CHUCIFEKJE. 
31 
IX. iSin apis. Mustard. 
Pod 2-valved (sometimes of 2 joints of which the 
upper one is without valves). Cotyledons condupli- 
cate, ( O »). Calyx patent. — Brown. 
Herbaceous, rarely suffruticose, frequently biennial. Leaves 
usually lyrate, or inciso-dentate : racemes terminal ; flowers 
yellow. — Name , from the Greek triwm. 
1 . Sinapis lanceolata. West India Mustard. 
Glabrous, lower leaves sublyrate, upper ones lineari- 
lanceolate entire, pods with a conical seedless beak. 
Raphanus lanceolatus, Willd. III. 562. — Sinapis lanceolata, 
De Cand. Si/st. II. 611. 
IIA jb Common in the mountains of Port- Royal, &c. 
FL. The early months of the year. 
About 3 feet in height, erect ; branches terete, glabrous, 
glaucescent, not unfrequently purpurescent. The lower leaves 
petiolate, nearly a foot in length, glabrous, nerved, and retieu- 
lato-venose, sublyrate with the terminal lobe large rounded and 
coarsely inciso-dentate ; the lateral lobes about 4-paired, sub- 
opposite, coarsely toothed, except the innermost pair which are 
small and subentire; leaves at the middle of the stem petiolate, 
ovato oblong, coarsely toothed ; upper leaves lineari-, or oblongo- 
lanceolate, narrowing towards the base, entire. Racemes ter- 
minal : pedicels ^ an inch in length, filiform : flowers yellow. 
Silique patent, cylindraceo-subtetragonal, glabrous, 1£ inch in 
length, besides a subulate seedless beak, ith of an inch in length : 
seed small, brownish. 
X. Raphanus. Radish. 
Pod without valves. Cotyledons conduplicate,- 
(©»)• Calyx erect — Brown. 
Name, from papavoz a radish. 
1. Raphanus sativus. Garden Radish. 
Pods terete torose acuminate scarcely longer than 
the pedicels . — De Cand. 
HAB* Cultivated. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
The common garden Radish is a native of China, Japan, and 
\\ r estern Asia. It has been cultivated for several centuries in 
the gardens of Europe. The roots are eaten raw as a salad. 
