The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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GENUS XI. 
RADISH. 
R A P II A N U S. 
THE flower is compofed of foi?r petals, difpofcd crofs-vjays ; thcfe are of a heart-fafliioned 
Ihapc, and have very (lender bottoms, which are a little longer than the cup : the cup is formed 
of four leaves, which are narrow, oblong, ereO:, and thick at the bafe ; they do not open much, and 
the whole cup falls with the flower : the feed-vefll-l is thick, rounded, fpungy,, fwcllcd out by the feeds 
in feparate parts, lb that it appears jointed, and is terminated by a long point: the feeds are nume- 
rous, large, and round. 
Linnaus places this among the tetradjnamia fJipwfa, four of the f.K threads in the flower being 
longer than the other two, and the feed-veflel being a regular pod. 
He very ralhly joins under this head tlie raphamfiriim and cakik of authors j they properly belong- 
ing to feparate genera : we lhall fhew the diftinaions. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
Wild white Radifh. 
Raphanus fylveflris radue alimlc. 
The root is long, thick, P.efliy, and perfedly 
like the common radijh of our gardens, but that 
it is white ; the tafte is like it, but milder, and 
the fubftance only a little harder from its grow- 
ing in worfe ground ; fometimes it is crooked, or 
fplit from Bones in its paflage: but when it has 
free growth, any one would call it a -white ra- 
iijh. 
The leaves are large, long, and very deeply 
divided into a number of pairs of fegments, re- 
fembling fo many pinna:, and a roundilh piece at 
the end : they are of a dliflcy green, and forae- 
what rough to the touch. 
The ftalk is round, upright, fmooth, divided 
into many branches, and two feet high. 
DIVISION II. 
I. Garden-Radifh. 
Raphanus vulgaris. 
This, though fo commonly cultivated among 
us, is not a native of our country. 
The root is long, flender, and flediy, of a de- 
licate purple or redifh colour, mixed with white, 
and of a fliaj-p, pleaflng tafte. 
The leaves arc large, long, and in their divi- 
fion plainly pinnated : each confifts of four or 
five pairs of roundilli pinnae, with a larger alfo 
rounded at the end. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and three 
feet high ; it is divided into feveral branches, and 
has a few leaves placed irregularly on it. 
Thcfe are compofed of narrower pinna: than 
thofe from the root, and are of a paler colour. 
The flowers are very numerous, and mode- 
rately large : they ftand at the tops of the 
branches ; and are w'hite, with a tinge of purple 
■or red, more in lome, and iefs in others. 
The feed-vefiel is thick, flelhy, or fpungy, and 
fwelled out into a kind of joints. 
The feeds are large, and of a redifh or pur- 
plifh colour ; one lies in every fwelling of the 
pod. 
The leaves on the lower part of it refembls 
thofe from the root; but thofe higher up ari' 
finiple, oblong, and only jagged at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
brandies ; they are fmall and yellow. 
The feed-veflTel is thick jointed, and, while 
young and (ender, is fpungy, but it alterwards 
gets aimoft a woody hardnefs, and becomes 
ftriated. 
The feeds are round and brown. 
It is found in fome parts of Sullex, principally 
near the fea-coaft, and flowers in June. 
Ray calls it- Raphanus maritimus fore luteo fili- 
quis arHciilatis fecundutn longitudincm eminentcr 
Jiriatis. 
One would think the garden-radijh raifed from 
this, but for the colour of the flower. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers ii^June. 
C, Bauhine calls it Raphanus minor cblcngus 
Others, Raphanus fati-vus, and Raphanus vul- 
garis. 
2. Round black Radifli. 
Raphanus radice rotunda nigro. 
The root is of the fliape and bignefs of a fmall 
turnip, black on the outfide, white within, and 
of a flefliy fubftance : it is of a firmer texture 
than the common radijh.^ and of a tafte not unlike 
it, but to n;)any palates more agreeable. 
The leaves that rife from this are long, pin- 
nated, and pi a black green : the feveral pinnse 
are narrower than in the common radijh, and are 
jagged at the edges, and terjninate in a point. 
1 he ftalk i? round, upright, thick, firm, and 
two feet hjgh. 
The leaves on its lower part refcmble thole 
from the root ; but thofe, on the upper part are 
fmall, fimple, and only notched at the edges. 
The flowers are flnall and purplilh, but with 
fome white, and they grow at the tops of the 
■ftalks and branches. 
The pods are thick, flefliy, fpungy, and 
jointed. 
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FOREIGN SPECIES. 
