RaPHaNts. XII. CRUCIFERZE. 171 
24. BRASSICA. 
Celtic, bresic, the cabbage. 
Sepals equal at base, (mostly) erect; petals obovate; filaments 
without teeth ; silique 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. Cale. 
Ivs. somewhat fleshy and glaucous, the lower lyrate-dentate, subciliate, 
wpper ones cordate-amplexicaul, acuminate.—@) Native of Sweden, naturalized 
in cultivated fields and waste places. Stem 14—3f high, round, smooth above, 
with a few scattered, reversed hairs below. Lower leaves 3—7’ long, } as 
wide, the terminal lobe greatly exceeding the lateral ones; upper smaller, en- 
tire, with rounded, clasping lobes at base, tapering toan obtuse point. Racemes 
I—2f long. Sepals erect, spreading. Corolla yellow, 4—5” diam. Siliques 
13/ long, with the style 3’. Seeds small, dark brown. Jn. Jl.§ 
B. Rutabaga. (Swedish Turnip.)—Rt. tumid, napiform, 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 lws. lyrate, rough, not glaucous, cauline ones incised, 
wpper entire, smooth. + 
B. depressa. (Common 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. (Cabbage.)—Lws. very smooth and glaucous, fleshy, repand- 
toothed or lobed.—@) 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. + ; 
B. bullata. (Savoy Cabbage.)—Lwvs. curled, subcapitate when young, finally 
expanding. 
: botrytis-caulifiora. (Cauliflower.)—St. low; hds. thick, compact, terminal; 
jis. abortive, on short, fleshy peduncles. + 
d. botrytis-asparagoides. ( Broccoli.)—St. taller ; hds. sabramose ; branches 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; rac. paniculate. $ 
Section 3.—LOMENTACE2. 
25. CAKILE. 
Silicle 2-joited, 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. Bw.) Sea Rocket. 
Upper joint of the silicle 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, daryw, 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, 0 >>. 
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