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IX. SINAPIS. Mustard. 



Pod 2-valved (sometimes of 2 joints of which the 

 upper one is without valves). Cotyledons condupli- 

 cate, ( O ). Calyx patent. Brown. 



Herbaceous, rarely suffruticose, frequently biennial. Leaves 

 usually lyrate, or inciso-dentate : racemes terminal ; flowers 

 yellow. Name, from the Greek o-ivxm. 



I . Sinapis lanceolata. West India Mustard. 



Glabrous, lower leaves sublyrate, upper oneslineari- 

 lanceolate entire, pods with a conical seedless beak. 



Raphanus lanceolatus, Willd. III. 562. Sinapis lanceolata, 

 De Cand. Syst. II. 611. 



HAB- Common in the mountains of Port- Royal, &c. 



FL. The early months of the year. 



About 3 feet in height, erect ; branches terete, glabrous, 

 glaucescent, not unfrequently purpurescent. The lower leaves 

 petiolate, nearly a foot in length, glabrous, nerved, and reticu- 

 lato-venose, sublyrate with the terminal lobe large rounded and 

 coarsely inciso-dentate ; the lateral lobes about 4-paired, sub- 

 opposite, coarsely toothed, except the innermost pair which are 

 small and subentire ; leaves at the middle of the stem petiolate, 

 ovato oblong, coarsely toothed ; upper leaves lineari-, or oblongo- 

 lanceolate, narrowing towards the base, entire. Racemes ter- 

 minal : pedicels \ an inch in length, filiform : flowers yellow. 

 Silique patent, cylindraceo-subtetragonal, glabrous, 1 \ inch in 

 length, besides a subulate seedless beak, |th of an inch in length : 

 seed small, brownish. 



X. Raphanus. Radish. 



Pod without valves. Cotyledons conduplicate, 

 (()) Calyx erect. Brown. 



Name, from aavos a radish, 



1. Raphanus sativus. Garden Radish. 



Pods terete torose acuminate scarcely longer than 

 the pedicels. De Cand. 



HAT!- Cultivated. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



The common garden Radish is a native of China, Japan, and 

 Western Asia. It has been cultivated for several centuries in 

 the gardens of Europe. The roots are eaten raw as a salad. 



