CXXXVIL 



SINAPIS NIGRA. 

 Common Mustard. 



Class XV. TetradynaMia. — Order II. Siliquosa. 

 Nat. Ord. CruciferjE. 



Gen. Char. Pod two-valved (sometimes of two joints, of 

 which the upper one is without valves)- Seeds sub- 

 globose. Cotyledons conduplicate. Calyx spreading. 



Spec. Char. Pods smooth, even, somewhat tetragonal, 

 appressed. Lower leaves lyrate ; upper ones linear- 

 lanceolate, entire, glabrous. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... a'lwxi ; etvwri ; va.<xi. 



f Sinapi rapi folio. Bauh. Pin. 99. 



I Sinapi sativum secundum. Ger. Em. 244. Raii Syn. 295. 

 Latin ^ Sinapi sativum. Park. Parad. 502. 



I Sinapis nigra. Lin. Sp. PI. 933. Eng. PI. iii. p. 222. Eng. 



L Bot. t. 969. Be Cand. Syst. vol. ii. p. 608. 

 French .... Moutarde ; Moutarde noir ; Seneve. 

 Italian .... Senapa ; Mostarda. 

 Spanish. . . . Mostazo ; Mostazo negro. 

 Portuguese. Mostarda ; Mostardeira. 

 German . . . Senf ; Schwarz senf. 

 Dutch .... Mostaart ; Mosterd. 

 Danish .... Senep. 

 Swedish . . . Senap. 

 Polish .... Gorczyka. 



Buss Gortschiza. 



Arabic. . . • Kabar. 



Description. — The root is annual, small, whitish, descending, 

 furnished with numerous capillary fibres. The stem is erect, 



