BKASSK'A 



AA. Whole plant ijmn or but sliijlitly f/lfiiiroiis irJie 

 in flower: trs. on the ft. -stems not prominentl 

 clasping: fls. small and yellow. Anniiah 

 {Sinapis or Mustard.) 



B. Pod terete or nearly so. 

 jiincea, Coss. (Slndpis juncea, Linn.). Chinese Mrt 

 TABD. Figs. 259. 2()7. Eanlc and coarse grower, in th 

 common forms nialiing great tufts of root-1 



arly: 



radical Ivs. generally abi 



.ndant and often very 

 the blade angled or 



f:iIMriiiL' iiit" a narrow iHtiiile, which generally 

 tty apprii(laL''> : l"\\<i- ^Ti-m-lvs. more or less 

 in.l i"ii.il;ii,-, til. upiMr . .HIS oblong or oblong- 

 c, eutirc and UMially sessile or clasping : flow- 

 nis and Ivs. more or less lightly glaucous : fls. 

 ellow : pod slender, of medixun size, tapering 

 (»rt beak. Asia. — This much abused species is 

 EI.Miker and Th..nis,.n (.Imirn. Linn. .Soe. v. 17(1:. 



BRECK 179 



anth-tube : fr. 3-celled, many-seeded. Native of the 

 mountain and table land region of Mex.— Five species 

 have been described, but recent explorations have 

 brought to light some 5 or G additional species. While 



rliiucse Mustard, Chiuesr Lr. .a.i 1.. a , ,. li Mu.-lar.l. and 

 Brown Mu.stard). Linn.-eus f.iun.lrd his .Si,i<ip!s Jinirea 

 upon a figure in Hermann's Paradisus (Hermann, Para- 

 disus Batavus, t, 230, 1705), which represents a plant 



the flowers ar< 

 yet the genus 

 lection. Ouly 

 extent, and ev 

 species often 



2b3. Tuberous Root of Pak-Choi. 



41ba, Boiss. Wild Mustard. Tall : Ivs. pinnatifld 

 and rough-hairy: pods spreading, hairy, the lower part 

 thick and few-seeded : seeds pale brown, large. Weed, 

 from Europe. 



Sinapistrtun, Boiss. Charlock. Tall : Ivs. strong- 

 toothed, or sometimes nearly lyrate : pods knotty, 

 glalirous or hairy, the upper third indehiscent and 

 2-edged, usually 1-seeded. Weed, from Europe. 

 BB. Pod distinctly 4-angled. 



nlgn^a, Koch. Black Mustard. Pig. 268. Wide- 

 spreading and loose grower : Ivs. pinnatifld, somewhat 

 hairy : pods short and erect, glabrous ; seeds small and 

 dark brown, punsent, supplying the mustard of com- 

 ni'-rce. Cuit. in Eu,, but a weed in this country. — Com- 

 niir..ial mustard is the flour of the seeds of this species 

 cliitily. lint the seeds of B. alba and probably of B. 

 j„„<;., .ari. si.tnetimes used. L. h. B. 



BBAVOA ( Bravo, Mexican botanist). Amaryllid&cea'. 

 A small genus, much resembling in some of its species 

 the tuberose ( Polianthes ) , and considered by the writer 

 as hardly distinct from it. Stems slender, from small 

 thickened rootstocks: Ivs. mostly basal: inflorescence a 

 lax spike or raceme; fls. always in pairs more or less 

 bent or curved ; stamens 6, included within the peri- 



tuberose, 

 ■ found in every choice bulb col- 

 ■i.s has been cultivated to any 

 ...h- is not well known. As the 

 ill.' lii.rli moimtains of Mexico, 

 tliiy ought to be hardy in the 

 southern stretches of the tem- 



Llav iS, Lex 



I" 1 LB Stems 



II 1-lK 



I s cut 



basal 

 I less 



^e col 



inded 



and 



The 1 

 probably 



BRAZIL NUT. See Bertholletia. 



BREAD FETTIT. See Artocarpns. 



BREAD NUT is Brosimum Alicasfrum. 



BRECK, JOSEPH (1794-1873). Plate II. Bostonseeds- 

 lu in and auth r t The Flower Garden or Breck s Book 

 of Flowers hr t ) il Ii bed m Ibil ind reissued in IfcOB 



Pe Tsai Cabbage - Brassica Pe Tsai 



