IX. CRUCIFEE^. 35 



Brassica oleeacea, Linn. ; Watt, Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 1, p. 533, o£ 

 which the following varieties are more or less grown for food, especially 

 in districts where water is procurable for irrigation : acej)hala, Scotch 

 kail, borecole ; buUata, the Savoy cabbage ; gemmifera, Brussels sprouts ; 

 capitata, red and white cabbage, the former rarely grown ; caulorapa, 

 the knol-kohl or kohl-rabi ; hotryt'is, the cauliflower, largely cultivated. 



Brassica juncba. Hook. f. & Thorns. Vern. Mohari. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 157 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 528. Cultivated as a cold 

 season crop. 



A full account of the varieties of the genus grown in India will be 

 found in Watt, Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 1, pp. 520-534. 



The following are also extensively grown : — 



Eaphanus sativds, Linn. The radish. Vern. Mula. El. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 166; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 303. Cultivated 

 throughout the Presidency. The common Indian radish is larger and 

 coarser than the English plant, and is eaten both raw and cooked. 



Raphanus satiyus, var. caudatns, Linn., the rat-tail radish, or Java 

 I'adish, is widely grown, especially in Gujarat. Vern. Mougri. The 

 long whip-like purple pods often attain a length of 2 feet or more, and 

 are eaten raw or cooked. The seeds, according to the younger Linna3us, 

 were introduced into India from Java. 



Lepidium sativum, Linn. The cress. Vern. AHv. El. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 159 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 627. Widely cultivated, not 

 only for Europeans, but also as a potherb for native use. The seeds 

 are imported into Bombay in considerable quantities from Persia. 



OimEE X. CAPPAEIDACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, erect or climbing. Leaves alternate (rarely 

 opposite); stipules 2 or 0, sometimes spinescent. Elowers usually 

 2-sexual, axillary, fascicled or solitary, or terminal and corymbose or 

 racemose, regular or irregular, often handsome. Sepals 4-8, free or 

 connate, 1-2-seriate, valvate or imbricate, rarely open in bud. Petals 4 

 (rarely 0, very rarely 5 or 8), sessile or clawed, imbricate or open, very 

 rarely valvate in bud, hypogynous or seated on the disk. Stamens 

 inserted at the base or apex of the torus, few or very many, equal or 

 unequal, all fertile or some without anthers ; anthers oblong, basifixed. 

 Disk 0, or tumid, or lining the calyx-tube. Ovary sessile, or with a 

 long or short stalk (gynophore), 1-celled ; ovules numerous, on 2-4 parietal 

 placentas ; style short or ; stigma usually orbicular. Eruit capsular 

 or baccate, or dry and indehiscent, very rarely drupaceous. Seeds 

 reniform or angled ; albumen or thin ; embryo incurved. — Distmb. 

 Chiefly tropical; genera 23 ; species about 300. 



Herbs ; fniit capsular. 



Stamens sessile on the ditk t. Cleome. 



Stamens inserted on a gjnophore 2. Gyna.ndkoi'SIS. 



An undershrub, 5-20 in. high; fruit with a membranous wing, 



indehiscent, 1-seeded 3. Diptekygium. 



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