SINAPIS. 



8. S. hi/pida. Hifpid Muftard. Willd. n. 8. — Pods 

 hifpid, ereft. Leaves lyrate, extremely roui^h. Stem 

 hifpid. — Native of Morocco. Root annual. Stem muri- 

 cated vpith hairs. Leaves on (talks, pinnatifid, obtufe, 

 toothed, the terminal lobe oblona;, very large, exceedingly 

 rough with (hort, rigid hairs. Flowers yellow. Pods ter- 

 minating in a long, obtufe, flat beak. 



9. S. chtnenfis. Chinefe Muftard. Linn. Mant. 95. 

 WiUd. n. 9. Arduin. Spec. v. i. 23. t. 10. — Pods 

 fmooth, (lightly jointed, fpreading. Leaves lyrate, or 

 runcinate, fomewhat hairy. — Native of China and Cochin- 

 china, where it is extenfively cultivated. It flowers in June 

 and July. Root annual. Stem three feet in height, (Iriated, 

 branched. Radical- leaves (talked, large, wrinkled. Flowers 

 whitiih or yellow, in long, aggregate clutters. 



10. S>. juncea. Fine-lsaved Muftard. Linn. Sp. PI. 934. 

 Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 2. 80. t. 171. — Branches fafciculated. 

 Upper leaves lanceolate, entire. — Native of Afia and China, 

 flowering in the fummer. Rgot annual, fibrous, whitiih. 

 Stem eredt, branched, two feet high, fmooth. Radical- 

 leaves (talked, pinnatifid at the bafe, unequally ferrated ; 

 iiffer lanceolate or oblong, feflile. Floiuers yellow, in 

 clutters, with the fame pungency of fmell as Common 

 Multard. 



11. S. ^llionii. Allioni's Muftard. Willd. n. II. 

 Jacq. Hort. Vmd. v. 2. 79. t. 168. — Pods ovate-oblong, 

 fpreading. Leaves pinnatifid ; fegments jagged. — Native 

 of Auitria ? It flowers in July. Root annual, white, 

 fibrous. Stem folitary, round, generally fmooth, but oc- 

 cafionally befprinkled with a few whiti(h hairs. Leaves 

 jagged in a pinnatifid manner ; the upper ones feflile ; loiver 

 ftalked. Flowers yellow, thinly fcattered over upright 

 cluiters, nearly without fcent. 



12. S. erucoides. Dwarf Muftard. Linn. Sp. PL 934. 

 Willd. n. 12. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 2. 80. t. 170. — 

 Pods fmooth, equal. Leaves lyrate, oblong, fmooth. 

 Stem fmooth. — Native of the fouth of Europe, in vineyards 

 and by way-fides, flowering in June and July. Root annual. 

 Stem eight or nine inches high, purpli(h, a little angular. 

 Leaves much jagged, yellowi(h-green. Flowers white, in 

 loofe fpikes. 



13. S. cernua. Pendulous Muftard. Willd. n. 13. 

 Thunb. Japon. 261. — Pods fmooth, fpreading. Radical- 

 leaf lyrate, the terminal lobe very large, ovate, cut and 

 toothed. — Native of Japan and China. Root annual. Whole 

 plant fmooth. Stem furrowed, branched at the upper part. 

 Flowering branches pendulous. Flowers white, in terminal 

 clufters. 



14. S. japonica. Japanefe Muftard. Willd. n. 15. 

 Thunb. Japon. 262. — Pods fmooth, ereft. Leaves jagged 

 in a pinnatifid manner, fmooth. — Native of Japan, about 

 Jedo, flowering in May. Whole plant fmooth. Stem 



.herbaceous, ereft, furrowed, branched. Leaves ftalked, 

 the upper ones lefs deeply pinnatifid, often toothed at the 

 tip. Flowers yellowiih, in very long clufters. 



15. S. incana. Hoary-jointed Muftard. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 934. Amcen. Acad. v. 4. 280. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 2. 

 79. t. 169. — Pods with two joints, ereft. Leaves bipin- 

 natirid ; fegments linear. — Native of France, Spain, Por- 

 tugal, and Switzerland. It flowers in July. i?oo; biennial, 

 branched, acrid, having the talte and fmell of Brajftca 

 Napus. Stem branched, hifpid. Leaves on long ftalks, 

 lyrate, very hairy and hoary. Flowers fmall, yellow, in 

 terminal, axillary clufters. 



