . Mustard 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; sparingly hairy ; flowers small; 

 leaves irregularly toothed but not deeply cut, some- 

 what egg-shaped, blunt-pointed, lower with short 

 flat stalks, upper practically without stalks. 



Hedge Mustard {Sisymbrium officinale). Mustard 

 family. 

 Ht. i-few feet.; flowers small, few in blossom at 

 once; pods close to stem; leaves pinnately cut with 

 lobes turned backward, lower with stalks. W^aste 

 ground. All summer and autumn. 



