194 TETRAD YN AMI A SILIQUOSA. Brassica. 



edited, curved back in one direction. E. B. I78. H. 

 L.^176. Tiirritis major. G. E. S?^. 



Old tvalls. * * Magdalen College Myalls. Sh. and Rev. Mr. White, 

 Fellow of Magdaleii Coll. Oxford. April, 1832. It grew formerly 

 within the Old Quadrangle. R. W. 



Bien. May. 



Root woody. Stems full one f., simple, upright. Ls. pale green, 

 root-ones rough, egg-shaped-oblong, lengthened out at the base ; 

 stem-ones regularly decreasing upwards in size, somewhat saw- 

 toothed. Fl. pale sulphur, in a leafy spike. Siliq. very long, 

 at first erect. Fl.-stalks short compared with the siliq. 



TURRFTIS. Tower-mustard. 



T. glabra. Smooth T. Root leaves toothed, rough ; 

 the rest entire, clasping the stem, smooth. E. B. 777« 

 C. 4. 47. Turritis. G. E. 272. 



Banks, road sides, gravelly soil. * * Stow Wood. Sb. 



An. June. 



Stem straight, smooth, wand-like, two f., or more, leafy, at first 

 simple. Ls. root ones in a tuft, spear-shaped ; stem-Is. alter- 

 nate, stalkless, upright, arrow-shaped. Fl. sulphur, numerous, 

 small, in a corymb, soon becoming a spike. Siliq. long, linear, 

 opening at the base, approaching the stem, tiled. 



BRA'SSICA. Cabbage, Turnip, &c. 



B. Napus. Rape, or Cole-seed. Root spindle-shaped. 

 Leaves smooth ; upper ones spear-shaped, heart-shaped 

 at their base, clasping the stem ; lower ones lyre- 

 shaped, toothed, smooth. E. B. 2146. Bunias sylves- 

 tris, &c, G. E. 235. 



Cornfields, ivaste ground. 



Bien. April. 



Root forming a kind of trunk above ground. Stem branched, about 

 two f., spreading, leafy, smooth. Ls. light green, somewhat 

 glaucous : stem-ones alternate, broader ; stalk-ones stalkless. Fl. 

 bright yellow. Cal. yellowish, much spreading. Siliq. on slen- 

 der stalks, spreading, beaded, with an angular point. 

 Expressed oil from the seeds for the wool-comber : the seed 



cake remaining an excellent manure, half a ton to an acre, and for 



fattening cattle. According to Martyn, Fl. R. it is the residue of 



the lint-cake, (flax-seed c.) which is used for the latter purpose. 



B. JRapa. Common Turnip. Root stem-like, fleshy, 

 round, depressed. Root leaves lyre-shaped, rough j 



' Angf. Sax. 



