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7 B. Cuine’nsis (Lin. amæn. 4. p. 280.) herbaceous ; leaves 
oval, almost quite entire, floral ones lanceolate, clasping the stem ; 
calyx longer than the claws of the petals. ¢.H. Native of 
China. B. violacea, Burm. fl. ind. p. 140? Stem tall, erect, 
branched; the whole plant rather glaucous. Flowers yellow 
or violet. 
Chinese Cabbage. Fl. June, July. Clt.1770. Pl. 3to 4 ft. 
8 B. viora`cea (Lin. spec. 932.). herbaceous; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, glabrous, undivided, toothed; sepals and ovaries 
villous; pedicels furnished with bracteas. ¢.H. Native of 
China. Racemes terminal. Flowers whitish-purple, reticulated ; 
petals twice the length of the calyx. 
Violaceous-flowered Cabbage. Fl. May, June. PI. 2 feet. 
9 B. Mace ttra’‘nica (Juss. ined. Pers. ench. 2. p. 207.) herba- 
ceous ; leaves glabrous, pectinately pinnate-parted ; flowering 
racemes rather corymbose. &? H. Native of the Straits of 
Magellan. Petals obovate, apparently white, about the size of 
those of B. Cheiranthos. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 85. 
Magellan Cabbage. Pl. 2 feet? 
10 B. Herenta'na (Burch, fl. st. hel. ined. no. 128.) herba- 
ceous ; leaves lyrately-pinnate, rather scabrous, radical ones with 
9 or 10 pairs of leaflets, stem-ones with 1 or 2 pair; terminal 
lobes very large. &. H. Native of the island of St. Helena, 
in moist situations in the valley called Arno’s Vale, near Long- 
wood. Root twisted, slender, Stem ascending, branched. 
Flowers white or purple, veined with black. Perhaps a species 
of Raphanus. 
St. Helena Cabbage. PI. 2 feet. 
11 B. vitiosa (Biv. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 243.) suffruti- 
cose, villous; leaves all stalked, lyrate, and toothed. Flowers 
panicled ;_ sepals erect; pods somewhat tetragonal. h. F. 
Native of Sicily. 
Villous Cabbage. PI. 2 foot. 
12 B. rnca’na (Tenor. app. hort. nap. cat. p. 59.) plant 
clothed with hoary soft down; lower leaves stalked, lyrate ; ter- 
minal lobe large, toothed ; stem suffruticose at the base ; siliques 
smooth, 5-times longer than the beak. h.F. Native of Goat’s 
Islands, and near Naples, and on the higher mountains of Sicily, 
on rocks. Flowers pale-yellow. 
Hoary Cabbage. FI. April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 
13 B. Barea‘rica (Pers. ench. 2. p. 206.) plant smooth; 
lower leaves stalked, sinuated, somewhat fiddle-shaped, rather 
fleshy ; stem suffruticose at the base; siliques 5-times longer 
than the beak. h.H. Native of the Balearic islands, and on 
the red rock at Nice. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 86. B. semper- 
virens, Schrank hort. mon. t. 10. Stem branched. Leaves re- 
sembling those of oak. Flowers pale yellow. Perhaps a spe- 
cies of Ergca. 
Balearic Cabbage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 
14 B. Gravixe (Tenor. app. prim. cat. hort. nap. p. 59. fl. 
neap. t, 62.) plant covered with hispid pubescence ; lower 
leaves oblong, runcinate, with the teeth or lobes entire and 
acute ; calyx spreading ; siliques glabrous. 2.H. Native of 
Naples, on the mountains in Abruzzo. Caudex radiciform, suf- 
frutescent, short. Stem annual, erect, branched a little. Flow- 
ers yellow. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. 
Gravina’s Cabbage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 ft. 
15 B. ny'BrIDA (Tenor. prod. fl. nap. p. 59.) stem shrubby 
at the base, smooth above, leafy ; leaves smooth ; lower ones 
lyrate, denticulated, upper ones somewhat hastate, sessile ; pe- 
dicels very short; calyx coloured, closed. kh. H. Native of 
Naples. Flowers yellow. 
Hybrid Cabbage. PI. 2 feet. 
16 B. rinnat ripa (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 95. t. 166.) leaves 
pinnatifid, glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, serrated ; ribs and petioles 
rather hairy ; siliques somewhat tetragonal. &.H. Native of 
CRUCIFERE. LXXXIII Brassica. 
Mauritania and Spain. Stem branched, hairy at the base. 
