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Canada, and the name lays the blame for its introduction 
upon the Canadian French. 
25. Peppergrass. — This is not a grass as the name im- 
plies, but a mustard, with small white 
flowers. The pods are small, flat, and 
circular, and are very numerous, often 
forming a raceme six inches in length. 
Each of the two cells of the pod con- 
tains a solitary seed. 
26. Shepherd’s Purse. — This looks 
somewhat like peppergrass, but there 
are fewer branches and fewer pods on 
a branch. The pods are heart-shaped 
and have to or 12 seeds in each of the 
two cells. Their shape is supposed to 
resemble that of a purse. 
27. False Flax. — This is not related 
FRENCH WEED 
to ordinary flax and shows no resemblance to it until it is 
ripe. It is most common in flax fields, or where flax has been 
PEPPERGRASS SHEPHERD’s PURSE 
FAtsE Fax 
