44 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. This plant, a ‘native of Canada, and the country further —s 
is cultivated in the gardens, near Philadelphia, under the nam of 
“ Scurvy-Grass,” and is becoming na: eous ponte — The 
leaves — a tolerable salad, but 1 not equal to the co Lepi- 
dium sativum, L.,) nor to the Water-cress (Nasturtium a me R. Br.) 
anere is another and striae boat (B. vulgaris, R. Br., tet 4 
turalized), growing along our streams, which is som etimes used as 
salad, but it is bitterish and miirior 1 in quality to this. 
3. SISYM’BRIUM, ZL. HeEpceE-mustarpD. 
[An ancient Greek name, applied to this genus.] 
Silique somewhat terete; 4-6 sided; valves 1- saci Seeds 
oblong, marginless. Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves vari 
1 §S. officina’le, Scop. Lower leaves Tuncinate, upper ones some- 
what hastate ; —— slender and virgate ; siliques erect, awl-shaped, 
close pressed to the ste 
_ OFFICINAL Seiealiey Hedge-mustard. 
Fr. Herbe au Chantre. Germ. Der Hederich. Span. Jaramago. 
Root annual. Stem 1-3 or 4 feet high, with spreading branches. Leaves pilose ; lower 
a 8 inches long. Petals small, Srconh yellow. Siliques terete- gubulate or 
what nerved and angular, tapering at 
Cultivated er rounds, lanes and road-sid. ane iieddubed. Native of Europe. Fl. May - 
Aug. Fr. Aug. — Oct. 
This foreigner is completely opreern and vipengpitet trouble- 
it is 8 weed. Tt was form erly held in some repute, in Europe, as a 
remedy for songhs, the ag os oarseness of ane pati ft (whence its French 
name) ; but its virtues were do tos rrated, and it is now regarded 
by tidy ures in this country merely es a plant to be expelled from 
their premises, 
4, BRAS'SICA, i saamied TURNIP. 
Bresic, tha Cah: fs) 
Cais ort “Silique sub-terete ; valves aged or pe chtly nie by 
ntral nerve. 's in a single series, clobose ty 
phere biennial cc with a ‘tort stem and long Rovictiig bess 
a) 6 Leaves somewhat fleshy, orbicular or oak 
ae ws ter so or lobed, glabrous and glaucous. 
Oxeraceous or Pot-wers Brassica. Cabbage. 
Fr. Chou potager. Germ. Der Kohl. Span. Berza. 
E ot The cepa! seeded or Varieties are more or less elite in 
