764 TETRADYNAMIA. SILICULOSA. Coronopbs, 
Horse-radish. (Welsh: ffiiuddygl mawrth. E.) Sides of ditches; 
banks of rivers. About Alnwick, Northumberland; banks of Skip ton- 
beck, and elsewhere in Holland, in Craven. Ray. (In a ditch between 
Carreglwyd and Llanrhwydrus, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. On the river 
Arrow, near Oversley bridge. Purton. In great plenty above Hutton 
Bay, parish of Orphir, Orkney. Month.-Mag. v. 28. p. 462. Duddingston 
Loch. Mr. Arnott. Grev. Edin. E.) P. May.* 
(CORO'NOPIJS.f Pouch nearly entire, kidney-shaped, com¬ 
pressed, wrinkled : cells without valves, single-seeded. 
C. ruei/lii. (Pouch entire, crested with little sharp points: style 
extended : corymb with few flowers. E.) 
FI Ban. 202— (E. Bot. 1660. E.)— Blackw. 120— Ger. 340. 2—Hod 110 
•— Lob. Obs. 240. 1, and Ic. i. 438. 1— Ger. Em. 427. 2— Pet. 50. 6 — H. 
Ox. iii. 19. 9— Tourn. 102— J. B. ii. 919. 2— Matth. 851— Park. 502. 5— 
Park. 502. 2. 
Stem and root-leaves prostrate, longer than the branches; leafits cut along 
the fore edge, very entire along the back edge, the terminal one strap¬ 
shaped, very entire. Pouch kidney-heart-shaped, depressed on the sides, 
with furrows and sharp ridges running towards the edge, where they run 
out into sharpish points; one of the cells not unfrequently empty, in 
which case the fertile seed expands, filling up almost the whole of the 
seed-vessel. St. Bunches from the bosom of the leaves. Blossom white, 
small. (M r hqle plant nauseously acrid and fetid. Sm. E.) 
(He Candolle has been followed by some few British Botanists in constitut¬ 
ing a new genus after M. Senebier, for this plant, but as changes merely 
nominal tend only to produce confusion, especially the adoption of proper 
names in no degree characteristic, we venture to retain the former 
designation. E.) 
Swine’s Cress. (Welsh: Olbrain defadenawg ,* Berwr y moch. E.) 
C. Buelli. Gaert. Br. FI. Brit. Hook. Grev. Cochlearia Coronopus. Linn. 
* The root scraped (which has a quick pungent smell, and a penetrating, acrid taste, 
E.) is in common use at our tables as a condiment for fish, roast beef, &c. and it is used 
for many other culinary purposes. (It is thought to create appetite and assist digestion. 
An infusion, made into a syrup, is an approved remedy for hoarseness. An Essence of 
Horse-radish is sold in the shops for the cure of tooth-ach, and is often successful. The 
roots when dried lose much of their acrimony, becoming almost insipid, but they may be 
preserved, retaining their qualities, in sand and in a cool place, a considerable time. E.) 
An infusion of it in cold milk, makes one of the safest and best cosmetics. In paralytic 
and dropsical cases it is an useful stimulant and diuretic. A strong infusion excites 
vomiting. A distilled water is prepared from it. Horses, cows, goats, sheep, and swine 
refuse it. Papilio Brassica? feeds upon the several species. (A spoonful of Horse-radish 
put into a pan of milk will preserve the milk sweet several days, either in the open air or 
a cellar, while other milk will turn sour.—Mr. Salisbury, (on the authority of Dr. Taylor, 
Secretary to the Society of Arts), gives the salutary caution, that ‘‘ this very grateful and 
wholesome root is not at all times to be eaten with impunity.” When taken alone, on an 
empty stomach, as immediately before dinner, its effects have proved highly deleterious, 
and in one instance speedily fatal. Instructions for the cultivation of Horse-radish, by 
Mr. D. Judd, may be found in Tr. Hort. Soc. E.) 
f (Obviously derived from xojjwvrj, a crow ; and 7rsj, a foot; illustrative of the shape of 
its leaves; though the name of Crowfoot be more appropriately attached to Ranun¬ 
culus. E.) 
