684 428. Brassica. 80. CRUCIFER^. PL ex. thai. 



J. nihra. Leaves red, forming a roundish head before 

 flowering. 



lirassica capi(a(a rubra, Ger. em. 313, 5. 

 Med cabbage. Park. Par. 504. 



e. capitata. Leaves forming, before flowering, a I'oundish 

 head, smooth. 



Brassica capilata alba, Ger. em. 312, 4. 

 Brassira capitata. Park. 268. 

 Cabbage; many varieties in cultivation. 



4'. Sahauda. Leaves green, forming a roundish head be- 

 fore it flowers, rough. 



Brassica patula, Ger. em. 315, 6. 

 Savoy cabbage. Savoy. 



»]. glomerosa. Leaves green, forming a roundish head 

 before flowering, edges turned back. 



Brassica Sabauda, Ger. em. 315, 11. 



Savoy colewort. 



6. Sabellica. Leaves curled at the edges, green. 



Brassica sativa crispa, Ger. em. 312,2. 

 Green kale. Curled coleworts. 



I. selinoides. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets jagged. 



Brassica selinoides, Ger. em. 315, 13. 

 Brassica laciniata, Park. 269. 

 Parsley colewort. 



X. lotrytis. Stem forming, before it flowers, a reverse- 

 ovate white head, surrounded by pblong leaves. 



Brassica florida, Ger. em. 314, 9. 



Colc-Jlorie. Cauliflower, 



A. Italica. Stem forming, before it flowers, several small 

 heads, surrounded and intermixed with oval leaves. 



Brassica Sabauda crispa, Ger, em. 315, 12. 



Brassica florida, Park. 269. 



Broccoli. Purple broccoli. White broccoli. 



ju.. Suecica. Stem globular at the base. 



Brassica Napo-brassica, Hermbstaedt? 

 Tnrnep-rooled cabbage. Chou-navet. Swedish turnep. 



V. gongylodes. Stem before flowering cylindrical, glo- 

 bular at the top, with shoots from the ends and sides. 



Caubirapum rotundum, Ger. em. 318. 

 Hound rape cole. Chou-raue. Kael-rabi, 



Cultivated for potherbs; the white and green are usually 

 eaten boiled, or raw in sallads; sometimes they are pre- 

 viously salted; the red are generally pickled in vinegar: 

 the roots of the two last varieties are used as turneps for 

 men and cattle. 



