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THE DICTIONARY 
OF , GARDENING, 
Brassia—continued. 
B. caudata (tailed).* fl., sepals and petals yellow, barred with 
brown, from 4in. to 6in. long; lip broad and yellow, spotted 
with greenish-brown. When the plant is large and healthy, it 
roduces numerous prone spikes, 18in. long, and many-flowered. 
. lft. West Indies, 1 (B. R. 832.) 
B. Gireoudiana (Gireoud’s). fl., sepals and petals bright 
yellow, spotted and blotched with deep red, produced in many- 
flowered scapes of singular and beautiful flowers during spring 
and early summer, This species much resembles B. Lanceana, 
but has larger flowers. Costa Rica. (R. X. O. 1, 32.) 
Fig. 275. SINGLE FLOWER OF BRASSIA LANCEANA. 
Lanceana ce’s).* fl., sepals and petals lanceolate and 
tapering, bright yellow, blotched with brown, or sometimes with 
deep red; lip wholly yellow, slightly spotted at the base, and 
much waved, deliciously fragrant ; scapes radical, many-flowered. 
In the typical — the lip is rather more than half as long 
as the sepals. ¿. rich dark green. h. Yin. Surinam, 1843. See 
Fig. 275. (B. R. 1754.) 
_B. L. macrostachya (large-spiked).* fl., sepals and petals bright 
rich yellow, sparingly spotted with brown, as in the type; sepals 
E ed out into tail-like appendages, which are sometimes 
~ nearly Sin, in length ; lip wholly of a clear pale yellow. Deme- 
x (a . Jl, sepals pale yellow, without spots or 
etals of the same colour, tinged with purple near the 
bout half the length of the sepals, slightly contracted 
middle, yellow, with a brownish-yellow base. Caraccas. 
Lawrenceana (Lawrence’s).* Ji. lar : 
i . large, sweet-scented ; sepals 
pe ag: gat” intl up tee with cinnamon and green ; = 
es. eta i 1 une to August. k. lft. Brazil, 
B. L. longissima ng-sepaled),* 
blotched and spotted, E a the tote mite Tow, 
purple, and lengthened out into tail-like appendages. which, in 
well-grown examples, measure Tin, in length: petals. about 2hin, 
long and jin, broad at the base, marked in the same s 
the se m a agar ae bng, pale yellow, dotted and ted 
owards the base with purple. August and osta 
Rica, 1868, A magnificent variety. ee E 
B. maculata (spotted).* fl. large; sepals and petal l 
irregularly spotted with brown ; the former wt a rth pad cnc 
with those of the other species; lip white, spotted about and 
below the centre with brown and purple. Sorina and early 
summer. Jamaica, 1806. See Fig. ane, (B. M. 1691.) 
B. m. guttata (spotted).* fl. on spikes 2ft. or 3ft. lone : sepals 
and Eaa oraban, a eines yok ; lip ere alee, 
tted with brown, May ugus ruatemāla, 1842. Syn. 
Wrayæ. (B. M. 4003.) i 3 
B, L, pumi 
Brassia— continued. 
B. verrucosa (warty-lipped).* fl. large; sepals and petals greenish, 
blotched with blackish-purple ; lip white, ornamented with 
numerous little green protuberances or warts, hence the specific 
name; scape many-flowered, May and June, Guatemala. 
B. v. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. twice the size of, and a 
lighter colour than, the type. ‘This variety is very rare, and is 
said to be the best of the genus. 
B. Wrayee (Wray’s).* A synonym of B. maculata guttata. 
BRASSICA (old Latin name used by Pliny; from 
Bresic, the Celtic name for Cabbage). 
Cabbage. ORD. Crucifere. Herba- 
ceous, usually biennial, rarely annual 
or perennial, or suffrutescent plants, 
usually with a short caudex. Flowers 
yellow, rarely white, but never purple 
nor veined. Radical leaves usually 
stalked, lyrate, or pinnatifid; cauline 
ones sessile or stem-clasping, entire; 
racemes elongated ; pedicels bractless,: 
filiform. Full cultural details will be 
found under the popular garden name 
of each variety. 
B. oleracea (herb-like). fl. pale yellow, 
large. May and June. J, glaucous, waved, 
lobed, smooth. _Root-stem cylindrical, 
fleshy. h. lft. to 3ft. England, Biennial. 
B. o. acephala (headless). Borecole or 
Kale. Stem round, elongated. l. ex- 
panded; racemes panicled. 
. 0. bo asparagoides (Asparagus-like). The Broccoli. 
f abortive. Stem taller than that of the Cauliflower. 
greyish-glaucous, elongated. Branchlets fleshy, bearing small 
flower-buds at the top. 
B. o. b. cauliflora (Cauliflower). Heads of flower -buds 
rk, terminal. Stem short. l. oblong, of a greyish-glaucous 
colour. ; 
B. o. bullata gemmifera (bud-bearing). Brussels Sprouts. 
Heads small, numgrous, rising from the axils of the leaves along 
an elongated stern. > ‘ 
B. o. b. major (larger). Savoy Cabbage. Heads of leaves loose 
thick, terminal, Meat ED i t : 
B. o. ca) ed). The Cabbage. Stem round, short. Z. 
concave, not blistered, crowded into a head before flowering; 
racemes panicled. | 
B. o. Caulo-rapa (Kohl-Rabi). Stem tumid and somewhat glo- 
bose at the origin of the leaves. 
B. Rapa (Rape) The Turnip. Radical leaves lyrate, destitute 
of glaucous bloom, green, covered with bristly hairs; middle 
cauline ones cut; upper ones quite entire, smooth, 
. 
Fic, 276. SINGLE FLOWER OF BRASSIA MACULATA. 
BRASSICACEÆ. See Cruciferæ. 
BRAVOA (named after Bravo, a Mexican botanist). 
OzD. Amaryllidacee. A pretty little graceful bulbous 
