. Field and woodland plants. h. Its lower leaves are rough, and deeplydivided into a large terminal and small lateral lobes ; and theupper ones are small, very narrow, smooth and undivided. The flowers are yellow,usually less thanhalf an inch across,in long, narrowracemes; and theshortly-stalkedpods are four-angled, smooth, andabout half an inchlong. They do notspread much, andthe short beakconsists only ofthe narrow species flowersfrom June toAugust. The WUd Radishor White Charlock(liaphanus Bapha-nistrum) is a com-mon corn-fieldweed, somewhat re-sembUng the mus-tards just describe
. Field and woodland plants. h. Its lower leaves are rough, and deeplydivided into a large terminal and small lateral lobes ; and theupper ones are small, very narrow, smooth and undivided. The flowers are yellow,usually less thanhalf an inch across,in long, narrowracemes; and theshortly-stalkedpods are four-angled, smooth, andabout half an inchlong. They do notspread much, andthe short beakconsists only ofthe narrow species flowersfrom June toAugust. The WUd Radishor White Charlock(liaphanus Bapha-nistrum) is a com-mon corn-fieldweed, somewhat re-sembUng the mus-tards just describedin general appear-ance, but its podsare distinctly con-stricted betweenthe seeds, and oftensplit when ripe intofrom three to sevenone-seeded plant is bristly,and grows from one to two feet high, flowering from I\Iay toSeptember. The petals are either white with purplish veins, orpale yellow, or lilac ; and the pods, over an inch long, are tippedby the conical style, which is about twice as long as the last TUE BLACK IIUSTAUD. IN THE CORN FIELD 289 Coming now to the order Garijophyllncece we have to note thepretty Corn Cockle [Lychnis Githago), which is commonly seenin the midst of the corn, often growing so tall that its j^ale purpleflowers peeja above the ears. Its stem is clothed with long, soft,white hairs; and the leaves are all long, narrow and flowers, which appear during July and August, are usually overan inch in diameter, and are solitary on long, leafless flower appears on Plate VII. The same order in-cludes the CornSpurrey (Spergnlaarvensis), a low, pro-cumbent plant, withsmall, white flowersthat bloom from Juneto August. Its slenderstem varies from six toeighteen inches long,and the narrow,whorled leaves fromone to two flowers are only aquarter of an inch indiameter, with sepalsusually a little shorterthan the petals. In the order Lina-cece we have the Com-mon Flax or Linseed{Linum usitatissimum), which is cul
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