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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Brassia continued. 



B. caudata (tailed).* fl., sepals and petals yellow, barred with 

 brown, from 4in. to oin. long ; lip broad and yellow, spotted 

 with greenish-brown. When the plant is large and healthy, it 

 produces numerous drooping spikes, 18in. long, and many-flowered. 

 h. 1ft. West Indies, 1823. (B. B. 832.) 



B. Glreoudiana (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 



Pio. 275. SINGLE FLOWER OF BRASSIA LANCEANA. 



B. Lanoeana (Lance's).* /., 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, dehciously fragrant ; scapes radical, many-flowered. 

 In the typical species, the lip is rather more than half as long 



Kg 275 8eP (B S B 1754 h ) *"* SC *' *" 9in- Surinam ' 1843 ' Se <> 

 B. L. macrostachya (large-spiked).* fl., sepals and petals bright 

 rich yellow, sparingly spotted with brown, as in the type ; sepals 

 lengthened out into tail-like appendages, which are sometimes 

 nearly 5m. in length ; lip wholly of a clear pale yellow. Deme- 

 rara. 



B. L. pnmlla (dwarf). fl., sepals pale yellow, without spots or 



and petals bright yellow, 



/.large, sweet-scented; sepals 



yellow, tinged with green." June to 

 (B. R. 27, 18.) 



1839. 



KI ; I OI J8 l8 f lni a (long-sepaled).* fl., sepals deep orange-yellow, 

 blotched and spotted, especially towards the base, with reddish- 

 purple, and lengthened out into tail-like appendages which in 

 well-grown examples, measure 7in. in length ; petals about 2Ain. 

 longand Jin. broad at the base, marked fn the same manner as 

 the sepals ; lip about Sin. long, pale yellow, dotted and spotted 



er species ; lip white, spotted 

 below the centre with brown and purple. Spring and early 

 summer. Jamaica, 1806. See Fig. 276. (B. M. 1691.) 

 B. m. guttata (spotted).* fl. on spikes 2ft. or 3ft. long; sepals 

 and petals yellowish-green, blotched with brown ; lip broad, yellow, 

 spotted with brown. May to August. Guatemala, 1842. SYN. 

 B. Wrayce. (B. M. 4003.) 



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. Wrayw (Wray's). A synonym of S. maeulata guttata. 



BRASSICA (old Latin name used by Pliny; from 

 Bresic, the Celtic name for Cabbage). 

 Cabbage. OED. Cruciferce. Herba- 

 ceous, usually biennial, rarely annual 

 or perennial, or suffrute scent plants, 

 usually with a short caudex. Flowers 

 yellow, rarely white, but never purple 

 nor veined. Eadical leaves usually 

 stalked, lyrate, or pinnatifid ; cauline 

 ones sessile or stem-clasping, entire; 

 racemes elongated ; pedicels bractless, 

 filiform. Pull cultural details will be 

 found under the popular garden name 

 of each variety. 



B. olcracea (herb-like), fl. pale yellow, 

 large. May and June. I. glaucous, waved, 

 lobed, smooth. Root-stem cylindrical, 

 fleshy, h. 1ft. to 3ft. England. Biennial. 

 B. o. acephala (headless). Borecole or 

 Kale. Stem round, elongated. I. ex- 

 panded ; racemes panicled. 



B. o. botrytla asparagoides (Asparagus-like). The Broccoli- 

 Stem taller than that of the Cauliflower. 



fl. aborti 



greyish-glaucous, elong 

 flower-buds at the top. 



. . 

 elongated. Branchlets fleshy, bearing small 



B. o. b. cauliflora (Cauliflower). Heads of flower -buds 



thick, terminal. Stem short. I. oblong, of a greyish-glaucous 



colour. 

 B. O. bullata gemmifera (bud-bearing). Brussels Sprouts. 



Heads small, numerous, rising from the axils of the leaves along 



an elongated stem. 

 B. o. b. major (larger). Savoy Cabbage. Heads of leaves loose, 



thick, terminal, roundish. I. blistered. 

 B. O. oapltata (headed). The Cabbage. Stem round, short. I. 



concave, not blistered, crowded into a head before flowering; 



racemes panicled. 

 B. O. Caulo-rapa (Kohl-Eabi). 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. 



FIG. 276. SINGLE FLOWER OF BRASSIA MACULATA. 

 BRASSICACEJE. See Cruciferce. 

 BRAVOA (named after Bravo, a Mexican botanist). 

 OIID. Amaryllidece. A pretty little graceful bulbous 



