322 The American Naturalist. , [April, 
sorts. Tt seems to be the Bocotion of Theophrastus,” who 
* described this form as the least acid, and of a rotund figure, and- 
with small leaves; the Syriacan of Columella ® and of Pliny.” 
This sort does not appear to have received extensive distribution 
northward during the middle ages, as they find but little mention 
in the earlier botanies. In 1586 Lyte® says they are not very 
common in Brabant; but they are figured in two varieties by 
Gerarde. I am disposed to put here the Raphanus vulgaris of 
Tragus, 1552, which he describes as round, small, and common 
in Germany. Bontius® in 1658 mentions them in Java, and in 
1837 Bojer” describes them as grown at the Mauritius. In 
1842 Speede™ gives an India name, gol moolee, for the red and 
white kinds. 
Raphanus orbiculatus. Round radish. Ger., 1 597, 184. 
Scarlet French Turnip. Vilm., 1885, 485. 
Small Early White Turnip. Vilm., 1885, 487. 
Radicula sativa minor. Small garden radish. Ger., 1597, 183- 
White olive-shaped. Vilm., 1885, 490. 
Olive-shaped Scarlet. Vilm., 1885, 488. 
Raphanus sativus Mill.” 
The root of this class is long, nearly cylindrical, diminishing 
insensibly to a point at the extremity. It is now the common 
garden radish. It has a variety of colors from the white to the 
red, and is noteworthy from the transparency of the flesh. It may 
well be the radicula of Columella,” and the Algidense of Pliny,” 
which he describes as having a long and translucent root. It is 
85 Theophrastus, Lib. VII., c. 4. 
66 Columella, Lib. X., c. 114; Lib. XI., c. 3. 
% Pliny, Lib. XIX., c 26. 
68 Lyte. Dodoens, 1586, 687. 
69 Bontius. Ind. Orient., 1658, 12. 
7 Bojer. Hort. Maur., 1837, 16. 
1 Speede. Ind. Handb. of Gard., 1842, r47. 
™ Baillon. Hist. of Pl., III., 222. 
73 Columella, Lib. IV., c. 8; Lib. XI., c. 2. 
T Pliny, Lib. XIX., c. 26. 
