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it were knotty, the feeds fhewing themfelves 
through them. 
The feeds are naturally white, whence the plant 
has its name white muftard;, but they fometimes 
lofe that colour, and become brown or redifh: 
they are very large and round. 
J. Bauhine, who is happier in his diftinGtions of 
the muftard kind than Cafpar, calls this Sinapi al- 
bum filiqua birfuta femine albo vel ruffo. C, Bau- 
hine calls it Sinapi apii folio, but this is not a 
good character of the leaf, the divifion not be- 
ing fo frequent or deep as to require fuch a de- 
{cription. 
It is common in watte places, and is often cul- 
tivated in gardens. 
The two kinds of muftard agree in their vir- 
tues, which are very confiderable. 
The young fhoots are eaten as fallet with thofe 
of radith, and fome others: thefe make together 
what the gardeners call young falleting, or pring 
falleting ; and this way they are very wholefome. 
"The feeds are of frequent ufe at our tables, and 
are very wholefome: but, befide their ufe with 
our food in the way of muftard, they are fre- 
quently taken whole as a medicine. 
This way given, they are excellent -againft 
rheumatic complaints, and againft the falling. 
ficknefs, They operate by urine, and moderately 
promote the menfes ; and at the fame time that 
they have thefe feveral good effects, they 
ftrengthen the ftomach, prevent flatulences, and 
create an appetite. 
A table-fpoonful of the feeds unbruifed may be 
taken for this purpofe every morning. 
In thofe pains of the back to which gouty 
people are fubject, and which are ufually attended 
with fomewhat of the gravel, this is an excellent 
. remedy. 
The feeds bruifed, and applied to the fkin, 
bring on a rednefs and heat: they are a gentler 
kind of blifter, and in this ufe are called /ina- 
DePVeeSel OF NS. TF. 
1. Rocket-leaved Muftard. 
Sinapi eruce folio. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and very large : 
they are long, broad, and regularly divided into 
four or five pairs of fegments at the edge, fo 
that they refemble pinnated leaves: all thefe feg- 
ments, as well as the terminating one, are long, 
narrow, and undivided, and the whole leaf is of 
a faint green. — 
The ftalk is round, upright, and divided int 
many branches : it grows to a foot and half high, 
and thick fet with leaves: thefe are large, and in 
pifms. 
Thefe are good in paralytic cafes, and 
often in fevers attended with light-headednefs, 
3. Charlock. 
Sinapt arvenfe rapiftrum diftum. 1 
The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed 
with a few fibres. : 
The firft leaves are long, large, and of a dead 
yellowith green: they are deeply divided at the 
lower part, in fuch a manner as to bear a rude re- 
femblance of the pinnated form, and terminated 
by a large, oblong piece; that and all the other 
fegments being fomewhat pointed at the ends, 
and ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, branched, 
and a foot and a half high ; but they do not ftand 
regularly upright. 
The leaves on the lower part of thefe ftand ir- 
regularly, and refemble thofe from the root; but 
thofe near the tops of the branches are fimple, 
{mall, oblong, and undivided. 
The flowers are moderately large and yellow. 
The pods are large, long, and full of large 
feeds : they ftand out from the ftalks, 
The feeds are of a deep blackith colour. 
It is very frequent in cultivated land, to the 
great injury of the farmer. It flowers in July. 
C. Bavhine calls it Rapifrum arvorum Slore lu. 
too, and others follow him. 
The firft appearance of this plant is not unlike 
that of the turnip, and very unhappy miftakes 
have arifen from this refemblance. A farmer 
who has fent in unfkilful weeders to clear a ture 
nip-field, has had all his turnips pulled up, and 
all the cherlock left. The roots at this early pe- 
riod of growth have little difference ; but the 
charlock leaves are more pointed at the ends. 
There is a white-flowered plant, commonly 
numbered with the charlock among the muftard 
kind; but it is properly a raphanifirum, and will 
be defcribed in its place in a fucceeding genus. 
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all refpeéts refemble thofe from the root, each 
being divided deeply into narrow fegments. 
The flowers are {mall and yellow : they ftand 
at the tops of the ftalks and branches, and are but 
of fhort duration; but they are quickly fucceeded 
by others. ; 
The feed-veffels ftand in a long fpike, and at 
a good diftance from the ftalk. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is common in France and Italy, and flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sinapi eruce folio, a name 
very well expreffing the plant, its leaves much 
refembling thofe of the wild rocket. Others, Si- 
napi fylveftre minus. 
GENUS 
