Sinapis arvensis. Charlock. 
SINAPIS Ltn. Gen. P/. Tetradynamia Siliqjjosa. 
CaL patens. Cor. ungues redi. Glandula inter flamina breviora et piftillum, 
interque longiora et calycem. 
Ran Syn. Gen. r 5. Herb.® tetrapetal® siliq^jos® et siliculos®. 
SINAPIS m «,Jis filiquis multangulis torofo . tlJr gidis IiEV ; bus roftro anc ; p;t; long!or ; bus . ^ 
eget ab. p. 503. Sp. Piant, p. m . FI. Suec. 610. Haller. Hijl. n. 467. 
SINAPIS arvenfis. Scopoli FI. Corn. n. 842. 
RAPISTRUM flore luteo. Bauh. Pin. 95. 
RAPISTRUM arvorum. Ger. emac . 2 2 2 ParhinT PA-, p •• o 
-33. 86,2. Ran Syn. 295. Charlock or Wild Muftard. 
Htidfon. FI. Jngl.p. 298. Ugbtfbot FI. Scot. p. 360. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, rigida, albida. * 
CAULIS pedalis, fefquipedalis, et ultra, ramofus, teres, I 
folidus, ftriato-fulcatus, hifpidus, purpurafcens, f 
ramis difFufis. | 
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PEDUNCULI longitudine calycis; hifpiduli. 
FOLIA alterna, petiolata, patentia, fcabriufcula, ve- f 
nofa, dentato- ferrata, ovato-lanceolata, ’ flepe ? 
integra, fiepius vero bafi linuata, raro pinnata. | 
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FLORES lutei, terminales, pedunculati. 
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CALYX : Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lineari- 1 
bus, canaliculatis, patentibus, flavis, obtufis, f 
pilots, Jig. 1. 
COROLLA : Petala quatuor, lutea, obcordata, un - 1 
guiculata, patentia, unguibus longitudine fere t 
calycis t Jig. 1, | 
NECTARIA : Glandula quatuor faturate virides. 
STAMINA: Filamenta fex, quorum duo breviora, | 
lutea, fubulata. Anther® concolores, in-? 
cumbentes, primo fagittatse, apicibus demum * 
revolutis, Jig. 3. | 
PISTILLUM: Germen cylindraceum, longitudine fere $ 
flyli, et paulo craffior, nunc laeve, nunc hir- f 
futilium. Stylus longitudine flaminum. ¥ 
Stigma capitatum, bilabiatum, Jig. 4. | 
PERIi_ARPlUM : Siliq.ua teres, vix angulofa, patens,! 
laevis aut hirfuta, polyfperma, roftro brevi fub- J 
tetragono terminata, Jig. 5, 6. 
™ T |t ' f,rDp e ’ fibrou '> r; S !d ' and whitifli. 
bl ALK from one to a foot and a half high, upright, 
branched, round, folid, ftriated or grooved 
widf’ a “ d p “ rplilh > the bra "ches ^reading 
SEMINA plurima, minuta, nigricantia. 
LEAVES alternate, fending on foot-felts, fpreading, 
rough, (h, veiny, indented or ferrated, ovato- 
lanceolate, often entire, but moft commonly 
FI OWFftf^f “ bafe . rarely pinnated. 
FLOWERS of a yellow colour, growing in heads, and 
Handing on flower-ftalks. 
FLOWER-STALKS the length of the calyx, flightly 
CALYX : a Perianthium of four leaves, the leaves 
linear, hollowed above, fpreading, yellow 
blunt and hair y. Jig. 1. ^ 
COROLLA, four Petals of a yellow colour, in- 
verfely heart-lhaped fpreading, claws almoft 
„„„„ tbe leI] g* 1 > of the calyx, fir. 2 . 
STAMINA^/ F"' GW ‘ ° f 3 deep SrKn coIo " r - 
STAMINA : fix Filaments, two of which are ihorter 
than the reft, yellowand tapering. Anther-s 
of the fame colour, incumbent, firfl: arrow- 
p„„ TT T ‘™P cd ' ll P s tolling back, Jig. 
PISTILLUM: Germen cylindrical, almoft the length 
of the flyle, and a little thicker, fometimes 
imooth, fometimes a little hairy. Style the 
length of the ftamina. Stigma forming a 
little head, divided into two lins Ha- < ° 
SEED-VESSEL a round Pod, fcarce perceptibly angu- 
lar, fpreading, fmooth or hirfute, containing 
many feeds, terminated by a ftiort fomewhat 
four-cornered beak, fig. ^ 6. 
SEEDS numerous, minute, and blackifh. 
TeLVJ'thffT arc m r ? r kfs 
Raphanus Raphanijlrum ; the firfl and the laft of which are bv far the m nil a,ven -fi s * Swa P' s alb*, an< 
however, «/be confined to the SinapU arZfi, tie moft n K weed rf & ^ TV* “rf “ °“S ht 
extirpated from among the com. the thlee ’ and as fnch moft carefully t< 
of This turnip °fo'^mucll, n that* ^ e ^have^k a fow^ n a^ a intell‘^ r0 t n f* 5” -T t! ™ af “™- da > cefemble thofi 
crop. The whole plant, when^youifg, 6 is often eatenliv rlw de “‘! ed tb ™, .and miftakeu in hi: 
tops, is no bad fubftitute to other culinary plants in times of rcarcity" 8 ^ ° ’ ' COmm “ nlt f ; and - llke tu niip- 
June is the month in which the Charlock flowers moft nlentifullv • h„r it , c . , 
earlier, as well as much later. It Is not confined to com fields but fs ’almoft frK P lent| y be &mid in bloffom 
It varies much in height, colour of its ftalk, number ^oFits benches and Xr. 7 ^ TT r “ bb,<h ' 
grows taller, and is left branched. The ftalk, in fome fituations, is wholNgran • buHsmore f n” 0 ",.? 
at the joints, and very often wholly lo The feed v _/r-i c \ J c 1S more frequently purple 
obferved the flowers rjbjeft to iy Tafetiolof cofom ^ m C0 '° Ur a “ d hairi “ efs - W. ha^e L 
vid Raph ™ S RafhanlJlrUm ’ Whidl at ™“ fid - ab 'y -fembles. 
