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24. BRASSlCA. 



Celtic, bresfc, the cabbage. 



Sepals equal at base, (mostly) erect ; petals obovate ; filaments 

 without teeth ; silique subcompressed, valves concave, with a central 

 vein ; style short, subterete, obtuse ; seeds globose, in a single (often 

 double) row; 0. Fls. yellow. 



1. B. CAMPESTRIS. Cole. 



L/KS. somewhat fleshy and glaucous, the lower lyrate-dentate, subciliate, 

 upper ones cordate-amplexicaul, acuminate. Native of Sweden, naturalized 

 in cultivated fields and waste places. Stem 1 3f high, round, smooth above, 

 with a few scattered, reversed hairs below. Lower leaves 3 7' long, | as 

 wide, the terminal lobe greatly exceeding the lateral ones ; upper smaller, en- 

 tire, with rounded, clasping lobes at base, tapering to an obtuse point. Racemes 

 1 2f long. Sepals erect, spreading. Corolla yellow, 4 5" diam. Siliques 

 1J' long, with the style '. Seeds small, dark brown. Jn. Jl. 



P. Rutabaga. (Swedish Turnip.') Rt. tumid, napifbrm, subglobose, yellow- 

 ish. Cultivated like the common turnip ; but after a thorough experiment it is 

 conceded by farmers to be inferior in value to that root, although it grows to 

 an enormous size. 



2. B. RAPA. Radical Ivs. lyrate, rough, not glaucous, cauline ones incised, 

 upper entire, smooth. 



/?. depressa. (Common Turnip.} Rt. depressed-globose or napiform, con- 

 tracted below into a slender radicle. (g) Long cultivated for the table, &c., in 

 gardens and fields. Stem 2 4f high, and, with the leaves, deep green. Upper 

 leaves amplexicaul. Pods I' long. Seeds small, reddish-brown. Jn. 



3. B. OLERACEA. (Cabbage.} Lvs. very smooth and glaucous, fleshy, repand- 

 toothed or lobed. (g) Native of Europe, where it grows on rocky shores and 

 cliffs, with no appearance of a head, forming a surprising contrast with the cul- 

 tivated varieties. The excellence of the cabbage as a pot-herb needs no en- 

 comium. ^ 



B. bullata. (Savoy Cabbage.} Ltvs. curled, subcapitate when young, finally 

 expanding. 



y. botrytis-cauliflora. (Cauliflower.} St. low; hds. thick, compact, terminal; 

 fls. abortive, on short, fleshy peduncles. 



6. botrytis-asparagoides. (Broccoli.} St. taller ; hds. subramose ; branches fleshy 

 at the summit, consisting of clusters of abortive flower-buds. $ 



s. capitata. (Head Cabbage. York Cabbage.} St. short; Ivs. concave, packed 

 in a dense head before flowering ; roc. paniculate. 



SECTION 3. L,Of EXTACEJB. 



25. CAttJLE. 



Silicle 2-jointed, the upper part ovate or ensiform ; seed in the up- 

 per cell erect, in the lower pendulous, sometimes abortive. CD Mari- 

 time herbs. 



C. MARITIMA. Scop. (Bunias edentula. Bw.} Sea Rocket. 

 Upper joint of the silicle ensiform or ovate-ensiform. Native of the sea- 

 coast ! and of the lake shores of N. Y. A smooth, succulent plant, branching 

 and procumbent, 6 12' long. Leaves sinuate-dentate, oblong-ensiform, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers on short, fleshy peduncles, in terminal spikes or racemes, co- 

 rymbosely arranged. Petals purple, obtuse at end. Silicle smooth, roundish, 

 lower joint clavate-obovate upper with one elevated line on each side. Jl. Aug. 



26. RAPHANUS. 



Gr. pa, quickly, 0aii>co, to appear from its rapid growth 



Calyx erect; petals obovate, unguiculate; siliques terete, torose, 

 not opening by valves, transversely jointed or divided into cells; 

 seeds large, subglobose, in a single series, . 

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