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l._THE COMMON GOLD OF PLEASURE. (Camelina sativa, Crantz .) 
Synonymes. _Myagrum sativum, Lin. ; Alyssum sativum, Specific Character. —Silicula obovate, bordered, twice as long as 
the style. Leaves lanceolate, arrow-shaped. (Smith.) 
Engravings.— Eng. Bot., t. 1254 ; 2nd ed., t. 920. 
Description, &c. —This is a very pretty plant, with bright golden flowers, which, though small, make a 
brilliant appearance from their great number. In Germany it is cultivated for the oil which is expressed from 
its seeds ; and it has also been recently grown in England for the same purpose. The English name of Gold of 
Pleasure is supposed to allude to the pleasing effect produced by its golden yellow flowers. 
VII.—THE PEPPER-WORT TRIBE. 
Seed-pod a silicle, with a very narrow partition ; valves keeled, or very concave. Seeds solitary, or very 
few ; ovate, not bordered. 
GENUS XXI. 
THE WART-CRESS. (Coronopus, Gcertn.) 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character. _Silicula double. Valves ventricose or I three-cornered. Cotyledons incumbent, linear. Racemes opposite the 
slightly carinate, scarcely dehiscing, one-seeded. Seeds roundish, | leaves. Flowers white. (Dec.) 
Description, &c.— This genus contains only annual weeds, with very small white flowers, and pinnatifid 
leaves. The name of Coronopus is derived from two Greek words signifying a crow’s-foot, in allusion to the 
shape of the leaves. 
THE COMMON WART-CRESS, OR SWINE’S-CRESS. (C. Ruellii, Gcertn.) 
This plant is very common on waste ground and among rubbish in every part of England, but it is com¬ 
paratively rare in Scotland. The stems grow quite flat upon the ground, and spread in a circular manner 
round the root. The leaves are very much cut, and the flowers are produced in short racemes, which elongate 
as the seed-pods form. The seed-pods themselves are very curious, being nearly flat, and plaited on the outside 
like a ruff, the ends of the plaits projecting beyond the margin so as to form a kind of warted crest; and hence 
the plants have obtained their English name of Wart-Cress. The flowers are produced from the beginning of 
May till the end of September. 
THE LESSER WART-CRESS. (C. didyma, Smith.) 
This species is found only near the sea-coast in the south of England and Ireland, and in South Wales. 
The leaves are very pretty from the delicacy of their lobes ; but the flowers are very small. The seed-pods are 
distinctly two-lobed, and they are wrinkled on the outside ; but they have not the warted crest which 
distinguishes the common species. 
GENUS XXII. 
THE SHEPHERD’S PURSE. (Capsella, Dec.) 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
Generic Character. —Silicula triangular, wedge-shaped at the base; valves navicular, apterous; cells many-seeded. Racemes terminal. 
Flowers white. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There is only one species in this genus. Capsella is from capsula , a little capsule or box. 
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