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in the Winter Seafon. The Seeds 

 of this are commonly fown very 

 thick in Drills, either upon a warni 

 Borders or in very cold Weather 

 upon a Hot-bed with Cre/es and 

 other fmall Sallad Herbs, which 

 are commonly fit for Ufe in three 

 Weeks or a Month from fowing ; 

 for if they are large, they are too 

 ilrong to put into Sallads. In order 

 to fave the Seeds ot this Plant, a 

 Spot of Ground muft be lown 

 with it in the Spring, which fhould 

 be manag'd in the fame Manner as 

 the former. 



' The third Sort may alfo be ufed 

 in Sallads when it is very young, at 

 Vvhich Time it has no difagrctable 

 Tafte; but as it grows large, fo 

 its Strength incre.ifes, and a certain 

 Bitternefs, which renders it very 

 ^ifagreeable.' This is very hardy, 

 s^nd when allow'd fufiicient Room, 

 will ipread very far, and produce 

 large Leaves. 



The Seeds p-f the fir ft tvJO Species 

 arc order'd for Medicinal Ufe, but 

 the third Sort is feldoni cultivated 

 for Uie in England. 



SIKAPISTRUM. 

 The Characters arc -, 



The Flower conjifis of jourLca'vsi^ 

 ■Sffhich are plac\i in Tarm of a Crofs, 

 but are erected \ under thefe Petals 

 <ire pUo'dp'x Stamina, which occupy 

 ihe under Part of the Flower; out of 

 whcfe Flower-cup rifes the Pointaly 

 which afterwards becomes a Cylin- 

 driciil Pody with two Valves, and 

 fp.td with roundifh Seeds. 

 The Species are j 



». Sikapistrum; Jndicum penta- 

 *>hyilum, fore cameo minus non fpi- 

 mfumlH. L. Indian five- le.iv'd 5i«^- 

 pijirum, with a ficlh-colour'd Flower, 

 and not prickly. 



z. SiNAPi§TRUM i ^gypti.icumy 

 heptaphyl urn, pre cameo majus Jpi- 

 mfum. 'h:l. Greater prickly kvi-'n- 



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leav'd Egyptian Sinapifrum, with 

 a Ficfli-colour'd Flower. 



3 SiNAPiSTRUM ; Zeylanicum, irl- 

 phyllum ^y* pentaphyllum, vifcofurri, 

 flore fiavo. Boerh. Three and five- 

 leav'd vifcous Sinapifrum, from 

 Ceylon, with a yellow Flower. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 very common in Jamaica, Barbae 

 dos, and other warm Countries iti 

 the Wef -Indies ; but the third Sort 

 I receiv'd from Dv.Boerhaav 6,^110 

 had it from Ceylon, with many 

 other curious Seeds. 



Theic Plants are preferv'd as Cu- 

 riofities, by thofe who delight in 

 Botanick Studies j but as they are 

 not very beautiful, nor of any great 

 Ufe, fo they are rarely cultivated in 

 other Gardens. They are aU annual 

 Plants, which perifli foon atter their 

 Seeds are ripe ; and in England 

 mull be rais'd in a Hot-bed in the 

 Spring, and when the Plants have 

 acquii'd Strength, they fhould be 

 planted into Pots, and manag'd as 

 hath been directed for the Femalt 

 Balfa?nineu to which Article the 

 Reader is defir'd to turn, to avoid 

 Repetition. In July thefe Plants 

 may be plac'd in the open Air, at 

 which Time they will flower, and 

 in Septe?nber their Seeds will ripen, 

 when they flnould be gathered, and 

 prefer v'd in their Pods until the 

 Seafon for fowing them. 



SIS ARUM 5 Skirret. 

 The Characters are j 



It produces its Flowers in an Ur^hd^ 

 •which confif of fever al Leaves ptac'd 

 circularly, and expand in Form of a, 

 Rofe i the Empalement afterwards 

 becomes a Fruit, cp?npos'd of two 

 narrow Seeds, that are gibbous and 

 furrowed on one Skle, but 'plain ai 

 the other: To thefe Marks mufl hi 

 added, that the Roots are f yap d like 

 long Turnips i ar,d are ^om'd to or^ 

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