Raphanus Raphanistrum. Wild Rad 
RAPHANUS Lm. Got. PI. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 
I S H. 
Ca t . S: ‘i m . tomb ’ ^articulata, teres. Ghmta, Mellifera 
cal"cem bmm “ «»•» ft»», longiora " 
Ran Syr,. Got. 21. Herb* tetrapetal* siliqjjos* et siliculoS*. 
raphanus 50,. 
RAPHANISTRUM fegetum, flore luteo vel pallido. Tmnef, tnfi, 2+0 . 
RAPISTRUM flore luteo, filiqua glabra articulata. Rail Syrt. p. 296. 
RAPHANUS fylveflris. Ger. mac. 240. Hudfoti FI. AngU p. 289. Lig htfoc, PL Scot. p. jSt . 
RADIX annua, limplex, fibrofa, pallide fufca. 
CAULIS pedalis ad fefquipedalem, ereftus, teres, folidus 
nilpidus, glaucus, ad balin ufque plerumque 
ramofus, ramis faspe longitudine caulis, ad 
balm purpureis. 
FOLIA petiolata, pinnatifida, alterna, fcabra, inferiori- 
bus pinnarum quatuor aut quinque parium, 
luperioribus duarum triumve, omnibus obtufi- ' 
ufcule ferratis feu dentatis, dentibus apice pur-1 
pureis. r 
FLORES pedunculari, lutei, albi, feu carnei, venis ni- 
gricantibus pidti. 
: ROOT annual, (imple, fibrous, and of a pale brown 
: STALK from a foot to a foot and a half in height ud- 
nght round, folid, hifpid, glaucous, gene- 
rally branched quite down to the bottom, 
atTotto “ “ l0 “ S “ the a ‘ ld p “ r P le 
LEAVES Handing on foot-flalks, pinnatifid, alternate 
rough the loivermofl confiding of four or five 
P a . ir °f P 11111 *’ tfle _ uppermoft of two or three 
all of them obtufely ferrated or toothed, the 
teeth purple at the tips. 
•FLOWERS Handing on foot-flalks, yellow, white or 
fiefh-coloured, painted with blackifh veins. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, ereaum hifni ^CAI P amte d with blackifll veins. 
dulum foliolis oblongis, pandlelisf S § STheT -pHgta. a 
tibns, deciduis, bafi gibbis, fig. ,. I little hiipid, the leaves oblong, parallel, doling 
COROLLA tetrapetala, cruciformis: petala alba five I COROLLA^omnofo^'fT 5 ’ g lbbous a ”hc half, fig- r. 
canribm! ! fnv T’l 
A.r- *• —‘‘A- SS5 r; fSt.;’ 
STAMINA: Filamenta fex, fubulata, erefla ; quo- 1 STAMINA™ fiT Filaments' 
rum duo oppofita longitudine calycis, quatuor» which two r ’ lpenng ’ «pnght; of 
vero unguibus longiori Anther* oblong*, I Z T? T of * e ‘™6 rh of 
entire, lagittata:. fig. 3. E I tb “lyx, and four of the length of the claws 
J I of the corolla. Anther* oblong, upright 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, ventricofum, atte- 1 PISTILLUM^ Per M 
nuatum, longitudine flaminum. Stylus vix I muring XT t*! b , ell ^ ng ° Ut a Iittle ’ 
uUus. Stigma capitatum, integrum. Jig. + . if fcarce fiiv h St S ’ he - fl ” mina ' Sty, ' e 
6 JS 4 $ icaice any. Stigma forming a little head 
PERICARPIUM : Sili,„a teres, articulata, articulis tri- ? SEED VESSeT"" - + ' a r 
bus ad fex et ultra, fulcatis, unilocularibus, f V ^ S or moroidT^r ' ’u COIn F ofei1 of threc . 
r ... iix, 01 morejomts, which are grooved, of one 
cavity containing a. Angle feed, the joints cut 
in, the apex terminating in a linear, flat, 
SEMINA fubrotunda, ferruginea, glaberrima, magnitu- ¥ SEEDS romidiffc f * ^ 
dine feminum Raphani fativi. fig-. 6 ° * b c !? ferru S ineo J s , very fmooth, the fize 
ot the common garden Radifh. Jig. 6. 
-ins; a charatter 
fma.1 refemblance ; tome of the mod *** “ 
The Charlock ufually grows one third taller than the Radifh Th*» a^ii «• i . i lere enumerate, 
grooved, hirfute, and commonly of a deep red colour in the Radifh are whic 1 in the Charlock are finely 
The Charlock has often an unbranched ftem • the Radifh is more f ^ooth, yet hifpid, and ufually glaucous, 
befides, the calyx is upright and Sin 4^4 • b ™ ched JT“ down to the bottom , 
alfo are fmaller, and always yellow. ' hall0Ck “ 15 <P r eadmg. The flowers of the Charlock . 
It is a common and noxious inhabitant of Corn-fields, and flowers in July and Augull 
wrrirs'js.T,? ^ ^ 
being ground with the corn and eaten by the inhabitants. P f Sd ’ 1S ou W S to the feeds of this plant 
~ 7"" '•wwc, ajLiLuiiua, arucuns tn- f 
bus ad fex et ultra, fulcatis, unilocularibus, * 
monofpermis, geniculis attenuatis, apice rof- 1 
trata, roftro lineari compreflo, glabra, jig. 5. ¥ 
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