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THE CftUClFEB FAMILY. 



glabrous and somewhat glaucous, emit- 

 ting a disagreeable smell when rubbed. 

 Leaves very variable, mostly irregularly 

 pinnate, 2 to 4 or 5 inches long, with a 

 few lanceolate or oblong, entire or 

 coarsely toothed segments, the upper 

 leaves often entire or nearly so. Flowers 

 rather large, lemon-coloured. Pods in 

 a loose raceme, about 1J inches long, 

 slender, spreading, with numerous small 

 seeds distinctly arranged in two rows. 



On old walls, ruins, and waste places, 

 in central and southern Europe to the 

 Caucasus, extending northwards to 

 southern Sweden. In Britain, chiefly 

 in southern England and near the sea. 

 FL the whole summer. 



Fig. 74. 



2. Sand Brassica. Brassiea muralis, Boiss. (Fig. 75.) 

 (Sisymbrium,, Eng. Bot. t. 1090. Diplotaxis, Brit. Fl.) 



An annual, branching from the base, 

 usually about 6 inches high, with the 

 same smell as the last. Leaves mostly 

 radical, or crowded at the base of the 

 stems, less deeply divided than in the 

 wall B., and often only sinuate. Flowers 

 much smaller, the pods and seeds simi- 

 lar, but also smaller. 



In fields, cultivated and waste places, 

 very common in southern, and scattered 

 over central Europe. In Britain, abun- 

 dant in some of the southern counties of 

 England and Ireland, and appearing oc- 

 casionally further north, especially near 

 the sea. FL all summer. 



Fig. 75. 



