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Show The BERATED tl StHHe Bikol TI Soke. DIVISION dand fhort, and e, fo that lan wers {tand in a little tuft at the {talk s;and arelarge, and of | a purplith or bluifh; fometimes pz The leaves are placed irregularly an them, an Eruca fyloeftris vulgatior. are of the fame form with thofe from the root, the feveral pinnz or fmaller leaves being jagged alfo in two or three places. Theroot is long and thick, and is furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a large tuft, and are long and beautifully divided: they have fhort foorftalks ; their colour is a pale green, and their divifion is fo deep, and into fuch regular feg- ments, that they refemble pinnated leaves. The ftalks are numerous, and ofa pale green: they are divided into branches, and ufually lean; fe; and are they are efpecially toward the root. Theleaves ftand irregularly on them, and are like thofe which grow immediately from the root, large, long, and deeply divided into fegments, fo that they appear pinnated. The flowers are yellow, and they ftand in a ftand at ;the top sin ‘conf kind of {pikes at the tops of the ftalks. The pods are long and flender, and the feeds {mall and brown. The whole plant has a difagreeable fmell. It is frequent on old walls, and among rubbifh in many parts of England. It flowers in July. °C. Bauhinecalls it Eruca major lutea caule afpero. Others, Eruca fylveftris. number5 deadcol 2. Little, wild-Rocket. Eruca fylueftris minima. ower has ¢ but none’in the da ; urnifhed with k. tuft, without » Of a. bluith p-pointed. entre nd, flender, ofa pale branched. eral leaves on the lower part, and half high’; but at the The leaves are placed i a¥e oblong and broad. att dented along the es, and fharp at tl and of a dee they ftand atthe to of the ftalks, a grant in an eveni The pods are waved, or as it were the feeds are It is a native'of the C.Bauhine callsi ed thence to the top. Gant Others,’ #/ Be oN Ome |K £E ERUC 4, als, ee with ; ‘very {mall bafes:{ the cup is formed ith the flower : the pod is long, of a round aimembrane, which is fomewhat longer than the BA apa * i : fquofa; the thread whicl s in each flower being fix, of e which Ca. sont contuf ion ;Rie for and the feed-veffel a regular pod, commonCharacter, taking away the eftablithed and more moft of thefe plants fpecies of waterc he places # : kinds z both have y ie genera approachvery nearly to one an y numerous fpecies, and the diftinctions 3 but they havea differencein the pe’ brium longer, S PEC ALE §. 1. Common Wild Rocket. they t cr of ot HUE IRSBAA iz 7/235. 7 The flowersftand at the tops ofthe ftalks and branches, and are fmall and yellow: the pods are flender, and but moderately long. The feads are {mall and brown. It is common byrivers, and about the edges of fhallow ponds. It flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Eruca fylveftris minor luteo fore. The generality of writers, fromits place of growth, not commonto the other, Eruca aquatica. 4. Common Winter-Cre&s. AH 5 Eruca glabra flore minore barbarea ditfa. The root is long and thick, and has a few fibres. Thefirft leaves rife in a tuft, and have'a very pretty appearance : they are long, large, and of avery deep, but glofly green: they are divided, fomewhat in the pinnated manner, into twopairs of fegments, and a large, broad part at the end. The ftalk is upright, firm, ftriated, and two feet high. Theleaves ftand thick upon it, and are like thofe from the root in fhape and colour. The flowers are {mall and yellow: they ftand in a thick tuft at the tops of the ftalks and The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves rife in atuft, and fpread themfelves every way upon the ground: they are long, narrow, and deeply divided at the edges into numerous fegments, fo that they refemble the pinnated kind. The ftalks are numerous, round, upright, flender, very little branched, andeight inches high. branches, and are followed by longifh, flender pods. The feeds are numerous. fmall, and brown. It is common every where. by hedges, efpecially where the ground is fomewhat damp. It flowers in April. C. Bauhine calls it Eruca lutea, feu barbarea, Others, Na/turtium bybernum, long, narrow, and deeply divided, as the others, into the pinnated form, but with fmaller feg- Barbara pracox foliis freqaentius finuatis. Theleaves ftand irregularly on them, and are 5. Early Winter-Crefs. ments. The fowers are {mall and yellow: they ftand in little tufts at the tops of the ftalks, and are fucceeded by long, flender pods. The feeds are {mall and brown. It is foundin our northern counties, as alfo in the Ifle of Man. It flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Eruca fylueftris minor lutea e paftoris folio. Ray, Eruca monenfts laciniata lutea. The!root is long, flender, white, and full of fibres. Thefirft leaves are {mall, and ftand ina thick” little tuft: they are compofed each, as it were, of three pair of pinnae, and a great rounded leaf at the end; but the divifions do not reach to the rib, and they are only parts of an entire leaf thus divided into fegments. The ftalk is round, flender, yellow, and a foot 3. Water-Rocket.| high. The leaves are placed irregularly onit, and are Eruca aquatica. few: they are deeply dividedinto feveralpairs of The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The firft leaves are long and beautiful ; each is compofedof five or fix pair of pinna: or fmall leaves joined to a middle rib, with an odd one at the end: they are of a yellowith green, and of a tender fubftance. The ftalks are numerous, weak, and branched: they are a foot and a half high, but not very erect, fegments, with an odd leaf at the end of each, and are of a yellowifh colour: their principal difference from thofe of the common kind, is in the frequency of this divifion. The flowers are {mall and yellow, and the pods are fmall and flender. It is common on ditch-banks, and flowers in April, a week or fortnight before the common kind. Ic might feem only a variety of that; but exPpp perience |