CAMELINA SATIVA. CULTIVATED CAMELINA OR
GOLD OF PLEASURE.
i B H “ T“ J S B °b0Vatis mafSinatis- stigmate slmplici, foliis lanceolatis sagittalis. Br
CAMELINA ■ ^ ^ - f a s n i . p . ,7. (fide Smith) P e r , Syn. PI. ro i.z .p . m . A,ton
MYAGRUM sativum. L im . Sp. PI. p . 8S4. Buds. Angl.p. 277. Liglitf. Scot » w n j 1
Smith FI. Brit. p . & 9 . Engl. Bot. t. 1254,
AIrC? ^ S ^ IrA/ , a.llV“' • Ä °"‘ B With. Bot. An-, cd. 4. « * * . » . 550.
ALYbbUM foins sagittatis, siliquis cordiformibus. Hall. Helv. n. 489.
Bobem. Hubilen. ' Dan. B ô r rm t. Tlld H orn Dut. Vlasclulotlcr. Fr. Sesame i ' ™ ______ „„
Class an d Order. tetradynamia silicülosa.
[Naturae Ord er, i CRUCIFER/E. D iv . II. SILICULOSAÏ, Juss. Beemd.)
Ge n . Ciia r. Silicula subovata, pol,sperma: valvis ventneosis. & }yM m e s incumbentes. Filament* eden-
Radix parva, fibrosa, annua.
Caülis pedalis et ultra, erectus, teres, foliôsus, subpu-
bescens, superne paniculatim ramosus.
Folia glauco-viridia, distantia, biuncialia, alterna, lan-
ceolata, subdentata, venosa, basi sagittata, am-
plexicaulia, inferiora scabriuscula.
Flores corymbosi, demura racemosi.
Calyx foliolis erectis, ovatis, obtusis, viridibus, margi-
ne albo.
Petala oblonga, basi attenuata, flava, venosa.
Germen oblongum. Stylus breviusculus. Stigma ob-
tusum, capitatum.
Stamina : Filamenta sex, simplicia, quorum duo mul-
to breviora : Antheræ oblongæ, flavæ.
Pericarpium : Silicula erecta, ovata, marginata, glabra,
stylo silicula dimidio breviore terminata,
valvis ventricosis, basi apieeque attenuata. Dis-
sepimentum membranaceum, diaphanum, album.
ReceptAculcjm filiforme, marginale.
Semina circiter sex loculo singulo, Obovato-quadrata,
compressa, fusca, podospermis breviusculis aims
curvatis.
Embryo conduplicatus. Cotyledones ovatæ, plano-con-
vexæ.
Radicuea sursum flexa, dorso, non rimte cotyledonum
accumbens.
Root small, fibrous, annual.
Stem a foot high and more, erect, round, leafy, slightly
pubescent, above branched in a panided manner.
Leaves glaucous-green, distant, two inches long, alternate,
lanceolate, slightly toothed, veined sa.it
tate and nmplexicaul at the base, the lower ones
roughisb.
F lowers corymbose, at length racemose.
Calyx with the leaflets erect, ovate, obtuse, green the
margin white. 5
Petals oblong, attenuate at the base, yellow, veined.
Ge rmen oblong. Style shortish. Stigma obtuse ca-
‘pitate.
Stamen s: Filaments six, simple, o f which two are
.shortish: Anthers oblong, yellow.
P e r ica rp : Silicule erect, ovate, margined, smooth, terminated
by. the style twice as short as the silicule,
with the valves ventricose, attenuated at the
base and at the extremity. Dissepiment membranaceous,
diaphanous, .white.
Receptacle filiform, marginal.
Seeds about six in each’ cell, obovato-quadrate, compressed,
brown, with rather short white curved
seed-stalks.
Embryo «»duplicate. Cotyledons ovate, plamwon-
Radicee bent upwards, applied to the back, not against
the opening of the cotyledons. °
F,° ‘ '-.p d y x - Fig. a. Germen and Stamens. Fig. 3. Petal. Mg. 4. CaDsule not t n
minified | | 6 Capsule with one valve separating, showing th f disposition o f The sTeds
Fig. 8. Side view of the embryo. Mg. 9. Front view of d itto .4 aU but Fig. 4 more or S ma^ffied
hv r tT l? 11*0“’ Derbyshire; Flax-fields about Bridport and Lyme, Dorset: Willington Ballast NnrHinml t r
among clover a r S r f e T a i d H e ^ “tout Wimbledon Park, Surry;
" rs&ula dorse, non rimm Lepiiium satibktit”
s ™ | y ^ ^ WhiCh iS “ “ dcnlalitm by Willdenow;
Haller says irn^c^TOkteTbv”nnv1exn'i<:rSfS m B I for *be sake o f the oil expressed from the seeds, which
«eve chapping^f the^dn It^ isT kT ^ it B ■ a"d 13 considered excellent to burn in lamps as well u to “
disadvantage o f soon becoming rancid d ' ** T“ y S°° d &r cullnaIy PurP05es when fresh, but that it has the