16. S. frule/cens. Shrubby Muftard. WiUd. n. 17. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. n. 11. — Pods linear, fmooth. Lower- 

 leaves oblong, toothed ; upper lanceolate, undivided. Stem 



fmooth, nirubby.— Native of Madeira, whence it was in^ 

 troduced at Kew by Mr. F. Ma(ron in 1777. It flowers 

 from December to June. Figure and defcription wanting. 



17. S. radicata. Long-rooted Muftard. Willd. n. 18. 

 Desfont. Atlant. v. 2. 98. t. 167. Prodr. Fl. Graec. 

 n. 1581. Fl. Graec. t. 648, unpubliflied. — Pods awl- 

 (haped, torulofe, fpreading. Radical-leaves deeply lyrate, 

 hifpid. Stem-leaves pinnate. Branches twiggy, fmooth. — 

 Native of uncultivated hills at Algiers, and in Greece. 

 Roots very long, tortuous, branched, thread-fliaped. Stem 

 hifpid below, fmooth above, ereft, branched. Lower- 

 leaves ftalked, their fegments alternate, remote, obtufe, unj. 

 equally toothed : upper with lanceolate, acute, entire or 

 toothed, fegments. Flowers pale yellow, very like thofe 

 of S.juncea, 



1 8. S. Ixvigala. Smooth Muftard. Linn. Sp. PI. 934. 

 Amoen. Acad. v. 4. 281. (Eryfimi varietas ; Herman. 

 Parad. 155.) — Pods fmooth, fpreading. Leaves lyrate, 

 fmooth ; upper ones lanceolate. Stem fmootli. — Native of 

 Spain and Portugal, flowering in June and July. Root an- 

 nual or biennial. Stem and leaves remarkably fmooth. 

 Flowers large, yellow. 



The Linnsean S. hifpanica, a rare and little-known plant. 

 Ait. n. 15, is removed to Desfontaines' new genus Cordylo- 

 carpus, in Prodr. Fl. Gnec. v. 2. 33. 



Mr. Brown, in Hort. Kew. has, after Tournefort's ex- 

 ample, confidered Sifymbrium tenuifolium and murale of 

 Linnsus as fpccies of Sinapis. See Si.svmbrium. 



SiNAPis, in Gardening, contains plants of the hardy, 

 herbaceous, annual kind, of which the fpecies cultivated are, 

 the white muftard (S. alba); and the common or black 

 muitard (S. nigra). 



The firft fort is generally cultivated in gardens as a fallad 

 herb, with crefles, radilhes, rape, &c. for winter and fpring 

 ufe ; in which intention it is a highly valuable plant. 



In the fecond fort, it is the flour of the feed that a(Fords 

 the common multard for the table. 



Method of Culture. — The fir(t fort is fown along with 

 ether fmall fallad herbs, at all times of the year, fometimes 

 every week or fortnight, in a bed or border of light earth, 

 fown generally in (hallow drills very thick, covering it very 

 thinly with earth ; and in winter, and early in fpring, during 

 cold weather, in hot-beds. The herbs are always cut for 

 u(e whiHl in the feed-leaf, and but a few days old ; other- 

 wife they become too ftrong and rank-tafted for ufe. See 

 Sallad Herbs, and Small Sallad Herbs. 



But in order to have (eed of this fort for garden ufe, it 

 (hould be fown on an open fpot of ground, in March or 

 April, either thinly in drills a foot alunder, or broad-call 

 all over the furface, and the plants be left to run up to (talk, 

 when they will fumi(h ripe feeds in Auguft. And in order 

 to raife the plants for the feed for multard, the feeds (hould 

 be fown in the fpring, any time in March, in (ome open 

 fituation, either in the kitchen-garden, or in open fields. 

 In either cafe, having dug or ploughed the ground, the 

 feed (hould be fown broad-caft all over the furface, and 

 raked or harrowed in lightly ; or it may be fown in (hallow 

 drills a foot afunder, and be flightly covered in. The 

 plants foon come up ; and when they liave four or more 

 leaves an inch or two broad, if they (tand very thick, thofe 

 fown in the broad-call way particularly (hould be hoed and 

 thinned, leaving them fix or eight inches afunder, cutting 

 up all weeds ; repeating the operation once or more, if ne. 

 ceflary. After this the plants will loon fpread and cover 

 the ground, and (hoot fait up to ftalks for flowers and feed, 

 which ripens in July or Auguft, when the (talks (hould be 

 cut or pulled up, and the feed, being properly hardened, 



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