Flora Medica

BRASSICACEJE OR CRUCIFERJE.191. C. pratensis Linn. sp. pi. 915. Eng. Bot. t. 776. Woodv.t. 30. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 189. DC. ii.syst. 256. Commonin meadows, on damp commons, and by the side of water.Root tuberous, somewhat toothed. Herbage bright shining green,hairless or nearly so. Stem about a foot high. Radical leaves pinnated,on long stalks ; leaflets in one or more pairs, rounded, wavy,cordate, angular or toothed, the terminal one much the largest ;leavesof the stem with much narrower and more numerous subdivisionswhich are usually linear and entire. Flowers pale lilac or almost white,rather large, corymbose. Petals toothed on their unguis. Said tobe stimulant, diaphoretic and diuretic. The dried flowers have been apopular remedy for epilepsy in children.SINAP1S.Calyx equal at base, spreading. Petals obovate. Stamensdistinct, entire. Silique tapering, 2-celled, 2-valved; cellsmany-seeded valves concave, or keeled with a central nerve ; ;style either short and acute, or rostrate subulate conical orensiform, seedless or 1-seeded. Seeds 1 -rowed, globose. (O)192. S. nigraLinn. sp.pl. 933. Eng. Sot. t. 969. Woodv.iii. t. 151. DC. prodr.i. 21. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 222.Nairv Hippocrat. Fields and banks all over Europe. (CommonMustard.)An annual about 2 feet high, rough with hispid hairs. Lower leaveslarge, lyrate, rough, lobed, toothed the ; upper narrower, stalked andsmooth. Calyx yellowish, spreading. Petals- yellow, obovate. Podssmall, bluntly quadrangular, nearly even and smooth, pressed close tothe peduncle ; tipped by a small short style, but wholly destitute of thelong sword-like beak of other species. Seeds blackish brown, veined,round. Seeds acrid, stimulating, and bitter. The oil is purgative,and has been proposed as a rubefacient in paralysis, and as a vesicant.The distilled water has been used against the itch. The flour formsan useful local irritant in the form of a poultice.193. S. chinensis Linn. mant. 95. DC. prodr.i. 219.China.Stem erect, furrowed. Lower leaves stalked, smooth, or hispid onthe ribs underneath, slashed, pinnatifid the lower lobes ;deeper, shorter,obtuse; the upper more deeply pinnatifid, less stalked, with acuminateentire, or somewhat toothed lobes. Racemes erect. Pedicels filiform,6 lines long, erect. Young siliques smooth, pointed with the style.Seeds considered by Mahometan and Hindoo practitioners stimulant,stomachic and laxative.194. S. alba Linn. sp. pi. 933. Fl. land. t. 46. Eng. lot.1677. DC. prodr.i. 220. S. and C. i. t. 42. Hedges andt.fields in most parts of Europe. (White Mustard.)Stem smooth or but little hairy. Leaves almost always smooth,lyrate, pinnatifid the lower lobes oblong and deeper, the terminal;larger, all either acute or obtusely sinuate-toothed, or acutely toothed.Flowers yellow. Silique with a horn which is compressed, ensiform,92