772 TETRADYNAMIA. SILIQUOSA. Sisymbrium. 
Var. 2. Fol. laciniat. Leaves with clefts extending nearly to the mid-rib. 
Kniph. 3— Ger. 185. 2 — J . B. ii. 867. 2 — Pet. 49. 10— Lob. Ic. i. 319— 
Ger. Em. 240. 2—Park. 1228. 1. 
Great Water Rocket or Radish. Amphibious Yellow Cress. N.avi - 
phibium. Br.inAit. De Cand. Sm. Hook. Grev. Sisymbrium amphi - 
hium. Linn. Lightf. (/3). With. Willd. Oed. FI. Brit. E.) Radicula 
sylvestris sen palustris. R. Syn. 301. Watery places, ditches, and banks 
of rivers. P. June—Aug. 
N. terres'tre. Leaves wing-cleft, (unequally toothed: root simple: 
pods curved: petals not exceeding the calyx. E.) 
Curt. 289— FI. Dan. 931— (E. Bot. 1747. E.)— J. B. ii. 867. 1— C. B. Pr. 
38. 2—Park. 1228. l.f 2 — H. Ox. iii. 7, row 3. 3— Pet. 49. 9. 
(Root spindle-shaped, small. Stem frequently upright, a foot high, leafy, 
furrowed, smooth. E.) Leaves segments confluent with the mid-rib, 
often pointing backwards, alternate or in pairs, elliptical, or egg-shaped 
serrated, or toothed here and there. Hall. Petals yellow, blunt, minute, 
very entire, somewhat shorter than the calyx. 
(Annual Yellow Cress or Rocket. Welsh: Berwr melyn blyn-yddawl 
y dwr. JV. terrestre. Br. in Ait. Hook. Sm. JV. palustre. De Cand. 
Grev. Sisymbrium terrestre . Curt. With. FI. Brit. S. amphibium 
palustre. Linn. S. palustre. Pollich. Willd. E.) Edges of wet 
ditches, and on ground occasionally overflowed. In the environs 
of London, as Tothil Fields, and between the Magdalen Hospital and 
Lambeth Marsh. Curtis. Bungay Common. Mr. Woodward. Near 
Stafford, on the road to the Castle hill. Stokes. (On the banks of the 
Cam, Isle of Ely. Rev. Dr. Goodenough. FI. Brit. Borders of Prest¬ 
wick Carr, Northumberland. Winch. Guide. In wet places near the 
race stand, Warwick; close to the bridge at Baginton. Perry. Clay- 
pits at Beaumaris. Welsh Bot. North bank of Loch Leven. Mr. Arnott. 
Hook. Scot. E.) A. June—Sept. 
(SISYM'BRIUM.* Pod nearly cylindrical: Stigma capitate, 
notched. E.) 
(S. officinale. Pods pressed close to the stalk, awl-shaped: leaves 
notched, hairy: stem hispid. E.) 
Curt. 326— (E. Bot. 735. E .)—Ludw. 187—F7. Dan. 560 —Woodv. 244— 
Sheldr. — Blackw. 28 — Ger. 198. 1— Pet. 46. 3■— Fuchs. 592— J. B. 863— 
Dod. 714— Ger. Em. 254. 1— Trag. 102. 1— Lonic.. i. 165. 1— Lob. Adv. 
69, and Ic. i. 206. 1. 
(Stem about two feet high, often purplish, branches towards the top., 
expanding. E.) Leaves slightly downy, the lower winged, the upper 
halberd-shaped. Calyx about half as long as the petals. (Blossoms pale 
yellow, numerous. Germen cylindrical, tapering upwards. Summit 
flat, with a shallow notch. Pods conical, obscurely quadrangular, nearly 
an inch long, downy, on short stalks. E.) 
Common Hedge Mustard, or Worm-seed. Bank Cress. (Welsh: 
Arfog meddygawl. S. officinale. Scop. Br.inAit. DeCand. Sm. Hook. 
* (An ancient Greek name crurvpfyiov, but not readily interpretech JE.) 
