Erysimum officinale. Hedge Mustard.
ERYSIMUM Lin. Gen. PI. T etradynamia smoyosA.
Sillqiai 'columnaris, exa&e tetraedra, Cal. claufus.
Raii Syn. Gen. a i. Herb.® t e tRäpetal® siliüuos® et siliculos®.
ERYSIMUM officinale filiquis fpicae adpreffis. Lin.-Syfl. Vegetflb. p. 499. Sp. PI. p. 922. FI. Snec. n.
■ 598-
ERYSIMUM foliis pinnatis, pinnis reCtangulis, aeutis, extrema triangulari maxima, filiquis adpreffis*
Haller. Hiß. 878.
SISYMBRIUM ‘officinale. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 824.
ERYSIMUM vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 100.
ERYSIMUM Diofcoridis Lobelio> Ger. em. 254t
ERYSIMUM vulgare. Parkin/. 833,
ERUCA hirfuta filiqüa caule apprefla Eryfimum didla. Raii Syn. 298. Common Hedge-muftard.
Hudfon. FI. A ngl.ed.z.p. 286. Lightfoot FI. Scot.p. 354.
RADIX annua, defcendens, flexuofa, fibrillofa. | ROOT annual, defcending, crooked, and fibrous.
ciULlS pedalis ad bipedalem, eredtus, teres, ftriatus, | STALK from one to two feet high, upright, round,
pubefcens, fcaber, ramofusj, fepius purpu-| finely grooved, befet with numerous ftiort
rafcens. I rough hairs, branched, and for the moft part
% purplilh.
Fu)LIA alterna, petiolata,' utrinque parcius pubefcentia, | LEAVES alternate, Handing on foot-ftalk's, flightly
fubtus fcabra, praecipue in cofta et nervis, pin- | downy on each fide, particularly on the midnatifida,
laciniis oppofitis, oblongis, ferrato-1 rib and nerves, pinriatifid, the fegments oppodentatis,
terminali majore, cum laciniis proxi-| fite, oblong, ferrated or toothed, the end one
mis confluente. t largeft, and connected with the next to it.
MCEMI florum terminates, fubrotundi; frudtuum fili-1 RACEMI of the flowers terminal, roundifh; of the
formes, elongati,- nudi, pubefcentes. | fruit filiform, lengthened out, naked, and
| downy.
tCILYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, pallidum, fio-| CALYX: a Perianthium of four leaves, of a pale
liolis lineari ovalibus, obtufiufculis, concavis, 4 colour, linear-oval, bluntifh, concave, and
pubefcentibus, fig. 1. | downy, fig . 1.
CfDROLLA cruciformis," tetrapetala, fordide lutefcens, $ COROLLA crofs-fhaped, compofed of four petals, of
petalis cuneiformibus, obtufis, venulofis, un-1 a dull yellow colour, wedge-fhaped, obtufe,
guiculatis, calyce longioribus, fig. 4. f veiny, clawed, longer than the calyx, fig . 4.
STAMINA: F ilamenta fex, fubulata, pallida, co-| STAMINA: fix F ilaments, tapering,'1 of a pale co-
rolli paulo breviora; quorum duo adhuc bre-1 lour, a little fhorter than the corolla; two of
viora. Anther® cordatffi, acuta, fubre-! . which are fliorter than the reft. Anther®
curva, fig. 2. I heart-Ihaped, pointed, bent fomewhat upward,
| fig. 2.
ImCTARIA : Glandula dua utrinque ad ftamina bre-| NECTARIES: two Glands one on each fide, placed at
viora. $ -the bafe of the fhorter ftamina.
PISTILLUM: GERMENcyliudricum, ftriatum. Stylus | PISTILLUM: Germen cylindrical, ftriated. Style
brevis, pubefcens. Stigma orbiculatum, pla- * . Ihort, downy. Stigmata round, flattifh
niufculum, emarginatum, altitudine fere fta- | emarginate, almoft the height of the ftamina,
minum, fig. 3, | •. fig . 3.
S1LIQU/E cylindrica, ftriata, virides aut purpurea,! PODS cylindrical, finely grooved, green or purple,
||p 9 pubefcentes, cauli adprefla, fig! 5, 6. | downy and prefled to the ftalk, fig. 5, 6.
SEMINA fordide lutefcentia, utrinque oblique truncata, $ SEEDS of a dingy yellow colour, obliquely truncated at
fig- 7. t each end, 7.
The Eryfimum officinale affords a remarkable inftatice of that diverfity of appearance which the fame plant may
a|ume at different periods of its growth., View it juft as it comes into bloffom, and afterwards, when its flowering
j^Bnches (hoot out horizontally to a great length, and you willfcarcely believe that it is one and the fame plant.
* grows very commonly on dry banks, under walls, pales, and in wafte places; and flowers from June to
lember. ■ " __ ■
he leaves of Hedge Muftard are faid to be attenuant, expectorant, and diuretic, and ftand particularly
»amended again ft chronical coughs and hoarfenefs, whether humoural or occafioned by immoderate exertion of
^oice. Lobel greatly,commends for this purpofe a compound fyrup, which, as Geoffroy obferves, is not
paor to a Ample mixture of the exprefled juice of the herb with honey; and indeed it is not very clear, whether
-virtue of the honey is much improved by the Eryfimum.
■ he herb has no fmell; and its tafte, at leaft when moderately dried, is little other than herbaceous, with
liewhat of a flight faiine impregnation. In. e, ,;^s Eryfimum are confiderably pungent, and appear to be.nearly of the fame quality with thofe o f
jf|Td'V’ weaker. Their acrimony, like that of muftard-feed is extracted totally by water, and partially
■ reamed fpirit, andftrongly impregnates water in diftillation. Hikin's Ed. o f Lewis's Mat. Med. p .,290.