196 Xotf on the common Nama 



The appellation of the genus which obtains most extensively 

 is that which is referred with most probability to the Greek 

 KauXog, Latin Caulis*, and which is found in the following 

 forms : 



TEUTONIC DIALECTS. ROMANCE DIALECTS. 



German. Kohl; anc. Kol.f Ital. Cavolo. 



Dutch. Kool, Kactl. Span. Col. 



English. Cole. Scotch. Cale. Portug. Couvc. 



A. Sax. Caul, Cij'ol.i French. Chou: anciently 

 Danish. Kaal. Chaiils, Caulet, Caul. 



Swedish. Ktil ; anc. A'a/.|| 'Langned. Caoiile, Caou. 



Combinations of this name with various others furnish ap- 

 pellations for most of the varieties : as AW//rabi, Ca?//?flower, 

 BorecoZf, Boeren^-oo/, &c. Thus from the CoZeseed, Koklsant, 

 Koolzaad, Kaalssed, Kolsa, of the English, German, and other 

 Teutonic dialects, the French, Italians, Spanish and Portu- 

 guese have adopted their name Colsa. 



The English names for M. De Candolle's 6th race, Cauli- 

 flower and Broccoli, are derived from the South of Europe. 

 The names for the Cauliflower in the South are: Italian 

 Cavol-Jiore. Venetian Caolo-jior. Spanish Coliflor. Por- 



* Caid'is herha, jEmilius Macer. 



f " KoL, thyrsus vel scapus plantae. Graeeis x.otv'hoi, Latinis caulis. 

 Franc, clwl, Camb. caiul, et inde caivl gwi/Ut caulis agrestis, apud Boxhorn. 

 in Lexico et Botanologio Antiquo-Britannico. Gloss. Pez. caulis chola." 



" KoL, brassica, et omnis herba quae non immediate e terra sed e scapo 

 supra terram assurgit. Gloss. Pez. caulis cholastoch. i. e. scapus brassicas. 

 Similiter et Cambris atque Anglo-Saxonibus cawl non solum caulem, sed 

 etiam brassicam, et olus in caule significat." — Wachter. 



X Hence Capel-pypC, Colewort: Cai[ie\-yy\im, g,urguliu. 



II " Kit, olus, brassica. Bkerk. R. c. '2,2. Hwar sum stjel kal i emnees 

 mans kalgary, ' Quicunque brassicam furatur in alterius horto:' ubi tamen 

 per kul forte non tam brassicam, quam omne oleris hortensis genus intelli- 

 gere debemus. Ita enim vox hfec apud veteres accipitur. Interpres 

 Islandus Marc. iv. 32. de grano sinapi: vex thad iipp og verdr ollum 

 kaalgrosum meira: ' surgit et fit niajus omnibus oleribus.' Isl. kal. 

 Snorro Sturl.es. tom. i. p. 613. Jllun han eirn atla, at eta kal alt a Ein- 

 alande: ' ille solus sibi proposuit, omnia, quae Anglia fert, olera con- 

 sumere,' quod proverbiale genus est loquendi de immoderata ingluvie, 

 quodque simul innuere videtur, brassicam veteres non domi plantasse, sed 

 ab Anglia petiisse. C. B. caid. v. Pezronii Hist, des Celt. p. 337. A. S. 

 cawl, cawlwurt. Angl. cole, colewort. Al. chol. Germ. kohl. (5all. choiix. 

 Hisp. col. It. cavoli, coll. Derivant ab olus alii, alii a koMu, quod apud 

 Athenaeum exponitur r^o<prj, cibus. Sed verius est, terminatione tantum 

 differre banc nostram voceni a Latino catdis et Gr. kxvT^o;, quod in olei'ibus 

 idem est, ac caudex in arboribus, ceterum pro brassica etiam ob notabilem 

 ejus caulem accipitur. Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. xvii. c. 24. Odit vitis et 

 caidem et omne olus. Pro caule veteres etiam colis usurpasse, ex nielioribus 

 Horatii editionibus probat Vossius, in Etym. Ille vero Sat. lib. ii. 4. canit 

 Cole suburbano, qui siccis crevit in hortis." 



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