SISYMBRIUM Lin. Gen. PI. T e t r a d y n a m ia s iliq uo sa .
Siliqua dehifcens, valvulis refliufculis. Cal. patens. Corolla patens.
Raii Syn. Gen. Herbæ t e t r a f e t a læ siliq uo sæ e t s ilic u lo sæ .
SISYMBRIUM terrejlre radice annua, foliis pinnatifidis dentato-ferratis, filiquis foecundis.
RADIX annua, fibrofa, albida.
CAULIS pedalis, fefquipedalis, et ultra, plerumque
ereftus, ramofus, fulcatus, lævis, viridis, leu
purpuralcens.
FOLIA omma pinnatifida, Eryfimi officinalis quodam-
raodo fimilia, lævia, pinnis trium, quatuor,
five fex parium, cum impari, omnibus inæ-
qualiter dentato îerratis, extima prefertim in
inferioribus foliis rotundata ; caulina femiam-
plexicaulia.
FLORES minimi, lutei, Temper foecundi.
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolisovatis,
. obtufis, concavis, fubere&is, flavefcentibus, ,
fig .i, auft, ■'
I ROOT annual, fibrous, and whitiffi.
| STALK a foot, a foot and a half, or more, in height,
| generally upright, branched, grooved, fmooth’
m of a green or purplifh colour.
! LEAVES, all of them pinnatifid, fomewhat like thofe
COROLLA: Pet ala quatuor, lutea, fæpius emargi- *
nata, vix longitudine calycis, Jig. 2. I
STAMINA: Fil am enta fex, fubæqualia, longitudine ;
piftilli, flavefcentia. A ntheræ luteæ, in- ?
cumbeiites, Jig. g. - i
PISTILLUM : G ermen oblongum. Stylus breviffi- {
mus. Stigma capitatum, villofum, Jig. 4. \
PERICARPIUM : Siliqua teres, longitudine pedun- |
culi, furfum fubarcuata, femmibus pfurimis |
haud æqualiter protuberantibus turgida, Jig. |
5; 6. ' . : |
SEMINA minima, iufca, Jig. 7.
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’ o f Hedge-muftard, fmooth, the pinnae confift
n • ree> f°ur> ° r fix pair, with an odd one,
all of them unequally indented, the outermoft
efoecially in the bottom leaves roundifh, thole
’ of the ftalk partly amplexicaule.
»FLOWERS^very fmall, yellow, and always producing
CALYX : a Perianthium of four leaves, which are
ovate, obtufe, hollow, nearly upright, and yel-
‘ lowilh, Jig. 1. magn.
COROLLA: four Petals, of a yellow colour, gene^
rally nicked at the end, fcarcely the length of
, the calyx, Jig. 2.
STAMINA: fix Filaments, nearly equal, the length
of the piftillum, of a yellowiffi colour. A nther
& yellow and incumbent, fisr. o
PISTILLUM: Germen oblong. Style very ffiort.
Stigma forming a little head and villous.
g | ^ „ / O v
on.n.ij-vrjOoJLL.: a round Pod, the length of the flower-
ftalk, fomewhat curved upward, turgid with
numerous feeds which protuberate unequally,
Jig. 5, 6.
SEEDS very fmall and brown, fig, 7.
r e h av ? ‘J k en tbe name. o f tr" eJlre’ yhich L in n ^ us applies to the third variety of his Sifymbrium amphibium
H U m?cJ bom the “ rta“ t>' of Its being the plant he intends, as from the propriety of i Application to that
fpecies, it being generally found in drier fituatlons than the true amphibium. ' * ' 11
frome?h fedl?Ae-rVati0n f nd cultPre,have thoroughly fatisfied us that the prefent plant is afpecies perfefily diftinft
from the amphibium; and we. ground our authority for confidering it as fuch . on the following circumftances.
lft, It is an annual, whereas the amphibium is not only a perennial, but has a creeping root.
¥>y. ft ts a much fmaller plant than the amphibium, feldom acquiring half its height.
3dly, It is feldom or never found in the water, unlefs accidently Overflown.
4thly, Its foliage is very different, the radical leaves much refembling thofe of the Eryfimum officinale.
And, laflly, its feed-veffels are always turgid, and full of feeds, while thofe of the amphibium are ufually abortive.
!fnum™LCautWsn0e f ltisfaa07 iaCS°lmt ^ dlis Pj“ t either in Ray, Hudson, L innaeus, Haller, or the
™ f n e d f i c a ™ fW T “ “ h' ted we have omitted all fynonyms, and contented ourfelves with giving it a
[ tpecmc cliarattei, chiefly intended to contrail it with the amphibium.
pIantsthareCtherLf t f «fearches we have had frequent occafion to remark, that our molt common
[that we dailv tread n with avidity fuch as are rare and with difficulty acquired, and negleft thofe
lone in the environs of A T * ’ PreJf“ P*3“ a&>i;ds an mflance of this inattention, as it is a very common
ditches and on arnniiT I ^ t^ie ^.me Situations as the Rumex maritimus, on the edges of wet
a ditch by die J a d f i l ? 9 befoccafi,on^ overflown. We have obferved it in Tothil-Fielie, on tlie edge of
:rpontaue4 fly a ™ t ^ o n t e ! d ” ^ M^ - H o f p ,tano Lumbeth-Marjh, and in our garden it come! up
L nM e r aM ,T q u ^ tolt fabl>r H I k S(™s ereH, and quickly produces a
■ procumbent \nd will fn ' ^ it happen to be overflown, which is frequently the cafe, it is then more
^ b rium p aluflre
This fpecies of Sifyjnbrium flowers in June. July, Augujl, and September.
It has a fimilat tafte to moll of the plants of thp crefs kind, but is not very pungent.