MUSTARD FAMILY. 523 
AvaBaAMA: A fugitive on ballast. Mobile, August, 1891 (not seen since). 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Cakile chapmani Millspaugh in lit. 
Cakile maritima var. aequalis Chap. F1.31. 1860. Not C. aequalis L’Her. 1827. 
Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A.1, pt.1:132. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 14. 
West Inpres. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Wet sands and borders of sandy saline pools on the seashore, Dauphin 
Island. Flowers purplish. June to August; frequent. Annual. 
Prostrate, tardily ascending, much branched, 1 to 2 feet long; racemes elongated, 
4 to 6 inches long. 
Type locality: ‘“‘ Drifting sands along the coast.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SISYMBRIUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:657. 1753. 
Fifty species (Engl. & Prantl), temperate regions both hemispheres. 
Sisymbrium officinale Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, 2:26. 1772. HEDGE MUSTARD. 
Erysimum officinale L. Sp. Pl. 2:660. 1753. 
Ell. Sk.2:148. Gray, Man, ed.6,72. Chap. Fl. 28. Wats. Bot. Calif.1:41. Gray, 
Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 1: 187. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Naturalized and widely distributed from Canada 
to the Gulf; also in California. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Waste places, common wayside weed. Flowers yellow. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in ruderatis et circa vias.” 
slerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BRASSICA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 666. 1753. 
Fifty species, Europe and Asia; including the many cultivated varieties of cab- 
bages, turnips, ruta-baga, colza, and mustard. 
Brassica campestris L. Sp. Pl. 2: 666. 1753. TURNIP. RUTA-BAGA,. 
EUROPE. 
Escaped from cultivation and adventive in the wild form over the continent. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast heaps. Mobile, May. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in agris non argillosis Europae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Brassica nigra (L.) Koch in Roehl. Deutschl. Fl. ed.3, 4: 718. 1833. 
BLack MusTaRD. 
Sinapis nigra L. Sp. Pl. 2:668. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 72. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 28. Britt. & Br. Ill. Fl. 2:118. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Extensively naturalized in fields and waste 
places in the Northern States. 
ALABAMA: Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Annual. 
Economic uses: The seed is the ‘‘ black mustard seed” or “Sinapis” of the United 
States Pharmacopaia. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in aggeribus ruderatis Europae septentrionalioris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DIPLOTAXIS DC. Syst. 2: 628. 1821. 
About a dozen species. Central and southern Europe. 
Diplotaxis muralis (L.) DC. Syst. 2: 634. 1824. WALL ROCKET. 
Sisymbrium murale L. Sp. Pl. 2: 658. 1753. 
Gray, Syn. FLN. A.1, pt.1:134. Britt. & Br. Il. Fl. 2:120. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Adventive with ballast near seaports from 
eastern Canada to western Florida. 
ALABAMA: On ballast along the Mobile River, observed every year for the past 
fifteen years. Flowers buff yellow; May to September. A common ill-scented ballast 
weed. Annual or biennial. 
-Type locality: “‘ Hab. Gallia, Sicilia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
