AAA. Sepals (iiitl petals cleiirer ijeUow. 



caud&ta, Lindl. Spikes drooping, 12-18 in. : sepals 

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

 yellow and broad spotted. W. Ind. A.F. «: G09. 



Lance&na, Lindl. Robust, witii 2 dark green leaves 

 from each pseudobulb : fls. large and numerous, very 

 fragrant, lasting 2 or 3 weeks; sepals and petals bright 

 yellow, long and tapering, blotched with brown or red, 

 the lip yellow and wavy, spotted at the base. S. Amer. 

 B.M. 3577. — A handsome species. There are two or 

 three varieties. 



Lawrence^na, Lindl. Sepals and petals bright yellow, 

 spotted with brown and green; lip yellow tinged with 

 green : otherwise much like the last. Braz. J.H. III. 

 30:275. 



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

 and very slender sepals, which are 6 or 7 in. long, the 

 lip purple-spotted near the base. Costa Rica. B.M. 

 57-18. — A remarkable plant. 



Gireoudiana, Reichb. f. & Warsc. Large, with many- 

 fld. scapes: fls. larger than in B. lianceana, the sepals 

 and petals very long, they and the lip bright yellow, 

 Ijlotehed with deep red. Costa Rica. l_ jj^ g^ 



BRASSICA (old classical name). Crticifero!. Prob- 

 alily 100 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs, 

 natives of temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and 

 Asia. Petals and stamens 4 : pod long, beaked : seeds 

 not winged (Figs. 258, 259). Includes all the mustards, 

 cabbages, turnips, and the like ; and to these plants the 

 reader should refer f.ir ntlicr information. 



In common witli iimrly all culTivated plants, espe- 

 cially those wbicli arr ]iii-j.lrxiiiLr. theBrassicas have re- 

 ceived too little attniti..]! fioiii ijiitauists. The inevita- 

 ble outcome of such inglect or of any superficial study 

 is a reduction of species, and in this direction Brassica 

 has suffered greatly. It is usually confusing to reduce 

 types. The most perplexing species in our manuals are 

 those which contain the greatest number of old types 

 i names. It is true that this is supposed to 



origin is lost, and perspicuity demands that they be kept 

 distinct in a horticultural treatise. 



The confusion into which our Brassicas have fallen is 



Flower of Mustard. 



be primarily due to the va- 

 riation of the species or 

 groups, but it is often to be charged 

 to superficial study or insi 

 terial. Our manuals contain too few 

 rather than too many species of 

 Brassica ; at all events, the miscel- 

 dumping of rutabagas, tur- 



Bra'ssiea cnmpesfris is unnatural, 

 and, therefore, unf(.)rtuu 

 the best presentations of the true 

 259. Pod or sdiQue Brassicas is that of De CandoUe's 

 of Mustard— Brassica Prodromus, as long ago as 1824 (also 

 iuncca (X2). in Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. vol. 5, 

 and in Systema, 2: 582-607), and the 

 following scheme closely follows that outline. Some 

 of the forms which are here kept separate as species may 

 be derived from their fellows, but the evidence of such 



260. Flowers of Cabbage — Brassica oleracea (X K). 



easure due to the different vernacular names 

 f bear in different countries. The French use 

 chou generically to include all forms of S. 

 lul th« rutabaga— that is. all the blue, thick- 

 ■assicas— while in England the rutabaga is 

 Swedish Turnip. A tabular view of the di£- 

 uaculars may be useful: 



Eiiglisli. American. 



Chou Cabus, 

 Chou de Milan, 

 Chou de Bniselles 



Chourave, 



Cabb.-ige. 

 .Savoy Cabbage. 

 Brussels Sprouts. 

 Borecole or Kale. 



Navet(orChou-naTet), Ttirnip, 



Brussels Sprouts, 



Borecole or Kale, 

 [ Turuip Cabbage 

 I or Kohlrabi. 

 fTurDip-rooted 

 , Cabbage or 

 ( Swedish Turnip, 



Cauliflower, Cauliflower. 



,' Kolilrabi. 



^ Rutabaga. 





the flnirer-stems clasping: fls. various. (Brassica 



B. /.rs. ti-'nit ih, first more or less fleshy throughout, 



an. I ,il,iiir,,iis-t,hie even when young: fls. large 



mid '■>■> ,1 ni 'f II' //nir. the petals conspicuously long- 



elau-t'l. "11,1 til, s,/„ils Hsually erect. 



oleracea, Limi. i'.mii!a.;e. Cauliflovtek, Brussels 



Sprouts, K.\le. Fi;,-. -C.ii. Lvs. smooth from the first, 



and the root never tul,)eruus. Sea shores of the Old 



World, and naturally perennial. See Cabbage. 



N&pus, Linn. Rape. Lvs. smooth from the first ; 

 differing from B. oleracea chiefly in habit and more 

 deeply scalloped lvs. The botanical position of the 

 Rapes is open to doubt. 



camp^stris, Linn. Rutabaga. Fig. 261. First lvs. 

 hairy, the root usually tuberous. 



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