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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
I. —JACK BY THE HEDGE, OR SAUCE ALONE (Alliaria officinalis, Dec.} 
Synonyme. —Erysimum Alliaria, Lin. Specific Character. —Leaves cordate. Pods prismatical, much 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 796 ; 2nd cd., t. 944; and our fig . longer than the pedicels. ( Dec .) 
1, in PI. 11. 
Description, &c.— There are few parts of England in which this plant is not to be found ; and, in general, 
it grows in the greatest abundance by the side of every hedge, and in every piece of waste ground. The flowers 
are white and rather pretty, from the contrast the snowy petals afford to the bright orange anthers. The leaves 
are luxuriant, and handsomely shaped ; and the whole plant smells and tastes so strongly of garlic as to be 
a very good substitute for it in village cookery, either scalded and chopped small like parsley for sauce, or boiled 
and served as a vegetable. It is very good dressed as the French dress spinach or sorrel, and served with veal- 
cutlets or a fricandeau de veau. The plant is scarcely ornamental enough in its flowers to deserve cultivation in 
gardens, but it looks very well in a shrubbery. 
GENUS XIX. 
THE TREACLE MUSTARD. (Erysimum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. —Siliqua four-cornered. Calyx closed. Cotyledons flat, oblong. (Dec.) 
Description, &c. —The plants belonging to this genus are weeds, which were formerly so highly esteemed 
in medicine, that they received the name of Erysimum from a Greek word signifying to cure. 
THE COMMON TREACLE MUSTARD, OR WORM-SEED. (E. cheiranthoides, Lin.) 
This plant is a very common weed of no beauty, which was formerly much used in medicine for curing 
worms, and also for making the celebrated Venice treacle, which was formerly considered a panacea for every 
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THE HARE’S-EAR TREACLE MUSTARD. (E. orientals, R. Brown.) 
This is a small plant of no beauty, the leaves of which are somewhat in the shape of a hare’s ear, and are 
folded round the stem. The seed-pods are few in number, but very long. The root of this plant descends so 
deep into the soil, that it is very difficult to eradicate it. 
VI.—THE GOLD OF PLEASURE TRIBE. 
Pod a silicle, with concave valves and an elliptical partition. Seeds ovate. 
GENUS XX. 
THE GOLD OF PLEASURE. (Camelina, Crantz .) 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character.— Silicula obovate or roundish. Valves ventricose, dehiscing along with part of the style. Cells many-seeded. Style 
filiform. Seeds oblong, not bordered. (Dec.) 
Description, &c. —There is but one species of this genus found wild in England, and that is probably not a 
true native, as it is only found in flax-fields ; and consequently its seeds have been probably imported with the 
seed of the flax from Germany, in which country it is very abundant. The word Camelina signifies dwarf flax. 
