CRUCIFERAE. LXXXIII. Brassica. 
row (f.47. f.) globose. Calyx closed. Herbs usually biennial, 
rarely annual or perennial, or suffrutescent usually with a short 
caudex. Radical leaves usually stalked, lyrate or pinnatifid ; 
cauline ones sessile or stem-clasping, entire. Racemes elon- 
gated; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers yellow, rarely 
white, but never purple nor veined. This genus contains the 
well known pot-herbs and roots, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, 
rape, &c. &c. 
Sect. I. Bra’ssica. (D. C. syst. 2. p. 582. prod. 1. p. 213.) 
Silique sessile, usually terminated by a conical seedless beak, or 
destitute of it. 
1 B. orrra‘cra (Lin. spec. 932.) leaves covered with glau- 
cous pollen, somewhat fleshy, repand or lobed, quite smooth, even 
in their younger state. &.H. Freeman, icon. t. 4, 5. 
Potherbs, Borecoles, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, &c. &c. 
There is scarcely an instance in the vegetable kingdom of a 
plant that produces varieties so different in appearance and qua- 
lities as the B. oleracea. Comparing the original plant, as it is 
found on our shores, with very sea-green leaves, no appearance 
of a head, and flowering like Wild Mustard or Charlock, with 
the red cabbage or cauliflower, the difference is astonishing. 
A new arrangement of the cultivated species of Brassica, 
has been made by professor De Candolle, Hort. trans. vol. 5. 
and in his syst. vol. 2. which we here give without any variation. 
§. 1. Sea Colenort or Cabbage, or Wild Cabbage. 
1 A. sytve’srris (B. oleracea, Huds. ang. 289, Smith, eng. 
bot. t. 637.) stem taller than in B. capitata, more humble and 
more branched than in B. acéphala. Leaves not collected into 
a true head. Native of England on cliffs by the sea-side, par- 
ticularly at Dover, on the Welsh and Cornish coasts ; at Staiths, 
Yorkshire, abundantly ; and at King’s Cove, Devonshire. 
§ 2. Greens, Kale or Borecoles. 
2 B. ACE'PHALA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem round, elon- 
gated ; leaves expanded; racemes panicled. Brássica oleràcea 
viridis, Lam. dict. 1. p- 743. no. 2. Choux sans tete, Audib. 
and Vilm. mss. Choux verts, cultivated in fields for the 
nourishment of cattle. Bosc. dict. agr. 4. p. 42. 
_ Var. a, ramòsa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem branched; leaves 
sinuately-pinnatifid. B. viridis procérior, Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. 
no. 2. var. 3. This variety is called Chou cavalier branchu in 
France, and in England Cavalier Cabbage and Thousand-headed 
Cabbage. 
i Var. P, vulgaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem almost simple ; 
eaves sinuately-pinnatifid. 
viridis (D. Č. 1. c.)—Lob. icon. 243. f. 1.—J. Bauh. hist. 
c; P. 429. f., 2, Chou Cavalier, Chou en arbre, Chou chèvre, 
rand Chou vert (Fr.) 100-leaved Cabbage (Eng.) 
= purpurascens (D. C. 1. c.)—J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 831. f. 
2.—Chabr, sciagr. 270. f. 6.—Mor. oxon. 2. p. 207. no, 7.— 
Open-headed Red Cabbage (Eng.) 
l Var. Y, sabéllica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem almost simple ; 
loa sinuately-lobed ; lobes multifid.—Ren. specim. 134, t. 
33.—Lob, icon. 247. f. 1.—J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 832. f. 1.— 
Lam, dict. 1. p. 743. no. 2. var. y Chou vert frisé, Chou 
frang é du Nord, Chou frisé non pommé, C'hou frisé d'Allemagne, 
( T.) . Greens, Kale, Curles (Eng.) 
f pinnata (D. C. 1. c.) B. tenuifòlia laciniàta, Lob. icon. 246. 
