SISYMBRIUM. 



France, Italy, and Greece. More branched than tlie laft, 

 from which it differs in having the Jlcm clothed with de- 

 flexed hairs, found more fparingly on the foiver-Jtalks, 

 wliich latter agree in length and fleiidernefs with thofe of S. 

 Ir'io. Nor do the leaves differ much in fhape from that 

 plant, though dillinguifhed by their hairinefs. The length 

 and flendernefs oi t\\e pods, in the Linnxan fpccimen, liiie- 

 wile accord with Irio ; but in one from Jacquin they are 

 Ihorter, as expreficd in his plate. The Jiigtna is feffile. 

 There are, in the Linnxan and Bankfian colleftionn, fpeci- 

 mens from Jacquin, of what he, at one time, feems to have 

 confounded with his S. Co/umria, Fl. Auilr. t. 323, as men- 

 tioned in Prodr. Fl. Grace, v. 2. 21. Thefe fpecimens ap- 

 pear a fmoothifh variety of S. Loefe/ii, and bring this fpecies 

 Tery near to Irio. We now no longer feel any fcruple 

 refpefting Columna's t. 268, cited indeed by Linnceus and 

 Willdcnow for S. Loefelii, though heedlefsly by the latter 

 for S. Colunime alfo, after Jacqum, and though the hairs on 

 the fame do not point downward. 



S. otleHtale. Oriental Wild-rocket. Linn. Sp. PI. 921. 

 Willd. n. 40. Ait. n. 40. Prodr. Fl. Graec. n. 1540. 

 (S. Columnas ; Jacq. A\iftr. t. 323. Ait. n. 3.) — I^eaves 

 runcinate, downy. Stem without briftles. Pods ereft, 

 thread-fliaped, on fliort, thick, fpreading italks. — Native 

 of the Levant. Dr. Sibthorp had a wild fpecimen from 

 Zante. According to Jacquin, this fpecies alio grows in 

 Aultna. Tlie roo/ is annual. Habit of the ^foni not unhke 

 the two lall, but the whole herbage is more or lefs denfely 

 clothed with fine clofe pubefcence, and the partial Jlalhs, 

 fupporting x\\e pods, are much fhorter and thicker than in 

 either. The leaves of all three are pinnatifid, not pinnate : 

 the upper ones are more lanceolate and entire in S. orienlale, 

 than in the others. 



S. ohtufangulum. Blunt-lobed Wild-rocket. Willd. 

 n. 39. Schleich. Cat. 48. (Eruca, n, 459 ; Hall. Hift. 

 V. I. 199, excluding all the fynonyms, except the following. 

 E. inodora ; Bauh. Hill. v. 2. 862.) — Leaves pinnate or 

 pinnatifid, lyrate, with obtufe, deeply-toothed lobes. Stem 

 rougfi with dcflexed hairs. Pods ereft, on long fpreading 

 ttalks. — Native of various parts of Switzerland. We have 

 fpecimens gathered by the late Mr. Davall near Aigle ; 

 where Haller indicates his variety y, having larger and yel- 

 low flowers. We dare not anfwer for all liis varieties, any 

 more than for his very incorreft mafs of fynonyms, but our's 

 is furely the plant of Schleicher and Willdenow. The root 

 is annual. Stem two feet high, leafy, fomewhat angular, 

 clothed with more minute dcflexed hairs than S. Loefelii. 

 I^eaves well compared by Haller to thofe of Common Rag- 

 wort, Senecio Jacuhita, as to their general afpeft. They are 

 often pinnate, not merely pinnatifid ; their leaflets, or lobes, 

 nearly uniform, remarkably blunt, moil toothed backward. 

 Fhiucrs numerous, large, denfely corymbofc, on long 

 llalks. Calyx hairy, fpreading, as well as the petals. 



S. catholicum. Notch-leaved Wild-rocket. Linn, Mant. 

 93. Willd. n. 43. — Leaves pinnate; leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long, cut or fcrrated, imooth. Stem branched, fpreading. 



Pods ereft, on long fpreading ftalks Native of Spain and 



Portugal, to which tiie fpccific name alludes ; but this is 

 particularly unfortunate, for we have the fame plant from 

 Barbary. The root is woody, and apparently perennial. 

 Stem bufliy, not a foot high, leafy. Leaves ilalked, fmooth, 

 flefliy, of about fix or fevcn, oppofitc or alternate, leaflets, 

 fharply fcrrated, and fometimcs elegantly cut or pinnatifid, 

 tapering at their bafe, each an inch long, more or lels. 

 Flwwers yellow, half the fi/.e of S. tcmiifolium, and fituatcd 

 like them on corymbofe, finally racemole, long, terminal 

 Aalks. LiniiKus, in his herbarium, liao confounded a Stock- 



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holm fpecimen of this lail -mentioned, in which the fegmentf 

 of the leaves happen to be jagged, with his real catholicum. 



