. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 38. MUSTARD FAMILY. 2. Lunaria annua L. Honesty. Satin. Satin-flower. Fig. 2101. Lunaria annua L. Sp. PI. 653. 1753. Lunaria biennis Moench, Meth. 126. 1794. Resembles the preceding species when in flower, but the root is annual or biennial. Siliques elliptic or broadly oval, li'-a' long, l' wide or rather more, rounded at both ends; seeds suborbicular, c
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 38. MUSTARD FAMILY. 2. Lunaria annua L. Honesty. Satin. Satin-flower. Fig. 2101. Lunaria annua L. Sp. PI. 653. 1753. Lunaria biennis Moench, Meth. 126. 1794. Resembles the preceding species when in flower, but the root is annual or biennial. Siliques elliptic or broadly oval, li'-a' long, l' wide or rather more, rounded at both ends; seeds suborbicular, cordate, about as long as wide. Escaped from gardens in southern Ontario, south- western Connecticut and eastern Pennsylvania. Both this species and the preceding are occasionally culti- vated for their remarkable large pods, which are gathered for dry bouquets, the valves falling away at maturity and leaving the septum as a shining membrane. Money-plant. Penny-flower. Matrimony-plant or -vine. 39. SINAPIS L. Sp. PI. 668. 1753. Annual or biennial, usually erect, branching more or less hispid herbs, with pinnatifid or lobed leaves, and rather large, mostly yellow flowers in terminal racemes. Siliques linear, nearly terete, constricted between the seeds, sessile in the calyx, smooth or densely hispid, tipped with a very long flat sword-like or angled beak which often contains a seed near its base, the valves 3-nerved. Seeds subglobose, in one row in each cell, not winged nor margined. Cotyledons conduplicate. [Name Greek, said to come from the Celtic for turnip.] About 5 species, natives of southern Europe. Type species: Sinapis alba L. Leaves lyrate pinnatifid; fruiting pedicels 4"-5" long. i. Leaves dentate or lobed ; fruiting pedicels z"-i" long. 2. S. arvensis. I. Sinapis alba L. White Mustard. Charlock. Fig. 2102. Sinapis alba L. Sp. PI. 668. 1753. Brassica alba Boiss. Voy. Espag. 2 : 39. 1839-45. Erect, annual, i°-2° high, more or les
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