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CRUCIFER^E. LXXXIII. BRASSICA. 



7 B. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 280.) herbaceous ; leaves 

 oval, almost quite entire, floral ones lanceolate, clasping the stem ; 

 calyx longer than the claws of the petals. $ . H. Native of 

 China. B. violacea, Burm. fl. ind. p. 140? Stem tall, erect, 

 branched ; the whole plant rather glaucous. Flowers yellow 

 or violet. 



Chinese Cabbage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1770. PL 3 to 4 ft. 



8 B. VIOLA'CEA (Lin. spec. 932.). herbaceous ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, undivided, toothed ; sepals and ovaries 

 villous ; pedicels furnished with bracteas. $ . H. Native of 

 China. Racemes terminal. Flowers whitish-purple, reticulated ; 

 petals twice the length of the calyx. 



Violaceous-fiowered Cabbage. Fl. May, June. PL 2 feet. 



9 B. MAGELLA'NICA (Juss. ined. Pers. ench. 2. p. 207.) herba- 

 ceous ; leaves glabrous, pectinately pinnate-parted ; flowering 

 racemes rather corymbose. $ 1 H. Native of the Straits of 

 Magellan. Petals obovate, apparently white, about the size of 

 those of B. Cheiranthos. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 85. 



Magellan Cabbage. PI. 2 feet ? 



10 B. HELENIA'NA (Burch. fl. st. hel. ined. no. 128.) herba- 

 ceous ; leaves lyrately-pinnate, rather scabrous, radical ones with 

 9 or 10 pairs of leaflets, stem-ones with 1 or 2 pair ; terminal 

 lobes very large. . H. Native of the island of St. Helena, 

 in moist situations in the valley called Arno's Vale, near Long- 

 wood. Root twisted, slender. Stem ascending, branched. 

 Flowers white or purple, veined with black. Perhaps a species 

 of Raphanus, 



St. Helena Cabbage. PL 2 feet. 



1 1 B. VILLOSA (Biv. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 243.) sufFruti- 

 cose, villous ; leaves all stalked, lyrate, and toothed. Flowers 

 panicled ; sepals erect ; pods somewhat tetragonal. Tj . F. 

 Native of Sicily. 



Villous Cabbage. PL 2 foot. 



12 B. INCA'NA (Tenor, app. hort. nap. cat. p. 59.) plant 

 clothed with hoary soft down ; lower leaves stalked, lyrate ; ter- 

 minal lobe large, toothed ; stem sufFruticose at the base ; siliques 

 smooth, 5-times longer than the beak. \} . F. Native of Goat's 

 Islands, and near Naples, and on the higher mountains of Sicily, 

 on rocks. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Hoary Cabbage. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 



13 B. BALEA'RICA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 206.) plant smooth; 

 lower leaves stalked, sinuated, somewhat fiddle-shaped, rather 

 fleshy ; stem suffruticose at the base ; siliques 5-times longer 

 than the beak. Tj . H. Native of the Balearic islands, and on 

 the red rock at Nice. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 86. B. semper- 

 virens, Schrank hort. mon. t. 10. Stem branched. Leaves re- 

 sembling those of oak. Flowers pale yellow. Perhaps a spe- 

 cies of Eruca. 



Balearic Callage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 



14 B. GRAVING (Tenor, app. prim. cat. hort. nap. p. 59. fl. 

 neap. t. 62.) plant covered with hispid pubescence ; lower 

 leaves oblong, runcinate, with the teeth or lobes entire and 

 acute ; calyx spreading ; siliques glabrous. If. . H. Native of 

 Naples, on the mountains in Abruzzo. Caudex radiciform, suf- 

 frutescent, short. Stem annual, erect, branched a little. Flow- 

 ers yellow. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. 



Gravina's Cabbage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 823. PL 2 ft. 



15 B. HY'BRIDA (Tenor, prod. fl. nap. p. 59.) stem shrubby 

 at the base, smooth above, leafy ; leaves smooth ; lower ones 

 lyrate, denticulated, upper ones somewhat hastate, sessile ; pe- 

 dicels very short; calyx coloured, closed. Tj, H. Native of 

 Naples. Flowers yellow. 



Hybrid Cabbage. PL 2 feet. 



16 B. PINNATI'FIDA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 95. t. 166.) leaves 

 pinnatifid, glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, serrated ; ribs and petioles 

 rather hairy ; siliques somewhat tetragonal. $ . H. Native of 



Mauritania and Spain. Stem branched, hairy at the base. 

