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§. SINA’PIS, ihe a 
{ (A name of uncertain meaning ; deri Greek. ] 
Calyx s paaaes Silique sub-terete, with a short. beak (which is ashen 
empty or ered ; Valves nerved. "Seeds ih a single series, pheno 
Annual or pags a her—nearly allied to Brassica lea 
a lyrat filed or pinna: Flowers in elongated ra atonal 
4 ee: L.. Lower a ioonta and scabrous ; upper o 
and entire ; siliques somewhat 4-angled, smooth, capeiae to ny tote 
Brack Stvaris. Mustard. Black Mustard. 
Fr. Moutarde noire. Germ. Schwarzer Senf. Span. Mostazo. 
Root annual. Stem 3=6 feet high, much 1 branched; smooth. Leaves petiolate. Ra: 
cemes slender. Petals greenish yellow all; dark brown. 
Gardens and waste —* introduced “mn Europe, Cultivated in somte districts. Fl: 
June-July. Fr. Augus 
2. S. au’Ba, L. Leaves all pinnatifid ; ary hispid, a scarces 
ly as cobs as the sword-sha seeded beak 
wire Stwarts. Whi 
Fr. Mo sips blanche, Soca "Weisser Senf. Spon: Mostazo blanco, 
Root ai Stem 2-5 feet high, Boon stout; branched. Leaves petiolate, lyrately 
Ph csecntaomimert the terminal segmen rge anil 3- ts Petals rather large, yellow 
Seeds ied larger than in the precadbie: species, pale brown. 5 
Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Ft. June. #-. August. 
Obs. These two specics, big sede as tie Soe White Mustard, front 
the color of the seeds, are ralized in many places, having escaped 
fr tom ga er where they po cdltivated fee. their foliage, ght ea is used 
,” but especially for th cir condiment known as — 
Mustard ev Flour of Mustard is prepared by grinding the ne a at 
ng 
out t 1s mit - 
: nately ; the powder from the latter is the most pent, hese the other 
| affords the handsomest product. The skin of the White Mustard : 
' contains a large amount of miucilaginous matter which is aeales out re 
: by boiling water. The seeds are sometimes administered whole as 
remed. 
y in dyspepsia, &c. It is worthy of remark, that the pungency 
mustard is only developed when mixed with water : if the dry seeds a 
; essed they yield a mild oil which has scarcely any taste of mu 
E A small So of sulphur is contained in M in. 
also ; it is ate ch causes = fe ie Dik cketag of a silver aciaine when sed 
pert lndioe of these a: 
* ; * 
A 
ie al 2edged 
'® ad Fino § Starts. Wild Mi 
rp aeag lig oe larg ears i estishe’ and 1 gmewat rough with short retorse 
a 6 e8 or more in leng . id 
‘i ny eaete of those of conrmon turnip. Po Tees 
elds New York and westward. ative of Rurope, “June Ay He 
