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foot high, and fpreads out into many branches, gar- 
nifhed with fmail leaves, which end in ma.ny points^ 
the flowers are produced in imali heads wmch fit clole 
to the ftalks, coming out at every divifion of the 
ftalks, and at the end of the branches ; thefe are of 
a dull white colour, fo make little appearance. They 
aopear in June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
As this plant is a native of hot countries, fo it will 
not thrive in England, but in a warm ftove. It is 
propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on a hot- 
bed •, and when the plants are fit to remove, they 
ihould be each planted into a fmail pot, and plunged 
into the bark-bed, and afterward treated like other 
tender plants from the fame country ; the fecond year 
they will produce flowers and feeds, foon after which 
they commonly decay. 
ERYSIMUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 729. Tourn. Init. 
R. EL 228. tab. hi. [’Es'j<nf/.o!/, of e^uw, Gr. to draw 
out, becaufe this plant, by means of its hot quality, 
has the quality of drawing any thing out of the body 
in which it lies hid.] Hedge-Muftard ; in French, 
Velar , or 'Tor telle. 
The Characters are. 
The empalement of the flower is compofed of four oblong , 
eval, coloured leaves ■, the flower hath four petals, placed 
inform of a crofs thefe are oblong , plain , and obtufle ■, 
it hath two ne Various glands, fituated between the ftamina. 
It hath fix fiamina , four of which are the length of the 
mpalement , the other two are a little floor ter, terminated 
ly Jingle fummits. It hath a very narrow four-cornered 
germen as long as the ftamina, with a Jhortftyle, crowned 
by a fmail permanent ftigma-, the germen afterward becomes 
a long , narrow , four-cornered pod with two cells , filled 
with fmail round feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feflion 
of Linnaeus’s fifteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have four long and two fhort 
ftamina, and the feeds are included in long pods. 
The Species are, 
1. Erysimum (Officinale) filiquis fpic$ adpreffis foliis 
runcinatis. Hort. Cliff. 337. Hedge Muft ard whofe pods 
are prefled clofe to the fpikes. Eryfimum vulgare. C. B. P. 
100. Common Hedge Mi ft ard. 
2. Erysimum ( Barbarea ) foliis lyratis extimo fubrotun- 
do. Flor. Suec. 557. Hedge Muft ard with harp-fhaped 
leaves, the outer fegment being roundiflo. Sifymbrium 
erucas folio glabro flore. Tourn. Inti. 226. Winter 
Crefs with a Rocket leaf and yellow flower. 
3. Erysimum ( Vernum ) foliis radicalibus lyratis, caulinis 
° pinnato-finuatis, floribus laxe fpicatis. Hedge Muftard 
with lower leaves fhaped like a harp , thofe on the ftalks 
ft mated and winged , and flowers growing in loofe Jpikes. 
Sifymbrium erucae folio glabro minus & praecocius. 
Tourn. Infl. 226. Smaller early Winter-Crefs with a 
fmooth Rocket leaf \ 
4. Erysimum ( Orientale ) foliis radicalibus ovatis inte- 
gerrimis, petiolis decurrentibus, caulinis oblongis 
dentatis feflilibus. Hedge Muftard with lower leaves oval 
and entire , a winged foot-ftalk , and the leaves upon the 
ftalks oblong , indented , and fitting clofe . Sifymbrium 
Orientale barbareae facie, plantaginis folio. Tourn. 
Cor. 1 6. Oriental Sifymbrium with the appearance of 
Water-Crefs and a Plantain Leaf. 
5. Erysimum (Minus) foliis inferioribus pinnato-finuatis, 
fuperioribus oblongis dentatis, floribus folitariis ala- 
ribus. Hedge Muftard whofe lower leaves are winged and 
ftnuated, the upper oblong and indented , and Jingle flowers 
proceeding from the ftdes of the ftalks. Sifymbrium minus 
erucae folio glabro nigro, craffo iucido. Boerh. Ind. 
alt. 2. 16. Smaller Winter Crefs , with a fmooth , dark, 
thick , Joining Rocket leaf. 
6 . Erysimum (Alliaria) foliis cordatis. Elort. Cliff. 338. 
