RAPHANUS Lm. Gen. PI. T e t r a d y n a m ia Sil iq u o s a .
Raii Syn. Gen. H « . e t e t r a p e t a l .e s .L .q u O s « BT slLlbvLOSX
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RAPHANISTRUM fegetum, flore luteo vel pallido. Tourne/. Injl. 240.
RAPÏSTRUM flore luteo, filiqua glabra articulata. Pau Syn. fi. 2gS.
RAPHANUS fylveftris, Ger. emac. 240. Hudfon Fl. Angl. fi. 28g. Lightfoot Fl. Scot.fi. 362.
[RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, pallide fufca.
|GAULIS pedalis ad fefquipedalem, ere&us, teres fo-
lidus, hifpidus, glaucus, ad bafin ufque pie- 1
rumque ramofus, ramis fæpe longitudine ,
caulis, ad bafin purpureis. ,
■ FOLIA petiolata, pinnatifida, alterna, fcabra, infe- '
rioribus pinnarum quatuor aut quinque pa- <
rium, fuperionbus duarum triumve, omnibus î
obtufiufcule ferratis feu dentatis, dentibus î
apice purpureis. «•
»LORES pedunculati, Iutei, albi, feu caraei, venis
nigncantibus pi&i.
KA LYX: P e r ian th ium tetraphyllum,ereftum, hif-
pidulum, foliolis oblongis, p a r a lle l, conni-
■ venttbus, deciduis, bafi gibbis, fis-, i.
■ OROLLA tetrapetâla, cruciformis: petaia. alba five
lutea vel purpurafcentia, venofa : venis nigri-
cantibus, obcordata, integra, patentia, fenfim »
■ in ungues calyce paulo longiores attenuata, <
■ fig- 2. * <
■ TAMIN A : F il am en t a fex, fubulata, erefla; quo-<
rum duo oppofita longitudine calycis, qua- <
tuor vero ungmbus Tongiora. A n t h e r « f
oblongæ, ereffæ, fagittatæ, ßg. o.
BlSTILLUM: G e rm e n oblongum, ventricofum,atte-
nuatum, longitudine fiaminum. S t y l u s vix
ullus. S t igm a capitatum, integrum, ßg. 4.
»RICARPIUM : Siliquateres, articulata, articulis tribus
ad fex et ultra, fulcatis, unilocularibus,
monolpermis, gemculis attenuatis, apice rof-
trata, roltro lineari compreffo, glabra, ßg. g.
« MINA fubrotunda, ferruginea, glaberrima, magni- Î
tudlne femtnum Raphani fativi, ßg. 6. °
I ROOT k™ uoauI< fimPIe> fibrous, and o f a pale brown
t STA LK f™;n a foot to a foot and a half in height ud -
hiIPid, glaucous, gene-'
| rally branched quite down to the bottom
. branches often as long as the ftalk, and purpie
at bottom. 1
\ LEAVES Handing on foot-flalks, pinnatifid, alternate,
rough, the lowermoft confining of four
or live pair of pinnae, the uppermoft of two
or three, all of them obtufely ferrated or
! FI n W F K u edV * e teetJ1 PurPle at the tips. .
6 FLOWERS Handing on foot-ftalks, yellow,, white or
$ p a t v y Uelfi'coloured. painted with blackifh veins.
| L Y X 'i,oFE^ r * j T? '7 " ° f four leaves- upright, a
l little hifpid, the leaves oblong, parallel; doling I COROT Tto/ ether>d=ciduous, gibbous at the bzk.fig. §
i COROLLA compofed of four petals, which are white,
yellow, or purphlh, veined (the veins blackifh)
myeriely heart-lhaped, entire, fpreading ter-
S minatmg gradually in claws, a little longer
^ than the calyx, fig. 2. °
> STAMINA: fix Fil am e n t s , tapering, upright; o f
> which two oppofite ones are o f the length of
> the calyx, andfour o f the length o f the claws
i ot the corolla. A n t h e r « oblong, upright
4 arrow-lhaped, fir . q. ° - ® ’
| PISTILLUM: G ermen oblong, bellying out a little
tapering, the length o f the ftamina. S t yle ’
Icarce any. S t igm a forming a little head
| and entire, fig. 4. .
| SEED-VESSEL a round jointed Pod, compofed of
| three, fix, or more joints, which are grooved
ot one cavity, containing a fingle feed, the
| joints cut in, the apex terminating in a linear,
| «at, imooth beak, fig. g.
U SEEDS roundilh, ferrugineous, very finooth, the fize
ot the common garden Radilh, fig. S.
i l ' . ^ g f c v e i fln> edI p u r p l i lh veins; a charaHer
l^ e fem b la u c e ; fome o f the moil f t r i B n g ^ ^ ^ no
K v » - C ' * 3 ftaIks< wbich “ ‘ the Charlock are finely
ftiom Thernhar °vk has often an unbranched Hern • the Radiih ism are finooth, yet hifpid, and ufually glauthe
Charlnr[-d'ir the £alyx is uPright and ciofe in the Radilh- in t h e ' ^ r ran4 .ed Sulte down to the
i ^nanock alio are fmaller, andtlways yellow ’ “ the CharIock “ isfpreading. The flowers of
3 C°m” °n “ d n°Xi0US '* * » * * * * ( Corn-fieldi, and flowefs in 3uly d„d Augufi. . '
ln Which he ^ - o u r ,
■ J"g ground with the corn and eaten by the inhabitants. P f Sw‘ d(n- Is owlnS to the feeds of this