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row (f. 47. /.) globose. Calyx closed. Herbs usually biennial, 

 rarely annual or perennial, or suffrutescent usually with a short 

 cauclex. Radical leaves usually stalked, lyrate or pinnatifid ; 

 cauline ones sessile or stem-clasping, entire. Racemes elon- 

 gated ; pedicels bractless, filiform. Flowers yellow, rarely 

 white, but never purple nor veined. This genus contains the 

 well known pot-herbs and roots, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, 

 rape, &c. &c. 



SECT. I. BRA'SSICA. (D. C. syst. 2. p. 582. prod. 1. p. 213.) 

 Silique sessile, usually terminated by a conical seedless beak, or 

 destitute of it. 



1 B. OLERA'CEA (Lin. spec. 932.) leaves covered with glau- 

 cous pollen, somewhat fleshy, repand or lobed, quite smooth, even 

 in their younger state. $ . H. Freeman, icon. t. 4, 5. 



Potherbs, Borecoles, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, &c. &c. 



There is scarcely an instance in the vegetable kingdom of a 

 plant that produces varieties so different in appearance and qua- 

 lities as the B. oleracea. Comparing the original plant, as it is 

 found on our shores, with very sea-green leaves, no appearance 

 of a head, and flowering like Wild Mustard or Charlock, with 

 the red cabbage or cauliflower, the difference is astonishing. 

 A new arrangement of the cultivated species of Brdss'tca, 

 has been made by professor De Candolle, Hort. trans, vol. 5. 

 and in his syst. vol. 2. which we here give without any variation. 



. 1. Sea Colervort or Cabbage, or Wild Cabbage. 



1 A. SYLVE'STRIS (B. oleracea, Huds. ang. 289. Smith, eng. 

 bot. t. 637.) stem taller than in B. capitata, more humble and 

 more branched than in B. acephala. Leaves not collected into 

 a true head. Native of England on cliffs by the sea-side, par- 

 ticularly at Dover, on the Welsh and Cornish coasts ; at Staiths, 

 Yorkshire, abundantly ; and at King's Cove, Devonshire. 



2. Greens, Kale or Borecoles. 



2 B. ACE'PHALA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem round, elon- 

 gated ; leaves expanded ; racemes panicled. Brassica oleracea 

 viridis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 2. Choux sans fete, Audib. 

 and Vilm. mss. Choux verts, cultivated in fields for the 

 nourishment of cattle. Bosc. diet. agr. 4. p. 42. 



Var. a, rambsa(D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem branched; leaves 

 sinuately-pinnatifid. B. viridis procerior, Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. 

 no. 2. var. f). This variety is called Chou cavalier branchu in 

 France, and in England Cavalier Cabbage and Thousand-headed 

 Cabbage. 



Var. P, vulgaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 583.) stem almost simple ; 

 leaves sinuately-pinnatifid. 



* viridis (D. C. 1. c.) Lob. icon. 243. f. 1. J. Bauh. hist. 



2. p. 429. f. 2. Chou Cavalier, Chou en arbre, Chou chevre, 



Grand Chou vert (Fr.) 100-leaved Cabbage (Eng.) 



* * purpurdscens (D. C. 1. c.) J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 831. f. 

 2. Chabr. sciagr. 270. f. 6. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 207. no. 7. 

 Open-headed Red Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. y, sabellica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem almost simple ; 

 leaves sinuately-lobed ; lobes multifid. Ren. specim. 1 34. t. 

 133. Lob. icon. 247. f. 1. J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 832. f. 1. 



Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 2. var. y. Chou vert /rise, Chou 



frange du Nord, Choufrise non pomme, Choufrise d'Allcmagne, 

 (Fr.) Greens, Kale, Curies (Eng.) 



* pinnata (D. C. 1. c.) B. tenuifolia laciniata, Lob. icon. 246. 

 f. 2. obs. 123. f. 2. Chou aigrette, Chou plume (Fr.) 



