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Sayre, 1917: A Manual of Organic Materia Medica. > Phanerogams. >

40. Cruciferae.—Mustard Family.

Botanical name: 
Brassicaceae

Herbs with pungent, watery juice; sepals and petals 4 each, cruciform; stamens 6, tetradynamous; capsule usually spuriously 2-celled; fruit a silique or silicle.

Fig. 106. Diagram of a flower of the Cruciferae. Fig. 107. The embryo of Brassica pumias orientalis...


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.

  • 188. Sinapis alba.—White mustard.
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  • 190. Bursa pastoris.—Shepherd's purse.
  • 191. Armoracia.—Horse radish.
‹ 39. Fumariaceae.—Fumitory family. up 188. Sinapis alba.—White mustard. ›

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