lyo Salmons HerbaL Lib. I. 
CHAP. CXXI. 
Of CHARLOCK. 
I.'-p HE Names. I do not find that this Plant 
X was known to the Greeks , and l'o have 
no Greek name for it. It is called in Latin, Rapi- 
ft rum : and in Englifh , Charlock , Oarlock, and Chad- 
lock. 
II. The Kinds. Some would have it to be a Spe- 
cies of the Wild Turnep , others of Sinapi -, fome of 
Eryflmum -, others refer them to the L ampfana^ of 
Diofcorides : but it took its name Rapi ft rum, ufl- 
militudtne Rapifoliorum , for which realon it was 
that fome have called it Wild Turnep. But taking 
it as Genus, There are feveral kinds of them to be 
found in England, viz. I. Rapift rum Commune, Com- 
mon Charlock. 2. Rapift rum Sylveftre, five Arvo- 
rum, Wild, or Field Carlock : Me.tthiolus calls it 
Lampfana fo alfo Anguilara , Lonicerus, Lugdu- 
nenfis, Gerard and Gefner, in Hortis : Fuchftus and 
Turner call it Irion : Bauhin , Rapiftrum flore luteo. 
3. Rapiftrum alterum Arvorum , A fecond Field 
Charlock ^ which is alfo called by all the former 
names. 4. Rapiftrum album Articulatum, White 
Field Charlock ; which is the Lampfana of Turner 
and Ccefalpinus , who alfo calls it Radix Sy heft rls : 
The third Sinapi agrefte of Tragus : Rapiftrum flore 
albo Erucx foliis Lobeli -, Armor act a Tabermontani • 
Rapiftrum flore albo flliqua articulataBauhini. 5. Ra- 
piftrum Monofpermon Bauhini, One Grained Charlock. 
6 . Rapiftrum Aquatic urn. Water Charlock. 
them, which perijhes when the Seed is ripe -, from 
this Root rifes Leaves almoft like to the Rapum 
Sylveftre, but lejjer, and f mailer at the bottom, not 
Jagged : among zohich rifes a rough, fender, brittle , , 
and fome what hairy Stalk, a foot and half, or two 
feet high, having larger Leaves than the former, 
and fomewhat Jagged and Waved : The Stalk to- 
wards the top is divided into many Arms and Branch- 
es, on which do grow little yellowijh Flowers, which 
make a great Jhe 10 -, but fometimes they are found 
to be of a purplifh color ■, which being pall there fol- 
lows long Rods, fharp towards the end, containing 
feveral fiattifh Seeds, of a whitifh yellow color . 
IV. The Tecond, has a Root long and white, which 
grows woody when it runs up to Stalk and Seed, and 
perijhes after Seed time. From which Root fprings 
forth many long and broad rough Leaves, hairy and 
green, lying upon the ground round about the Root, 
fomewhat deeply gafhed in on the edges, and round 
pointed : from among which rifes up one fender 
hairy Stalk, feldom many, branched from the middle 
upwards into many Arms, with divers lejjer Leaves 
on them to the tops -, on which ft and many yellow 
Flowers, having four or Jive Leaves a piece, which 
in a Hemp Land, or Corn Field make a mighty and 
glorious fhew ( but much to the Owners dfprofit : ) 
after thefe Flowers are paft, there follows long rough 
Rods, not very fender, with divers round, ftnall , 
reddifh brown Seed therein, like unto Muftard Seed, 
but larger, as quick and fharp in tafte, but more 
bitter than it. 
V. The third hoe a long Root , with many Fibres 
at it, like the former, which dies every year, from 
whence fpring up many large Leaves waved in, a lit- 
tle rough or hairy , but not cut or jagged as the for- 
mer, the upper Leaves being whole and fmaller. 
The Stalk rifes up rough and hairy like the others, 
of about eighteen Inches high , or more, fpread out 
into many Branches ■, at the tops of which are a great 
number 
