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COCHLEARIA Armoracia.
Horse-radish.
TEtRAD YNAMIA Silicutosa.
Gen. Char. Pouch turgid, rugged ; valves gibbous*
obtuse. Calyx spreading, concave.
Spec. Char» Radical leaves oblong, crenate ; those
o f the stem lanceolate, either cut or entire.
Syn. Cochlearia Armoracia. Linn. Sp. PL 904. Sm.
FI. Brit. 690. Huds. 284. With. 575. Hull,
ed. 2» 192» Belli. 253. Sibth» 200. Woodv.
Med. Bot. t. 150.
Raphanus rusticanus. Bail Syn. 301»
CjrATHERED in June by the river side at Battersea» 'fhe
plant is common enough in waste ground, from the refuse of
gardens, being most truly wild in the mountainous parts of
Yorkshire and Northumberland, where the ground is moist,
black and spongy. When once admitted into the deep rich
Soil of a kitchen garden, no weed is more difficult of extirpation.
The roots are long, cylindrical, white, deep and perennial,
well known for the peculiar acrid flavour which makes them
acceptable, on many occasions, at the table» Stems two feet
high, erect, spreading, branched, smooth, bearing scattered,
sessile, lanceolate leaves, more or less jagged or cut. The radical
leaves are large, oblong, crenate, veiny, sometimes pinna-
tifid, but more generally resembling those of a dock. Flowers
white, numerous, corymbose, at length racemose. Pouch elliptical,
compressed, with a short style, and large stigma. As
the roots increase so fast, the fruit is seldom perfected.
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