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9. Brassica rapa L. Folia caulina inferiora lyrata, longiuscule 

 petiolata, sed basi dilatata semiamplexicaiia, viridia: lobus terminalis 

 maximus obovatiis, apice rotundatiis, sinuato-dentatus, laterales 2 3 

 multo minores, triangulres; superiora obverse lanceolata vel linearia, 

 acutiuscula, sessilia, basi cordata semiamplexicaulia, repando-dentata 

 vel integra, glauca. Kacemus sub anthesi densiusculus, floribus irais 

 alabastra superantibus, dein elongatus, laxus, 25 50-florus. Pedicelli 

 floriferi 10 mm., fructiferi 15 mm. longi. Flores 6 8 mm. longi. Petala 

 flava, obovata, apice rotundata, in unguiciilum fere aequilongum sen- 

 sim cuneato-angiistata. Stamina interiora 6 mm., exteriora 4 mm. longa. 

 Pistillum cylindricum; ovarium 24-ovulatLim, in styliim 1,5 mm. longum 

 contractiim; stigraa capituliforme, stylo sublatius. Siliquae pedicellis 

 fere horizontalibus, crassiusculis insidentes, erecto- patentes, late lineares, 

 50 54 mm. longae, 3,5 mm. latae, in stylum 15 17 mm. longum 

 subuliformem longitudinaliter 3-nervem viridem attenuatae; stigma 

 0,5 mm. latum, stylo sublatius; valvae convexae, flavidae, longitudina- 

 liter 3-nerves, nervo medio crasso, lateralibus tenuioribus, anastomosan- 

 tibus. Seraina minutissime tuberculata. Cotyledones conduplicatae. 



Brassica ra'pa L. Spec. I edit. II (1753) p. 666; DC. Syst Nat. 

 II p. 590 et Prodr. I p. 214. 



Brassica campestris L. l. c; Eobins. in Gray Synopt. Flor. I, 1 

 p. 133. 



Radix annua vel biennis. Caulis 50 90 cm. altus, ramosus, ca. 

 8-folius, + disperse setulosiis, pruinosus, acutangulus. Folia inferiora 

 10 12 cm., superiora 6 10 cm. longa, onmia + subtus iu nervis disperse 

 setulosa. Pedicelli saepe setigeri, floriferi erecto -patentes. Sepala 4 mm. 

 longa, oblonga, glabra, denique patentia. Antherae 1,5 mm. longae, ob- 

 longae. Pistillum glabrum. Siliquae torulosae. Semina 1 mm. longa 

 et lata, 0,5 mm. crassa, obscure fulva; funiculus 1 mm. longus, anguste 

 alatus. Cotyledones obverse reniformes. 



Introducta in Haiti: Picarda n. 93. Patria dubia, probabiliter 

 regio mediterranea. Planta frequenter colitur. 



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10. Brassica integrifolia (West) 0. E. Schulz. Folia caulina in- 

 feriora late obovata, in petiolum cuneato-angustata, utrinque inaequa- 

 liter grosse 12 15-dentata, saepe basi lobulis parce dentatis decur- 

 rentibus instructa; media oblonga, obtusiuscula, utrinque niinute ca. 

 8-dentata; superiora linearia, obtusiuscula, in petiolum brevem, sed 

 bene conspicuum angustata, integerrima. Racemus sub anthesi laxius- 

 culus, postea laxus, 30 40-florus. Pedicelli floriferi 6 8 mm. longi, 

 fructiferi vix elongati. Flores 6 9 mm. longi. Petala dilute flava; 

 lamina late obovata vel fere orbicularis, in unguiculum linearem, fere 

 aequilongum subito angustata. Stamina interiora 5,5 6,5 mm., exteriora 



