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the time when the fl. expand. Shorter stam. patent, ascending.” 
Fl. yellow. It is difficult to find any character by which to di- 
stinguish this plant from the preceding.—Borders of fields. A. 
or B. V. VI. Rape, or Coleseed. 
** Valves of pod 3-nerved ; beak 1—3-seeded. 
4. B. monensis (R. Br.); 1. stalked all deeply pinnatifid, lobes 
oblong unequally toothed those of the upper l. linear.— FE. B. 962. 
—Fi. yellow. St. usually prostrate, glabrous. L. glabrous.—f. B. 
Cheiranthus (Vill.); st. 1—3 ft. high erect leafy hispid below, 
Lhispid. Sinapis, Z. B. 8. 2821.—On the western coasts. B. 
or P, VI.—VII. ES. 
[As the distinctions between Sinapis and Brassica are purely 
artificial I have reverted to the old arrangement of the species in 
accordance with the wishes of English Botanists. | 
14. Srnapis Linn. 
1. S. nigra (L.); pods quadrangular adpressed, beak short 
sterile subulate, valves 1-nerved, lower 1. lyrate, terminal lobe 
large and lobed, upper 1. lanceolate entire.—E. B. 969. R. ii. 88. 
—F'. yellow. Lower 1. large, rough.—Willowy riverbanks. A. 
VI—VIII. Black Mustard. 
2. S. arvensis (L.); pods subcylindrical knotty longer than 
the conical compressed beak, valves 3-nerved, 1. ovate the lower- 
most sublyrate stalked, upper 1. sessile—H#. B. 1748. R. ii. 86. 
—Fi. large, yellow. Whole plant scabrous. Pods glabrous or 
rough with deflexed bristles; beak usually with 1 seed; valves 
with faint intermediate nerves. Stem 1—1{ foot high.—Corn- 
fields. A. VI—VIII. Charlock. 
3. S. alba (L.); pods cylindrical knotty shorter than the sword- 
shaped beak, valves 5-nerved, 1. lyrate punnatifid irregularly lobed. 
—E. B. 1677. R. ii. 85.—Fi. large, yellow. Pods hispid. St. 
I—2 feet high.—Cultivated and waste land. A. VII. White 
Mustard. 
(4. S. incana (L.); pods adpressed turgid profhinently veined 
with a short 1-seeded beak, 1. lyrate hispid, stem-l. linear-lanceo- 
late, st. much branched.—Z£. B.S. 2843.—St. 1—3 feet high, 
branches divaricated with few very small leaves. Pods very short, 
glabrous or hairy, often scarcely longer than their glabrous 
1-seeded beak.—Sandy places in Jersey and Aldemey. B. VII. 
VU] 
15. Diptotaxis Cand. 
1. D. tenuifolia (DC.); st. shrubby below branched glabrous 
leafy, 1. glaucous linear-lanceolate very acute sinuate-dentate or 
pinnatifid, segments linear remotely dentate, pet. roundish-ob- 
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