. 2: obs. 123. f. 2.— Chou aigrette, Chou plume (Fr.) | 
. _ Purpurdscens or verstcolor (D. C. 1. c.) leaves either pur- 
ple or variegated. ` 
Kar. 6, palmifòlia (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem simple ; leaves 
227 
Chou Palmier 
sinuately-repand, a little blistered, pendant. 
(Fr.) Palm Borecole (Eng.) 
Var. «, Cow Cabbage. 
curled. 
Var. č, costata (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem humble, a little 
branched ; leaves sinuately-repand, with the primary nerves very 
thick.—Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. no. 2. var. 6. Chou blond à grosses 
cétes, Bosc. dict. agr. 4. p. 43.— Chou à grosses cótes, Chou à 
larges cétes, Chou de Beauvais. (Fr.) 
* nepenthifórmis (D. C. 1. c.) nerves and nervules drawn out 
into filiform threads, terminating in leafy funnel-shaped appen- 
ages. 
Stem branched, 12 feet high; leaves 
§ 3. Savoy-Cabbages, and Brussels sprouts. 
3 C. puta’ta (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem round, a little 
elongated ; young leaves at first conniving into a head, but they 
are at length spreading, and all blistered or curled ; racemes 
panicled. 
Var. a, vulgaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) heads of leaves loose, 
thick, terminal, roundish.—Lob. icon. t. 244. f. 1.—Dalech. 
lugd. p. 520. f. 2.—B. oleracea Sabaùda, Lin. spec. p. 932.— 
Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. no. 3. var. k and À. Chou pommé frisé, 
Chou de Milan, Chou de Savoie, Chou de Hollande, Chou cabu 
frisé, Chou Pancalier (Fr.) Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 
* præcox (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.)—Milan hatif, petit Milan 
(Fr.) Small early Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 
** himilis (D. C. 1. ¢.)—Milan nain (Fr.) Dwarf Savoy- 
Cabbage (Eng.) 
** * Turionénsis (D. C.1. c.)—Pancalier de Touraine (Fr.) 
Turaine Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 
* * * * qurita(D. C. 1. ¢.)}—Milan doré (Fr.) Eared Savoy- 
Cabbage (Eng.) 
Var. B, oblinga (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves ter- 
minal, oblong.—Lob. icon. 244. f. 2.—Mor. oxon. seet. 3. t. 1. 
f. 4. Winter Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 
Var. y, major (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves ter- 
minal, very large.—Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. no. 3. var. À. Gros 
d’Ambervilliers, Pomme frisé d'Allemagne (Fr.)—Great or Com- 
mon Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 
Var. ò gemmifera (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves 
small, numerous, rising from the axils of the leaves along an 
elongated stem.—Delech. lugd. 521. f. 2 2—Mor. oxon. sect. 3. 
t. 1. f£. 3 ?—— Chou à jets, Chou a jets et rejets, Chou de Bruxel- 
les, Chou à mille tetes, Chou vert à petites pommes le long du pied 
(Fr.)—Brussels Sprouts (Eng.) 
S. 4. Cabbages red and white. 
4 D. caritata (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) stem round, short ; 
leaves concave, not blistered, crowded into a head before flower- 
ing; racemes panicled.—Weinm. phyt. t. 259.—Dod. pempt. 
623. f. 2.—Lob. icon. 243. f. 2.—Mor. oxon. 2. p. 206. sect. 
3. t. 1. f. 1—Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. no. 3. Choux cabus 
ou pommés, Bosc. dict. agr. 4. p. 42. Chou pommé, Chou 
pommé à feuilles lisses, Chou en tete (Fr.)—Cabbage (Eng.) 
Var. a, depréssa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves sphe- 
roid, depressed.—Lam. dict. 1. p. 743. no 3. var. ¢.——Chou 
ommé à tete aplatie, Audib, mss. (Fr.)—Drumhead or Dutch 
Cabbage (Eng.) 
Var. B, sphe’rica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves 
globose, not depressed. Chou cabus commun, Chou pommé 
commun (Fr.)—Common Cabbage (Eng.) 
* álba (D.C. 1. c.) outer leaves green, inner ones white. 
Chou pommé blanc, Chou cabus blanc ou vert (Fr.)—Common 
White Cabbage (Eng.) 
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