Flowers the size and colour of those of B. olerdcea. 
Pinnatifid-leaved Cabbage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Pi. 
2 to 3 feet. 
17 B. tyra'ta (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 96. t. 166.) leaves his- 
pid, radical ones lyrate, stem ones deeply toothed ; calyx and 
siliques hispid; stem ascendant. ©? H. Native of the north 
of Africa, in sandy deserts. Stems numerous from the same 
tuft, simple or branched, hispid. Flowers small, violaceous, 
reticulated. Habit of Di;.lotdxis erucoides. 
Lyrate-leaved Cabbage, Fl. inthe water. Pl. $ foot. _ 
18 B. umiris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 598.) leaves all radical, 
fleshy, pinnatifid; lobes entire, bearing hairs at their apex; 
“scapes naked ; siliques spreading, tapering to the base, termi- 
nated by a thickish style. 2%. H. Native near Montpelier. 
Sisymbrium repandum 6, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 62. Root 
long, hard, with numerous naked scapes rising from it. Flow- 
ers yellow. 
Humble Cabbage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PI. 4 foot, 
19 B. repa’nva (D. C. syst. 2. p. 598.) leaves all radical, 
fleshy, glabrous, repand-toothed ; scapes naked; style slender, 
distinct from the silique. 2%. H. Native of Dauphiny, Pied- 
mont, and Provence, on mountains in exposed situations. Sisym- 
brium Monénse, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 350. t. 39. S. repandum, 
Willd. spec. 3. p. 497. Very like the preceding in habit. 
Repand-leaved Cabbage. “Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 ft. 
Sect. II. Ervca’strum (altered from Erica.) D. C. syst. 2. 
p- 598. prod. 1. p. 216. Siliques sessile, ending in a conical 
beak which contains 1-2 seeds at the base. 
20 B. Ricar Ri (Vill. dauph. 3. p. $31. t. 36.) leaves smooth, 
lower ones oblong, somewhat toothed, stalked, upper ones 
linear-lanceolate, few. 2%. H. Native of the Alps of Pied- 
mont, Dauphiny, and Provence, in stony meadows. All. ped. 
no. 967. t. 58. f. 1 and 76. f. 2. Root hard, twisted, woody, 
with numerous annual stems rising from the neck. Flowers 
yellow, very like those of B. oleracea. 
Richer’s Cabbage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
21 B. Mone’nsts (Huds. angl. 291.) leaves smooth, rather 
fleshy, and somewhat glaucous, pinnatifid ; lobes linear, distant, 
toothed. %.H. Native on the sandy sea-coast, plentiful on 
the coast of Cumberland and in Walney Island. Anglesea but 
rare, also near Liverpool. In the isles of Bute, Arran, an 
Man, and several other parts of the western coast of Scotland, 
also between Dundee and Forfar. Sisýmbrium Monénse, Lin. 
spec. ed. 1. p.658. Smith, engl. bot. 962. Lightf. fl. scot. 1. pP 
852. t. 15. Lam. ill. t. 565. f.2. Man Rocket, Pet. herb. brit. 
t. 46. f. 7. Root woody, thick, with numerous stems rising 
from the neck. Cauline leaves very few. Racemes corymbose, 
7-8-flowered. Flowers large, yellow, veined. 
Isle-of-Man Rocket or Cabbage. Fl. June, July. Britain. 
Pl. 4 to 3 foot. . h- 
22 B. Ervca’strum (Lin. spec. 932.) leaves runcinate, an 
ish; lobes unequal, bluntly sinuated ; stem hispid at the pari 
©. H. Native of France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. in sand am 
among rubbish, Bull. herb. t. 331. Sisymbrium Erucéstt™ 
Vill. dauph. 3. p. 342. Erùca sylvéstris, Lam. fl. fr. 2+ p- Eru- 
Erùca Erucástrum, Baumg. fl. trans. 2. p. 265. Erysimum T 
cástrum, Scop. carn. ed. 2. p. 27. The synonyms are wn 
doubtful, Flowers yellow, veined. The beak of the po 
sometimes very small and 1-seeded, sometimes without see foot. 
Eruca-like Rocket. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1790. pl. 1 ves 
23 B. cnzrra’ntuos (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 332. t. 36.) ion ; 
stalked, hispid, pinnatifid; lobes sinuately-toothed, oval-ob ooi 
stem hispid at the base ; silique 4-times longer than the ont, 
$? H. Native of the south of France, Dauphiny; Piedm 
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