Seft. 5. Leaves oblong, fcarcely divided. Nine fpecies. 



S. barbareie. Plantain-leaved Wild-rocket. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 921. Wilid. n. 41. (S. orientale, barbarea; facie, 

 plantaginis folio; Tourn. Cor. 16.) — Leaves fimple ; the 

 upper ones ovate, toothed, elongated and clafping tlie flem 

 at their bafe ; radical ones fomewliat heart-ftiaped, entire. — 

 Native of the Levant. Linnceus had an incomplete fpeci- 

 men of this very rare plant from piofeflor Bunnann. Its 

 general appearance is very like Ervfimum Barbarea. The 

 whole herb is fmooth, and faid to be infipid. Stem flout, 

 branched, angular and furrowed, leafy- Upper leaves 

 gradually fmaller, and more toothed. Floiuers Imall, yel- 

 low, terminal, corymbofe, rather numerous. We have 

 ventured to remove this fpecies from the laft ieftion, as the 

 leaves cannot even be termed pinnatifid. 



S. Jlriclijfimitm. Spear-leaved Wild-rocket. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 922. Willd. n. 46. Ait. n. ij. Prodr. Fl. Gric. 

 n. 1542. Jacq. Auitr. t. 194. (Arabis a quibufdam difta 

 planta ; Camer. Epit. 342.) — Leaves ovato-lanceolate, 

 toothed, downy, flalked. Corymbs panicled. Pods afcend- 

 ing. — Native of open, dry, mountainous fuuations, in Ger- 

 many, Switzerland, and Italy. A hardy perennial, long 

 known in our botanic gardens, flowering from June to 

 Augufl. The Jlems are a yard high, ereft, round, or 

 flightly angular, wand-like, clothed copioufiy with taper- 

 pointed leaves, two or three inches long, dark-green, chiefly 

 downy beneath, occafionally entire. Floivers very abundant 

 and fliowy, of a golden yellow, in roundifli, fimple or com- 

 pound, corymbofe heads, on long flalks, collefted at the 

 upper part of the flem, into a denfe oblong panicle. Pods 

 racemole, two inches or more in length, flender, fmooth, 

 thread-fliaped, two-edged, with a thick, nearly feflile, 

 Jligma. 



S. hifpanicum. Spanifh Wild-rocket. .Tacq. Coll. v. i. 

 69. Ic. Rar. t. 124. Willd. n. 48. — Leaves lanceolate, 

 feffile, fmooth, with tooth-hke ferratures. Stem branched, 

 fpreading. Corymbs raccmofe. Pods clofe-preffed. — Na- 

 tive of Spain. Biennial; flowering in May and June, after 

 being protefted in the fl:ove at Vienna through the winter. 

 The whole herb is perfeftly fmooth, a foot and a lialf high. 

 Leaves one or two inches long, bright green, rarely quite 

 entire. Flowers deep yellow, fmaller than the lalt, fuc- 

 ceeded by long clofe cltijlers of crowded or imbricated pods, 

 an inch in length. 



S. integrifoUum. Linear Siberian Wild-rocket. Linn. 

 Sp. PL 922. Willd. n. 51. (S. n. 38 ; Gmel. Sib, v. ;;. 

 270. t. 63.) — Leaves linear, entire. Flowcr-llalks hairy, 

 glandular, and vifcid. Pods fpreading.— In mountainous 

 fandy parts of Siberia. Gnulin. The root is flender, woody, 

 fuppofed by Willdenow to be annual ; but of this there \i 

 no certain account. Stem fometimes ereft, fometimes pro- 

 cumbent, always hairy and glutinous round, leafy, more 

 or lefs branched. Leaves an inch and a half long, narrow, 

 flefliy, obtufe, channelled, flalked, defcribed by Gmclin as 

 fmooth, which they may perhaps ufually be, but in liis 

 fpecimens before us they are clotlied with longifli fcattered 

 hairs. Flowers m\xc\\ larger tlian he delineates them, co- 

 rymbofe, purple or yellow. Calyx hairy. Pods m inch 

 long, linear, rather afcending, belprinkled, like their llalks, 

 with prominent glands. Stigma very nearly felTile. 



S. iniUcum. Indian Wild-rocket. Linn. Sp. PI. 917. 

 Mant. 93. Willd. n. 52. Burin. Ind. 140. — Leaves avato- 

 laiiceolate, flalked, fcrrated, imooth; tiie lower ones fotne- 

 wliat lyrate. Stem zigzag, branciied, fpreading. Pods 

 fureadinc, curved upwards. — Native of tlic Eafi Indies. 



