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SPECIES I1.—SISYMBRIUM SOPHIA. Linn. 
Pratt XCVIII.* 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Hely. Vol. II. Zetr. Tab. LX XTV. Fig. 4405. 
Leaves twice or thrice pinnatifid, with linear or strap-shaped 
segments. Pods on long stalks, slightly curved, sub-compressed- 
cylindrical, patent-ascending, arranged in lax leafless racemes 
terminating the stem and branches. 
On roadsides, waste places, and rubbish heaps. Rather scarce, 
but generally distributed throughout England and the whole of 
Scotland, except the extreme north. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Summer, Autumn. 
Stem erect, 1 to 3 feet high, with patent-ascending branches in 
the upper portion only. Leaves very numerous, twice -or thrice 
pinnately partite, with short strap-shaped lobes. Flowers about 
~ inch across, pale yellow. Fruit pedicels nearly 4 inch long. 
Pods smooth, from 34 to # inch long, slightly curved inwards, 
scarcely tapering, and slightly beaded; valves with 1 conspicuous 
nerve ; replum membranous, with a nerve down the middle. Plant 
greyish green, more or less thickly covered with extremely short, 
simple, or star-like hairs. 
The finely divided decompound leaves of this plant distinguish 
it from all the other British siliquose Cruciferze. 
Fine-leaved Hedge Mustard, Flix Weed. 
French, Sisymbre Sophie, Sagesse des Chirwrgiens, 
This plant has a sort of reputation in old herbals as an astringent medicine. The 
force of gunpowder is said to be increased by an admixture of its seeds, and as a 
vermifuge they are celebrated by old authors. We give but little credence to any of 
its virtues, 
SPECIES IV.—-SISYMBRIUM IRIO. Zinn. 
Prate XCIX.+ 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. Il. Zetr. Tab. LXXYV. Fig. 4408. 
Leaves pinnatifid with oblong segments. Pods stalked, scarcely 
curved, cylindrical, patent-ascending, arranged in leafless racemes 
terminating the stem and branches. 
On old walls and in waste places. Rare. At Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, where I believe it still grows. It has also occurred near 
London, in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckingham- 
* The Plate is E. B. 963, unaltered. + The Plate E. B. 1631, unaltered. 
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