52 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



ERECT-FRUITED WINTERCRESS (Barbarea vulgaris, var. 



erectd). 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 upper lance-shaped. Wet places. 

 Early summer. 



ALLEN'S SUNDROPS (Oenothera humifusa 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 Raphanistrum) . 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 7 aste 

 ground. All summer and autumn. 



