sturtevant's notes on edible plants 35 



I. 



Btdb flat at bottom, tapering towards stem. 



Cepa. Fuchsius, 430. 1542. 



Cepa rotunda. Bodaeus, 787, 1644. 



Caepe sive Cepa rubra ei alba. Bauhin, J. 2: S49. 1651. 



Geani de Rocca. Vilm. 387. 1883. 



Mammoth Pompeii. American Seedsmen. 



Golden Queen. American Seedsmen. 



Paris Silverskin. American Seedsmen. 



Silver White Etna. American Seedsmen. 



The difference at first sight between the crude figure of Fuchsius and the modern 

 varieties is great, but ordinary experience indicates that the changes are no greater than 

 can be observed under selection. 



II. 

 Bulb round at bottom, tapering towards stem. 



Zwiblen. Roeszl. 121. 1550. 



Cepa. Trag. 737. 1552. 



Caepa. Cam. Epit. 324. 1586. 



Blanc hatij de Valence. Vihn. 378. 1883. 



Neapolitan Marzajola. American Seedsmen. 



Round White Silverskin. American Seedsmen. 



White Portugal. American Seedsmen. 



III. 

 Bulb roundish, flattened above and below. 



Cepa. Matth. 276, 1558; Pin. 215. 1561. 



Caepa capitata. Matth. 388. 1570. 



Cepe. Loh. Obs. 73. 1576; 7cw. 1:150. 1591. 



Cepa rubra. Get. 134. 1597. 



Cepa rotunda. Dod. 687. 1616. 



Rouge gros-plat d'ltalie. Vilm. 387. 1883. 



Bermuda. American Seedsmen. 



Large Flat Madeira. American Seedsmen. 



W ether sfield Large Red. American Seedsmen. 



IV. 

 Bulb rounded below, flattened above. 



Cepa. Pictorius 82. 1581. 



Philadelphia Yellow Dutch, or Strasburg. American Seedsmen. 



V. 

 Bulb spherical, or nearly so. 



Cepa. Trag. 737. 1552. Lauremb. 26. 1632. 

 Cepe. Lob. Obs. 73. 1576; Icon. 1:150. 1591. 

 Cepe alba. Ger. 134. 1597. 

 Caepa capitata. Matth. 419. 1598. 

 Juane de Danvers. Vilm. 380. 1883. 

 Danvers. American Seedsmen. 