 Flowers the size and colour of those of B. oleracea. 



Pinnae-leaved Cabbage. FL May, June. Clt. 1818. PL 

 2 to 3 feet. 



17 B. LYRA'TA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 96. t. 166.) leaves his- 

 pid, radical ones lyrate, stem ones deeply toothed ; calyx and 

 siliques hispid ; stem ascendant. ? H. Native of the north 

 of Africa, in sandy deserts. Stems numerous from the same 

 tuft, simple or branched, hispid. Flowers small, violaceous, 

 reticulated. Habit of Dij.lolaxis erucoides. 



Lyrate-leaved Cabbage. Fl. in the water. PL foot. 



18 B. HU'MILIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 598.) leaves all radical, 

 fleshy, pinnatifid ; lobes entire, bearing hairs at their apex ; 

 scapes naked ; siliques spreading, tapering to the base, termi- 

 nated by a thickish style. If.. H. Native near Montpelier. 

 Sisymbrium repandum p, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 62. Root 

 long, hard, with numerous naked scapes rising from it. Flow- 

 ers yellow. 



Humble Cabbage. FL May, June. Clt. 1820. PL | foot. 



19 B. REPA'NDA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 598.) leaves all radical, 

 fleshy, glabrous, repand-toothed ; scapes naked ; style slender, 

 distinct from the silique. y.. H. Native of Dauphiny, Pied- 

 mont, and Provence, on mountains in exposed situations. Sisym- 

 brium Monense, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 350. t. 39. S. repandum, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 497. Very like the preceding in habit. 



Repand-leaved Cabbage. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL J ft. 



SECT. II. ERUCA'STRUM (altered from Eruca.) D. C. syst. 2. 

 p. 598. prod. l.p. 216. Siliques sessile, ending in a conical 

 beak which contains 1-2 seeds at the base. 



20 B. RICHE RII (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 331. t. 36.) leaves smooth, 

 lower ones oblong, somewhat toothed, stalked, upper ones 

 linear-lanceolate, few. !(.. H. Native of the Alps of Pied- 

 mont, Dauphiny, and Provence, in stony meadows. All. ped. 

 no. 967. t. 58. f. 1 and 76. f. 2. Root hard, twisted, woody, 

 with numerous annual stems rising from the neck. Flowers 

 yellow, very like those of B. oleracea. 



Richer s Cabbage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 foot. 



21 B. MONE'NSIS (Huds. angl. 291.) leaves smooth, rather 

 fleshy, and somewhat glaucous, pinnatifid ; lobes linear, distant, 

 toothed. 1. H. Native on the sandy sea-coast, plentiful on 

 the coast of Cumberland and in Walney Island. Anglesea but 

 rare, also near Liverpool. In the isles of Bute, Arran, and 

 Man, and several other parts of the western coast of Scotland, 

 also between Dundee and Forfar. Sisymbrium Monense, Lin. 

 spec. ed. 1 . p. 658. Smith, engl. hot. 962. Lightf. fl. scot. 1. p. 

 352. t. 15. Lam. ill. t. 565. f. 2. Man Rocket, Pet. herb. brit. 

 t. 46. f. 7. Root woody, thick, with numerous stems rising 

 from the neck. Cauline leaves very few. Racemes corymbose, 

 7-8-flowered. Flowers large, yellow, veined. 



Is\e-of-Man Rocket or Cabbage. FL June, July. Britain. 

 PL | to 4 foot. 



22 B. ERUCA'STRUM (Lin. spec. 932.) leaves runcinate, smooth- 

 ish ; lobes unequal, bluntly sinuated ; stem hispid at the base. 

 O- H. Native of France, Italy, Switzerland, &c/ in sand and 

 among rubbish. Bull. herb. t. 331. Sisymbrium Erucastrum, 

 Vill. dauph. 3. p. 342. Eruca sylvestris, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 497. 

 Eruca Erucastrum, Baumg. fl. trans. 2. p. 265. Erysimum Eru- 

 castrum, Scop. earn. ed. 2. p. 27. The synonyms are very 

 doubtful. Flowers yellow, veined. The beak of the pod is 

 sometimes very small and 1-seeded, sometimes without seeds. 



Eruca-like Rocket. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1790. PL 1 foot. 



23 B. CHEIRA'NTHOS (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 332. t. 36.) leaves 

 stalked, hispid, pinnatifid; lobes sinuately-toothed, oval-oblong; 

 stem hispid at the base ; silique 4-times longer than the beak. 



$ ? H. Native of the south of France, Dauphiny, Piedmont, 



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