Fure and Mixed Linseed-Cakes. 
Baltic linseed, especially in common Petersburg or Rijeff-seed. 
It imparts to cake made from such 
linseed a disagreeable garlic-like taste. Fig. 9.-6Wma 
In a sample of camelina-seed, from Peters- {Dodder). 
burg linseed, I found : — 
Nitrogen 3 -40 M?' WMS'^T^ 
Equal to albuminous compounds 21 • 62 gm (P)'^^^^-^^^~ 
The yellow dodder seed must not be " ^ ' 
confounded with flax-dodder, vulgarly 
called Devil's-guts, that also occurs in 
linseed. / 
6. Flax Dodder — Devil's-guts (CwscM^a v^, * 
Epilinum). A small, round, dirty, green- 
ish-brown seed, which often occurs in ^ Diameters, 
large quantities in foreign linseed. 
7. Purging flax (LiVmn< caf/ic[7-<zcwm). This is a small shining 
yellow seed, possessing purging properties. 
8. Corn-CJckle (Githago segetum, Desf., or Agrostemma Gi- 
thago, L.). A farinaceous seed, forming ovoid capsules, with a 
black striat(:d epidermis. In a sample of corn-cockle-seed I 
found : — 
Nit/ogen 2-56 
Equal to albuminous compounds 16 '01 
The seeds of corn-cockle are considered to render flour un- 
wholesome when ground along with it. 
9. Heartsease or wild pansy ( Viola tricolor). 
10. Millet-seed. 
11. Bluebottle or corn-flower (Centaurea Cyanus). A grey 
silky seed, with dirty white pappus. A sample taken from lin- 
seed yielded : — 
Nitrogen 2-31 
Equal to albuminous compounds 14 ■ 41 
12. Knap-weed (Centaurea nigra). 
13. Docks and Sheep Sorrel (Rumex Acetosella) and several 
others. Small, triangular, yellowish-brown seeds, of various 
species of Rumex. 
14. Goosefoot-seed (Chenopodium). Small, black, shining 
hard seeds. A sample of Chenopodium seed found in linseed 
contained : — 
Nitrogen 2 '56 
Equal to albuminous compounds 16 "01 
15. Dandelion seed (Leo7itodon Taraxacum). 
16. Wild radish (Raphanus Raphanistrum). A very pungent 
seed which imparts a nasty taste to linseed-cake. 
