li* nORTUS JAMAICENSIS. ciBBACis 



CABBAGE. BPARSICA. 



Cl. 15, OFi. 2. Tc/radj/iiaviia sili^uosa. Nat. or. Ctucifera. 



Tliis generic name is sapposeJ ta. be derived fiom a Geeck word, signifying a gar. _ 

 iS" herb. 



Gf.n. CHAR. Calyx a four-leaved, erect, converging perianth; corolla tetrapetal- 

 OU-, cruciform i npctureoiis ghiiids four,, ovate, of.whicii one on eayli side hctweea 

 the shorter stamen anci the pislil, and one on each side bctjveen tlie longer stamens^ 

 raid the calyx; filaments sa'oulate, erect; anthers erect, acuminate; the pistil; 

 has a columnar germ, the length of the stamens ; and a short .style the thickness, 

 of the germ; stigma capitate, entire; the pericarp is a long siliqne, flatted on. 

 both sides ; partition with a prcawueiit Golunmar top, two-celled, two-valveci | 

 valves shorter th^n^the pijirtitiou., 



OLERACEA. ?OT-HERB. 



Root caulescent, columnar, fleshy. 



This is the common cabbage, so well knwvn in its description and cullioation. Be- 

 sides which several other species and varieties have been introduced into this islantl^ 

 and all thrive remarkably well ; growing in new and ricli land to as large a size or even . 

 larger, andwith as compact and fir>m heads as in their ujutive soil ; awA^ from the nature 

 of the climate, they have a much mellower and sweeter taste than in Europe. 



All the species of cabbage are supposed to be liard of digestion, to afford little nou- 

 rishment, and to produce flatulencies. They tend strongly to putrefaction, and run 

 into this state sooner than almost any other vegetable ; v.hen putrefied, their smell is. 

 likewise the most offensive, greatly resembling that of putrefied animal substances. A , 

 lecoction of them is said to loosen the belly. 



See Turnip. , 



CABBAGE BARK TREE. GEOFFROYA. 



Cl. 17, OR. 4. Diadelphia decandria. NaT. or. Papilionaccte. 



This was so named by Jacquin, in honour of M. Geoffroy., author of a Materia Me- 

 -ica, v/Jio died in 1731:. 



Gen. char. Calyx a one-leafed, bell-shaped, half five-cleft, coloured, periati- 

 thium ; the tv.'O upper divisions diverging, spreading ; corolla papilionaceous, 

 banner roundish, emargiaate, flat, reflex ; wings the same length with the banner, 

 blunt, concave; keel compressed, the same- length and figure with the wings j 

 stamens diadelphous (simple and nine- cleft), the Jenglh of the keel, anthers 

 roundish; the pistiUum has a roundish "erm ; style subulate ; stigma-obtuse; the 

 pericarpium is a large ovate drupe, witwa longitudinal groove on each side; the; 

 seed a sub-ovate nut, woody, rather flatted, with a longitudinal groove on each 

 side, acute, two-valved. There are two specie|^oue. oY which is a natire of Ja- 

 maica. 



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