BRASSIA 



AA\ S<pa!s and petalb cleatii yellow 

 caudita, Lindl Spike° drooping, 12-18 in sepals 

 and pttiN very long (4-6 in ), barred with brown; lip 

 ytUow mi broad spatted W Ind A F ()09. 



Lanceina, Lmdl Robust with 2 dirk sreen leaves 

 from 1 II h pseudobulb tls lirffe ind numerous, very 

 fr 1,1 nit listing 2 oi iweek- s, j. ds m.l j.et ils bright 

 \.U"« lon_ imltii.Min, l.l..tc li. d » ith l.i ..wn or red, 



BRASSICA IV / 



rigin is lost, and perspicuity demands that they be kept 

 istinct in a horticultural treatise. 

 The confusion into which our Brassicas have fallen is 



SO 275 



Var longissima, Reichb f has a spike 18-20 in. long, 

 and veiv slender sepals which are fa or 7 m long, the 

 lip puiple spotted near the base Costa Rica. B.M. 

 '^^7ls -A remirkible pi mt 



Gireoudiana, Riiihb f ct Warsc Large, with many- 

 fld s( ipis rts lu.ii thin m B iaHteani, the sepals 

 in,! pitils \ei^ lun, tin \ mil the Up bright yellow, 

 blotched -nith deep 11,1 i ist i Ki. i L H. B. 



BKASSICA (old ills , ,1 ,,,,)! Cucife^w. Prob- 



ti d plants, espe- 

 1 assicas have re- 

 sts The inevita- 

 supiihtial study 

 11. c n u Brassica 

 ilu iii_ to reduce 

 in 111 muals are 

 il" 1 , t old types 

 lis IS supposed to 



1 Musta d— B I 



and ther t t 



the be t i 

 • Bras c I I 



» Prodro I 



juncca (X") m Tran I 111 

 and u S 

 following scheme closely folio v th t tl 

 of tl e forn s wh ch are here kept separate a 

 be der ved from their fellows but the evi le 



12 



260 Flowers of Cabbage — Brassica oleracea (X }4). 



me e re due to the lifferent vemac lar names 



1 tl 1 ear n d fferent co nt es The F ench use 



w 1 h u u II t 1 1 11 forms of B. 



11 t 1 -tl t 11 tl e blue, thick- 



(•11 - 1 I r I i tl tabaga is 



