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The fowers are little and'white: they ftand in 
fmall tufts at the tops of the branches, and the’ | 
feed-veffels appear in them as foon as they are open. 
Thee are fhort, and of a pale green : the feeds 
are brown and minute. 
It is common in corn-fields in many parts of 
England, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thla/pi arvenfe vaccarie in- 
cano folio majus. Others, Thlafpi vulgare, and 
Thlafpi vulgatiffiinum. 
The feed has been celebrated for many virtues, 
but it is not regarded in the modern practice. 
It is an attenuant, and works by urine. The 
ancients have written great things in praife of it 
as a cure for the fciatica; and there was at one 
time an opinion of its being very excellent againft 
venomous bites and poifons. 
This obtained it a placé in fome of the cele- 
brated old compofitions; but thefe are very ill 
eftablifhed qualities. 
2. Thlafpi with hairy pods. 
Thlafpi villofum capfulis hirfutis. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are fupported on flender, 
hairy footftalks; and are themfelves alfo hairy, 
and of an oval figure. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of a tuft of thefe, 
and is round, firm, upright, not at all branched, 
and a foot or more in height. 
The leaves on it are unlike thofe at the root ; 
they are broad, oblong, and fomewhat heart-fa- 
fhioned at the bafe, where they furround the 
ftalk ; and thence they grow narrower to the end. 
The flowers ftand in pretty large tufts at the 
tops of the ftalks, and they are large and white. 
The feed-veffel is fhort and hairy, and the feeds 
are yellowith. 
It is common on the Welch mountains, and 
in fome parts of the weft of England. It flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thla/pi villofum capfulis hir- 
futis. Others, Tblafpi majus perenne. The whole 
plant is confiderably hairy from bottom to top. 
3. Broad-podded Thlafpi. 
Thlafpi filiculis latis. 
The root is long, flender; and furnifhed with 
a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, moderately broad, 
and of a faint green : they are obtufe at the ends, 
and a little waved at the edges. 
The ftalk rifes among thefe, and they foon af- 
ter fade: this.is round, firm, upright, branched, 
and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed alternately upon it, and 
refemble thofe from the root; they are oblong, 
broad, and blunt at the end, of a pale green, a 
little notched at the edges; and without foot- 
ftalks. } 
The flowets are fmall and white: they ftand 
ten or a dozen together at the tops of the ftalks. 
The feed-veffel is very broad and thin, and 
has a deep nip at the edge: the feeds are {mall 
and yellowith, 
It is frequent about corn-fields, and in wafte 
grounds, in many parts of England. It flowers 
‘in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thla/piarvenfe filiquis latis, 
Others, Tla/pi Diofcoridis. Wrom the breadth of 
the’ feed-veffels, fuppofed to reprefent.a piece of 
money, it has obtained the Englifh name of Pen. 
nycrefs. 
The feeds of this fpecies are celebrated by the 
old Greek writers in rheumatic cafes, in obftruc- 
tions of the vifcera, and againft poifon; but thefe 
virtues they attributed in the fame manner to 
many others upon little foundation, either in rea- 
| fon or correct experience. 
4. Little oval-leaved Thlafpi. 
Thlafpi foliis ovatis minus. 
The root is flender, and creeps under the 
furface, fending out in different places many 
fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft: they are 
fupported on flender footftalks, and are of an 
oval figure, and pale green. 
The ftalks rife in the midft; and are round, 
upright, firm, and rarely branched; of a dufky 
cole and about eight inches high ; often much 
efs. 
The leaves on thefe are fhort and fmall, broad 
at the bafe, where they adhere to the ftalk with- 
out any pedicles ; and thence gradually fmaller to 
a point. 
The flowers are {mall and white : they ftand at 
the tops of the ftalks in fmall tufts, 
The feed-veffels are fhort, and have this point 
in the middle longer than in moft kinds: the 
feeds are numerous, little, and brown. 
It is not common any where, but more fre. 
ieee in Yorkfhire than any other part of Eng- 
and. 
C. Bauhine calls it Th/a/pi montanum gloftifolio 
minus. J. Bauhine, Thla/pi felis globularia, 
Others, Thla/pi bellidis folio. 
5- Smooth, broad-leaved Thlafpi. 
Thlafpi foliis latioribus glabrum. 
The root is long, flender, and furnithed with 
numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and obtufe: 
at the end, not at all indented at the edges, per- 
fectly {mooth, and of a pale green. ; 
The ftalk rifes in the centre, and thefe foon 
after grow yellow and decay: it is firm, upright, 
branched, and a foot and a half high, ‘4 
The leaves are oblong, and confiderably broad : 
they have no footftalks, and they are of a pale 
gteen, perfectly fmooth, and not indented at the 
edges. . 
The flowers grow at the tops of the branches, 
and are fucceeded by fmall fmooth feed-veffels. 
The feeds are toundith, and of a glofly brown, 
Tt is found in Suffolk, and in fome other parts 
of England, and flowers in Auguft. 
_ Ray calls it Thla/pi vaccarie folio glabrum, It 
is one of the plants of late years difcovered by the 
botanifts of our country, and not known to the 
earlier authors. 
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