640 The American Naturalist. [July, 
B. sabauda rugosa. J. Bauh., 1651, Il., 828. 
The ILLIPTICAL-HEADED. This race has also a syonomy, and 
has been long known. 
Brassica sabauda hiberna. Lob. ic., 1591, L., 
B. alba capite oblongo non penitus ale G. ur Phytopin., 
1596, 176; Pin., 1623, III 
B. sabauda. Dod. Pempt., 1616, 624.” 
The ConicaL-HEADED. Of this type I know of but one form, 
the Conical Savoy,the French synonyms chou milan a tete longue, 
chou frise pointu, and chou milan pain de sucre. This variety 
finds mention in French works on gardening in 1824, 1826, and 
1829.'” 
The modern names of the Savoy Cabbage are: In France, 
choux de milan, chou milan, chou cabus frise, chou cloque, chou de 
Hollande, chou pancalier, chou de savoie; in Germany, wirsing, 
savoyerkohl, borskohl; in Flanders and Holland, savooikool ; in 
Denmark, savoykal; in Italy, cavolo di milano, verza; in Spain, 
col de milan, col risada, col lombarda ; in Portugal, sadora ; in 
India, stkoree £obee? 
. In ancient times it was called: In English, savore cole, Ger. 
1597, savoy cabbage, Ray, 1686; in France, chou de savoye, 
Lyte, 1586, choux vers, Pin., 1561 ; in Germany, koel, Pin., 1561, 
krauskol, Cam. Epit., 1586; in Dutch, savoy koolen, Lyte, 1586; 
in Italy, cavoZ, verza, Pin., 1561, cavolo crespo, verza crespa, Cam. 
Epit., 1586; in Spain, colles or covves, Pin., 1561. 
A more minute examination would serve to identify nearly all 
of our sub-varieties with kinds named preceding 1830. 
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN. Phaseolus multiflorus Willd. 
This bean, a native of South America, was described and fig- - 
ured by Cornutus" in 1635, under the name Faseolus puniceo 
Jore ; but it appears in Johnson's edition of Gerarde, 1633. It 
was first cultivated as an ornamental plant, and the first mention 
Beatie eects. but the 
100 L H'ort. Fran., 1824; Petit. Silos face, 1826; Noisette, Man., 1829. _ 
101 Vilmorin. Les Pl. Pot., 1883, 121. 
