Alliaceous plants are plants belonging to the genusAllium of the order Liliaceae, that to which the onion, leek, garlic, shallot, etc, belong, or to other allied genera, and distinguished by a certain peculiar pungent smell and taste characterized as alliaceous. This flavour is also found in a few plants having no botanical affinities with the above, as in the Alluaria officinalis or jack-by-the-hedge, a plant of the order Cruciferae. Research Alliaceous
Alliaria is a genus of plant of the family Cruciferae, containing two species, one of which Alliaria officinalis, commonly called jack-by-the-hedge, is widely spread in Europe, and often used as a pot-herb. Research Alliaria
The wild cabbage is a native of the coasts of Britain, but is much more common on other European shores. The kinds most cultivated are the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), the savoy, the broccoli, and the cauliflower. The common cabbage forms its leaves into heads or bolls, the inner leaves being blanched. Its varieties are the white, the red or purple, the tree or cow cabbage for cattle (branching and growing when in flower to the height of three meters), and the very delicate Portugal cabbage. The garden sorts form valuable culinary vegetables, and are used at table in various ways. Research Cabbage
Cress is the name of several species of plants, most of them of the family Cruciferae. Watercress is used in salad and was used as a medicine for its antiscorbutic properties. Research Cress
Cruciferae is a very extensive natural order of dicotyledonous plants, consisting of herbs which all have flowers with six stamens, two of which are short, and four sepals and petals, the spreading limbs of which form a Maltese cross, whence their name. The fruit is a pod with a membranous placenta dividing it into two cells. The mustard, water-cress, turnip, cabbage, scurvy-grass, radish, horse-radish, etc, belong to this family. They have nearly all a volatile acridity dispersed through every part, from which they have their peculiar odour and sharp taste, and their stimulant and antiscorbutic qualities. None are really poisonous. Some are found in our gardens because of their beauty or fragrance, as the wallflower, stock, candytuft, etc. Research Cruciferae
Dames-violet (Dames-wort) is a British perennial plant of the family Cruciferae. It grows to about 60 to 90 centimetres tall and flowers in May and June. Research Dames-violet
Dentaria or coral-root is a genus of plants of the natural order Cruciferae. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate countries. They are ornamental herbs, with creeping singularly toothed root-stocks, from which they receive the names of coral-root and tooth-wort. The stem-leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, and the flowers are large and purple. Dentaria bulbifera, the only British species, is a rare plant in the south-east of England. Dentaria diphylla, or pepperwort, a North American species, has roots that are used as mustard. Research Dentaria
Erysimum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Cruciferae, chiefly biennials, with narrow entire leaves, and yellow, often fragrant, flowers, characterized by producing a four-sided pod which opens to two heeled valves, and smooth seeds in a single row. The flowers are borne in many- flowered terminal racemes. There are about 100 species, natives of northern temperate and cold countries. Erysimum cheiranthoides, a native of Europe and North America, is found in waste places in the south of England, and from being used as an anthelmintic, is called worm-seed. Research Erysimum
Horseradish (Cochlearia Armoracia) is a Cruciferae native to south east Europe. The root is used in cookery as a condiment of beef, and has been since the Middle Ages. It was known as Red Cole in England in the 16th century. Research Horseradish
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