Engl. Bot. t. 942. — Jacq. FI. Austr. t. 23.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd eU.) p. 
287. — Sin. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 708. — Engl. FI. v.iii. p.200. — With. (7th ed.) v.iii. 
p. 775. — Lindl. Syn. p. 30. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 306. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 
680. — Don’s Gen. Syst of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 211. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. 
p.357. — Sib. FI. Oxon. p.202. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p.56. — Relh. FI. Cant 
(3rd ed.) p. 269. — Ilook. FI. Scot, p.202. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 191. — Myagrn 
affinis planta, siliquis longis, Ray’s Syn. p. 298. — Camelina, Johnson’s 
Gerarde, p. 273. 
Localities. — Corn-fields, gardens, osier-holts, hedges, and wasle places. 
Not uncommon. — Oxfordshire ; Osier-holts, near Godstotv; Southleigh, in 
the fields adjoining Tar Wood : Dr. Siethorp. NearGodstow Nunnery : W.B. 
— Berkshire ; Corn-fields and road-sides about Clevver and Eton : Dr. Mavor. 
Bagley Wood : Mr. Duuit. — Bucks ; Near Eton and Datchet : Mr. Gotobed, 
in Bot. Guide. — Cambridgeshire ; Hinton; Fulbourn ; in the osier-holts near 
Ely; and on the Bank of the River between the Bridge and the Town; 
Prickwillow, near the Bridge; Chatteress ; and Gamlingay Park : Rei.han, 
in FI. Cantab. — Cheshire ; Near Stockport : Mr. G. Holme, in Bot. Guide. — 
Derbyshire ; Near Ashbourne : Ray, and Dr. Martyr. — Durham; Sunder- 
land Ballast Hills: Mr. Winch. — Norfolk ; Not rare: Mr. Crow. Road- 
side at Poringland ; near New Buckenham Castle, and between Ditchingham 
and Bungay : Mr. E. Forster, jun. About Barton Bendish, and Diss, com- 
mon : Mr. D. Turner. Harleston: Mr. J. Turner, in Bot. Guide — Suffolk; 
Corn-fields about Elden : Mr. Newton, in Ray’s Synopsis. Turnip-field near 
Bungay: Air. Woodward. Near Ipswich, by the road leading to Norwich: 
Sir J. E. Smith, in FI. Brit. About Bury: Sir T. G. Cullum. — Not un- 
frequent about Yoxford: Air. Davy. Osier Grounds at Beccles, and Glem- 
ham : Rev. G. Crabb. Common about Halesworth: Air. D. Turner, in 
Bot. Guide. — Surrey ; Near Weybridge: Dr. AIartyn. By the Alole at 
Brockham: Air. Winch. Abundant about Battersea : Air. W. Pamplin, jun. 
Sussex ; About Slinfold Parsonage : Mr. Borrer. — WALES. Denbighshire ; 
Near Tan y Llan in the parish of Llanyfydd, about five miles N. W. of Den- 
bigh : Air. Griffith. By the road-side between Talycafn and Bettws: Rev. 
H. Davies. — SCOTLAND. Corn-fields, but not common : Sibbald. At the 
head ot Loch na Gaul, in Mull : Dr. Walker, in Hook. FI. Scot. — IRELAND. 
County of Cork ; In gravelly fields near Sunday’s Well: Air. Drummond, in 
Alack. Catal. of PI. of Ireland. 
Annual. — Flowers from June to October. 
Root small, tapering. Stem upright, simple, or branched, angu- 
lar, leafy, from a foot to two feet and a half or three feet high, 
rough with small, mostly forked, bristles. Leaves scattered, spear- 
shaped, slightly toothed, of a dark green colour, sessile, except a few 
of the lower ones, all clothed with small, close, starry 3-parted 
bristles. Flowers numerous, small, yellow. Calyx (fig. 1.) whitish. 
Sepals blunt, somewhat keeled, and concave at the summit. Petals 
slightly notched at the tip. Pods (fig. 5.) an inch long, 4-sided, 
upright, on spreading, nearly horizontal stalks. Valves (fig. 6.) 
minutely downy on the inside. Seeds small, somewhat egg-shaped, 
beaked, of a yellowish brown colour, very bitter. 
According to the observations of Linnaeus, cows, horses, goats, 
sheep, and swine will eat this plant. Country people give the seeds 
to destroy intestinal worms, and with good effect. It is one of the 
ingredients of the nauseous Venice Treacle ; hence its name of 
Treacle- Worm seed. 