* * purpurdscens or versicolor (D. C. 1. c.) leaves either pur- 

 ple or variegated. 



Far. S,palmtfblia (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem simple ; leaves 



sinuately-repand, a little blistered, pendant. Chou Palmier 



(Fr.) Palm Borecole (Eng.) 



Var. t, Cow Cabbage. Stem branched, 12 feet high; leaves 

 curled. 



Var. , costata (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem humble, a little 

 branched ; leaves sinuately-repand, with the primary nerves very 

 thick. Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 2. var. S. Chou blond a grosses 

 cotes, Bosc. diet. agr. 4. p. 43. Chou a grosses cotes, Chou a 

 larges c6tes, Chou de Beauvais. (Fr.) 



* nepenthiformis (D. C. 1. c.) nerves and nervules drawn out 

 into filiform threads, terminating in leafy funnel-shaped appen- 

 dages. 



3. Savoy-Cabbages, and Brussels sprouts. 



3 C. BULLA'TA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) stem round, a little 

 elongated ; young leaves at first conniving into a head, but they 

 are at length spreading, and all blistered or curled ; racemes 

 panicled. 



Var. a, vulgaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 584.) heads of leaves loose, 

 thick, terminal, roundish. Lob. icon. t. 244. f. 1. Dalech. 

 lugd. p. 520. f. 2. B. oleracea Sabauda, Lin. spec. p. 932. 



Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 3. var. K and \. Chou pomme frise, 



Chou de Milan, Chou de Savoie, Chou de Hollande, Chou cabu 

 .frise, Chou Pancalier (Fr.) Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 



* prce~cox (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) Milan hatif, petit Milan 

 (Fr.) Small early Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 



* humilis (D. C. 1. c.) Milan nain (Fr.) Dwarf Savoy- 

 Cabbage (Eng.) 



* Turionensis (D. C. 1. c.) Pancalier de Touraine (Fr.) 

 Turaine Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 



* * * * aurlta (D. C. 1. c.) Milan dore (Fr.) Eared Savoy- 

 Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. (3, oblonga (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves ter- 

 minal, oblong. Lob. icon. 244. f. 2. Mor. oxon. sect. 3. t. 1. 

 f. 4. Winter Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. y, major (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves ter- 

 minal, very large. Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 3. var. X. Gros 



d' Ambervilliers, Pomme frise d'Allemagne (Fr.) Greater Com- 

 mon Savoy-Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. S, gemmifera (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves 

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

 elongated stem. Delech. lugd. 521. f. 2 ? Mor. oxon. sect. 3. 



t. 1. f. 3 ? -Chou a jets, Chou a jets el rejets, Chou de Bruxel- 



le.i, Chou d mille teles, Chou vert a petites pommes le long dupied 

 (Fr.) Brussels Sprouts (Eng.) 



. 4. Cabbages red and white. 



4 D. CAPITATA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) stem round, short ; 

 leaves concave, not blistered, crowded into a head before flower- 

 ing ; racemes panicled. Weinm. phyt. t. 259. Dod. pempt. 

 623. f. 2. Lob. icon. 243. f. 2. Mor. oxon. 2. p. 206. sect. 



3. t. 1. f. 1. Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no. 3. Choux cabus 



ou pommes, Bosc. diet. agr. 4. p.. 42. Chou pomme, Chou 



pomme afeuilles lisses, Chou en tele (Fr.) Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. a, depressa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves sphe- 

 roid, depressed. Lam. diet. 1. p. 743. no 3. var. . Chou 



pomme a tete aplatie, Audib. mss. (Fr.) Drumhead or Dutch 

 Cabbage (Eng.) 



Var. ft, sphce'rica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 585.) heads of leaves 



globose, not depressed. Chou cabus commun, Chou pomme 



commun (Fr.) Common Cabbage (Eng.) 



* alba (D. C. 1. c.) outer leaves green, inner ones white. 



Chou pomme blanc, Chou cabus blanc ou vert (Fr.) Common 

 White Cabbage (Eng.) 



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