Hedge Muftard with heart-Jhaped leaves. Hefperis al- 
lium redolens. Mor. Hifl. 2. 252. Dames Violet fuelling 
like Garlick , commonly called Alliaria , Sauce alone, or 
Jack by the Hedge. 
7. Erysimum (Cheiranthoides) foliis lanceolatis integer- 
rimis. Flor. Lapp. 263. Hedge Muftard with entire 
fpear-floaped leaves. Leucoium hefperidis folio. Tourn. 
Infl;. 221. Gilliflower with a Dames Violet leaf. 
The firfl fort is ufed in medicine ; this grows naturally 
on the fide of foot-paths, and upon old walls in moil 
parts of England, fo is rarely cultivated in gardens, 
where, if it^is once admitted, will foon become a 
troublefome weed. 
The fecond and third forts alfo grow naturally on the 
banks in moft parts of England •, thefe were formerly- 
eaten in winter fallads, before the Englifti gardens 
were furnifhed with better plants •, iince when they 
have been rejeded, for they have a rank fmell, and 
are difagreeable to the palate. 
The fourth and fifth forts are not natives of this 
country, but fince they have been introduced into 
fome Englifh gardens, they have propagated them- 
felves by their fcattered feeds in fo plentiful a manner, 
as to become troublefome weeds. Thefe have a re- 
femblance of the common Winter Crefs, but the 
lower leaves of the fourth fort are entire, and of an 
oblong form ; the upper leaves are oblong and in- 
dented, in which this differs. 
The fifth fort hath thicker leaves, which are of a 
dark lucid green colour, and the flowers come out 
Angle from the wings of the ftalk the whole length. 
Thefe differences are lafting, and do not alter. 
The fixth fort grows naturally on the fides of banks 
in many parts of England, fo is not fullered to have 
a place in gardens. This was formerly eaten as a 
fallad herb by the poorer fort of people, who gave 
it the title of Sauce alone. This hath a rank fmell 
and tafte of Garlick, and is very biting and hot on 
the palate •, it is frequently preferibed in medicine. 
The feventh fort is fometimes found growing natu- 
rally upon old walls in fome parts of England, parti- 
cularly at Cambridge and Ely, at both which places 
I have obferved it. This hath pretty long, hairy, foft 
leaves at the root ; the ftalks rife near a foot high, 
their upper part being garnifhed with fmail greenifh 
white flowers in loofe lpikes ; thefe are fucceeded by 
long compreffed pods which hang downward. It 
flowers in May, and the feeds ripen in July and Au- 
guft ; but the roots will abide feveral years, if they 
have a dry lean foil, or grow upon a wall, for in rich 
land they foon decay. 
The other forts are fometimes kept in botanic gar- 
dens for the fake of variety ; they are biennial plants, 
which perifh after they have perfected their feeds. 
Thefe may be propagated by fowing their feeds in the 
autumn, in the places where they are to remain., and 
require no other culture but to thin them, and keep 
them clear from weeds. 
ERYTHRINA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 762. Corallo- 
dendron. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 66 1. tab. 44 6. Coral- 
tree. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath a tubulous empalement of one leaf. \ which 
is entire and indented at the brim. The flower is of the 
butterfly kind, compofed of five petals the ftandard is 
fpear-fhaped, and deflexed on the ftyles ; it is very long, 
and rifles upward the two wings are fcarce longer than 
the empalement, and are oval the keel is compofed of two 
petals which are no longer than the wings, and are in- 
dented at the top -, it hath ten ftamina which are joined 
below, and are a little curved, about half as long as the 
ftandard, and are unequal in their length, terminated by 
arrow-pointed fummits it hath an awl-Jhaped germen 
with a foot-ftalk, narrowed at the ftyle, which is the 
length oft the ftamina, terminated by a Jingle ftigma. The 
germen afterward becomes a long f welling pod ending in 
an acute point , having one cell, filled with kidney-Jhaped 
feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 
Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, which includes the plants 
with a butterfly flower, having ten ftamina joined in 
two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Erythrina (Herbacea) foliis ternatis, caule fimpli- 
ciffimo inermi. Hort. Cliff. 354. Erythrina with tri- v 
foliate leaves , and a Jingle fmooth ftalk. Corallodendron 
humile, fpica florum longiffima, radice craffiffima. 
Catefb. Carol. 49 • tab. 49 • Low Coral-tree with a very 
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