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2. S. offidn-dK- (Common Hedge-mustard). — Slem i — 2 feet 

 high, rough ; branches horizontal ; Icavei hairy, deeply lobed, with 

 the points turned backward (runcinate)f the terminal lobe large; 

 flowers small, yellow ; /(?^A downy, closely pressed to the stem, 

 "subulate.--It grows in waste places arid by roadsides, where it 



seems to have a peculiar aptitude for collecting and retaining 

 dust. — Fl. June, July. Annual 



3. .S'. Sbpliia' (Flixweed). --Downy ; stem slender, erect, 

 branched ; leaves twice pinnatifid, segments narrow, linear ; flowers 



small, 'greenish yellow ; petals 

 shorter than the calyx ; pods terete, 

 narrow, constricted between the 

 numerous seed.s. — AVaste places , 

 not uncommon. — Fl. June — 

 August. Annual. By the old 

 herbalists it was called Sophia 

 ehirtirgqriuii, " Wisdom of .sur- 

 geons,"' from its use in healing 

 wound. s, 



4. S.: Irio (London Rocket). — 

 Glabrous; stem erect, blanched; 

 h'ares runcinate, dentate ; flowers 

 small, yellow ; pods narri.:>w, linear, 

 lour times as long as their stalks. 

 — A leajy plant about 2 feet hidi, 

 occurring in waste ground near 

 old towns, but rare. It is known 

 as London Rocket because it 

 covered the ground in the spring 

 -Fl. luly, August. Annual. 

 'Fwo other species are naturalised, S.. polyeeratiiim : a prostrate 

 form with flowers a.nd pods in threes in the axils of /vv7(-/,f, growing 

 near Uury St. Edmunds ; and .S'. altissinuim, near Crosb}', 

 Lancashire, and in and near London, with runcinate h-aves, 

 spreading sepals, <yw<\ pedicels ne.arly as thick as the /<'rff. 



10. Ai.Li.\iii.\ (Ciarlic Mustard). -Aijnual and biennial herbs, 

 glabrous or with a few simple hairs; /^'izri'.v stalked ; //(;7f'fV'.f white ; 

 corymbose ; pods long, 4-angled ; seeds i -seriate, striate, on 

 flattened, winged funicles. (Name from the Latin allium, garlic.) 



1. A. oflicindlis (darlic-JMustard, |;nk-by-the-Hedge, or Sauce- 

 alone). — Stem erect, slightly branched, i --2 feet high; leaves 

 broadly heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, with prominent veins, 

 flowers \ in. across ; pods z\ m, long - — Hedge-rows ■, common. — 



f^ls^-MnivirM OFFICINM.T.: 

 (Ccuuiucn //c;1,i:,--itn,stard). 



after the Great Fire of 1666. 



