Turritis glabra. Smooth Tower-Mustard. 
TURRITIS Lin . Gen. PI. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 
Siliqua longiflima, angulata. Cal. connivens, eredus. Car. ereda. 
RaiiSyn. Gen. 21. Herba: tetrapetala, SlLioiros® et Siliculosas. 
TURRITIS glabra foliis radicalibus dentatis hifpidis, caullnis integerrimis amplexicaulibus 
Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 502. Sp. PI. p. 930. Haller. Hijl. n. 455. 
glabris. 
TURRITIS glabra. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 839. 
BRASSICA fylveftris foliis circa radicem ciclioraceis. Bauh. Pin. 112. 
TURRITIS foliis inferioribus cichoraceis, exteris perfoliatis. J. R. H. 
BRASSICA fylveftris ramofa tota pene glabra. Bauh. Pin. 1 1 2. 
TURRITIS vulgatior. Bauh. Hift. II. 836. 
TURRITIS Ger.emac.iyz. Parkin, S 5 z. Rati Syn. p. 293. Tower- Milliard. HuifmFl. Angl.ni.i- 
RADIX in ter T RO °T biennial, Ample, white, fomewhat woody pene- 
ram, defendens, paucis fibrillis capillata. f trating deeply into the earth, furnifhed with 
CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem ereftus, plerumque fim - 1 STALK fmm one to three feet in height upright 
£ /£Ser S ’ Pr ° Pe “ ram h,r ‘ I generally fimple, firm, round, S, 
FOI TA ro iv r ^ 1 r j b f . ¥ ground hirfute, above frnooth. 
FOLIA radicalia pallide viridia, hirfuta ad margmes | LEAVES next the root, of a pale green colour ftrondv 
S * 71 qUatU ° rVe UnCiaS l0ng f’ CaulIna ! W, J' a gg ed °» each fid!, three or fou, in S 
faStata’ ““S™ 1 — plexacaulia, | in length, thofe of the dalle glaucous, per- 
’ g I fedUy lmooth and entire, embracing the ftalk, 
FLORES in fummis caulibus parvi, ex albo lutefentes. I FLOWERS^!, \he top oflhe ftafe,' fmall, of a whitifh 
r-dTW -D , ,, * yellow colour. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyUum, foliolis ovato- 1 CALYX : a Perianthium of four leaves, the leaves of 
oblongis, eredis, decduis. Jig. t. j an ovate oblong (hape, upright a^d dec" 
COROLLA : tetrapetala, cruciformis. Petala ovato - 1 COROLLA " tetrapetalous and crofs-ftiaped Petal, of 
oblonga, obtufa, integra, unguibus eredis. | (hape, otau^ti£*£ 
STAMINA : Filamenta fex, fubulata, alba, quorum | STAMINA aments, tapering, white two of 
duo breviora. Anthera: fimphees, flavae. | which are (horter than t£e ot£rs Anther! 
PISTILLUM: Germen longitudine floris, teres, fub- IpiSTIIXUM^GERMENthTfe^* of the flower round 
compreffum. Stylus nullus. ST,oMAobtu-| ^ little flattened. S^yle none STmS 
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quaaranguiae. jig. s . , fomewhat flattened, faintly quadrangular. 
SEMINA parva, numerofiflima, ovata, planiufcula, rufa. | SEEDS (mal'lf very numerous, ovate, flattilh, of a red- 
' ? difh brown colour. Jig. 6. 
The term glabra is only proper when applied to the upper part of this plant, the radical leaves, which generallv 
decay as the p ant approaches to maturity, being hairy, like many other plants of the fame family B 7 
It is round but rarely near London. Hitherto I have only noticed it in one foot, viz in the lane wbJrL i,, a* j 
by Charlton Church and there but fparingly ; further on i,f Kent it is much II’ “ Z 
parts ot England. It ufually grows on banks near hedges, and flowers in June and July. 7 ° her 
It varies fo much in fize, that the old Botanifts make two fpecies of it. ‘ ' 
