By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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Alliaria, (Adans,) Hedge Garlic. 

 Linn. CI. xv. Crd. ii. 

 Name, (Lat.) From allium, garlic, which the plant smells like 

 when bruised. 



1. A. officinalis, (Andrzj.) officinal. Jack by the Hedge. Sauce 

 alone. Garlick. Treacle Mustard. Engl. Bot. t. 796. Reich. Icones, 

 ii. 60. Sisymbrium Alliaria, Smith, Koch. 



Locality. Hedge banks, borders of fields, and waste places, 

 especially where the soil is moist and shady. Common, except in 

 barren ground. B. Fl. May, June. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



General in all the Districts. This species is ranked by some bot- 

 anists in the genus Sisymbrium and Erysimum, but differing from 

 both in having the stalks of the seeds flat and winged. The plant 

 is common in most parts of Europe, and is occasionally used as a 

 pot-herb by the poorer peasantry *of Wilts. 



Erysimum (Linn.) Treacle Mustard. 

 Linn. CI. xv. Ord. ii. 



Name. Erusimon, a Greek name, derived from eruo, to draw; a 

 poultioe of the seeds raising a blister. 



1. E. cheiranthoides, (Linn.) Wall Flower (cheiranthus) like. 

 Worm seed Treacle Mustard. Engl. Bot. t. 942. Reich. Icones, ii. 83. 



Locality. In turnip fields, gardens, osier holts, and hedges, rare. 

 B. Fl. June, August. Area, 1. * * 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Fields and gardens in the neighbourhood 

 of Salisbury," Major Smith. 



North Division. 



4. North-ivest District, Cultivated ground about Box and Brom- 

 ham. Not truly wild in the county. 



Country people give the seeds to destroy intestinal worms in 

 children, and with good effect. It is one of the ingredients of the 

 nauseous Yenice Treacle, hence its name of Treacle Mustard. 



Brassica, (Linn.) Cabbage. 

 Linn. CI. xv. Ord. ii. 

 Name. From the Celtic bresie (modern Gaelic praiseach), a kind 



