Raphanls. XIII. CRUCIFER^ 171 



'24. BRASSICA. 



Celtic, Irene, the cabbage. 



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

 without teeth ; silique subcorapressed, valves concave, with a central 

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

 double) row; 0>>. — i^/5. yelloiv. 



1. B. CAMPESTRIS. Cak. 



Lis. somewhat fleshy and glaucous, the loiccr lyrate-dentate, subciliate, 

 upper ones cordate-amplexicaul, acuminate.— (J) Native of Sweden, naturalized 

 in cultivated fields and waste places. Stem IJ— 3f high, round, smooth above, 

 with a few scattered, reversed hairs below. Lower leaves 3 — 7' long, J as 

 wide, 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 

 IJ' long, with the style i'. Seeds small, dark brown. Jn. Jl. ^ 



p. Eutaiai^a. (Swedish Turnip.)— Rt. tumid, napiibrm, 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. :}: 



2. B. Rapa.— Radical Ivs. lyrate, rough, not glaucous, caulinc ones incised, 

 upper entire, smooth. -^ 



0. depressa. {Cmivnon Turnip.)— Rt. depressed-globose or napiform, con- 

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

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

 leaves amplexicaul. Pods 1' long. Seeds small, reddish-brown. Jn. % 



3. B. OLERACEA. {Cabbas^e.) — Lvs. very smooth and glaucous, fleshy, repand- 

 toothed or lobed.— (2) Native of Europe, where it grows on rocky shores and 

 clifis, 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. X ^ ,, 



0. bullata. {Savoy Caibage.y—L/vs. curled, subcapitate when yoimg, finally 

 expanding. 



y. botrytis-ca-uliflora. {Cauliflower.}— St. low; hds. thick, compact, terminal; 

 fls. abortive, on short, fleshv peduncles. :j: 



<5. botrytis-asparagoides. {Br()ccoli.)St. taller; hds. subramose; branches fLeshy 

 at the sumnut, consisting of clusters of abortive flower-buds. | 



t. capitata. {Head Cabbage. York Cabbage.) — S'^ short; ZfS. concave, packed 

 in a dense head before flowering; rac. paniculate. :|: 



Section 3.— L.OMENTACEJE. 



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. (Buuias edentula. i?w.) Sea Rocket. 

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

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

 and procumbent, 6 — 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, quickly, (^au'W, 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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