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24. BRAS sic A. 



Celtic, bresic, the cabbage. 



Sepals equal at base, (mostly) erect ; petals obovate ; filaments 

 without teeth ; siliquc subcompressed, valves concave, with a central 

 vein ; style short, subterete, obtuse ; seeds globose, in a single (often 

 double) row; 0>>. — F^s. yellow. 



1. B. CAMPESTRIS. Cede. 



Lvs. somewhat fleshy and glaucous, the lower lyrate-dentate, subciliate, 

 vpper ones cordate-amplexicaul, acuminate. — (i) Native of Sweden, naturalized 

 in cultivated fields and waste places. Stem U— Sfhigh, round, smooth above, 

 with a few scattered, reversed hairs below. Lower leaves 3 — T long, J as 

 Mide, the terminal lobe greatly exceeding the lateral ones ; upper smaller, en- 

 tire, with rounded, clasping lobes at base, tapering to an obtuse point. Racemes 

 1 — 2f long. Sepals erect, spreading. Corolla yellow, 4 — 5" diam. Siliques 

 Ih' long, with the style y. Seeds .small, dark brown. Jn. Jl. ^ 



p. Rutabaga. (^Swedish Turnip.)— Rt. tumid, napifbrm, subglobose, yellow- 

 ish. — Cultivated like the common turnip ; but after a thorough experiment it is 

 conceded by farmers to be inferior in value to that root, although it grows to 

 an enormous size, j^ 



2. B. Rapa. — Radical lvs. l)Tate, rough, not glaucous, caulitie ones incised, 

 nppcr entire, smooth. ^ 



p. dcpressa. (Cmnnwn Turnip.') — Rt. depressed-globose or napiform, con- 

 tracted below into a slender radicle. — (g) Long cultivated for the table, &c., in 

 gardens and fields. Stem 2 — 4f high, and, with the leaves, deep green. Upper 

 leaves amplexicaul. Pods I' long. Seeds small, reddish-brown. Jn. % 



3. B. OLERACEA. {Cabbage.) — Lis. very smooth and glaucous, fleshy, repand- 

 toothed or lobed. — (g) Native of Europe, where it grows on rocky shores and 

 cliffs, with no appearance of a head, forming a surprising contrast with the cul- 

 tivated varieties. The excellence of the cabbage as a pot-herb needs no en- 

 comium. :j: 



/?. bullata. {Savoy Cabbage.) — Lvs. curled, subcapitate when young, finally 

 expanding. 



y. botrytis-caulijlora. (Caidijlawer.) — iS"^. low; Arfs. thick, compact, terminal; 

 Jls. abortive, on short, fleshy peduncles. :j: 



6. botnrtis-a^paragoides. {'Broccoli.) — >§/. taller; A</,s. subramose ; brancJies fLeshy 

 at the summit, consisting of clusters of abortive flower-buds. ^ 



£. capitata. {Head Cabbage. York Cabbage.) — St. short ; lvs. concave, packed 

 in a dense head before flowering ; roc. paniculate. :j: 



Section 3.— LOMElVTACEiE. 



25. CAKlLE. 

 Silicle 2-jointed, the upper part ovate or ensiform ; seed in the up- 

 per cell erect, in the lower pendulous, sometimes abortive. — ® Mari- 

 time herbs. 



C. MARiTiMA. Scop. (Bunias edentula. Bv.k) Sea Rocket. 

 Upper joint of the silicle ensiform or ovate-ensilorm. — Native of the sea- 

 coast ! and of the lake shores of N. Y. A smooth, succulent plant, branching 

 and procumbent, G — 12' long. Leaves sinuate-dentate, oblong-ensiform, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers on short, fleshy peduncles, in terminal spikes or racemes, co- 

 rymbosely arranged. Petals purple, obtuse at end. Silicle smooth, roundish, 

 lower joint clavate- obovate upper with one elevated line on each side. Jl. Aug. 



26. RAPHANUS. 



Gr. pa, qniMy, (paivui, to appear from its rapid growth 



Calyx erect ; petals obovate, unguiculate ; siliques terete, torose, 

 not opening by valves, transversely jointed or divided into cells ; 

 seeds large, subglobose, in a single series, >>. 

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