806 History of Garden Vegetables. 
two hundred years B.c.; by Varro and Æmilius Macer in the first 
century B.C.; by Columella the first century A. D.; by Palladius 
in the third; by Vegetius in the fourth century A. D.; Albertus 
Magnus in the thirteenth, ete. This race of the Chevaliers may 
be quite reasonably supposed to be the levis of Cato, sometimes 
called caulodem,? of no medicinal use. 
- According to Decandolle,’ this race of Chevaliers has five princi- 
pal sub-races, of which the following is an incomplete synonymy :— 
i 
Brassica levis. Cam. ma Sap 248; Matth. op., 1598, 366. 
Br. vulgaris sativa. Ger., 1597, 244. 
Cavalier branchu. De aa mem., 1821, 9. 
Thousand-headed. Burr, 1863, 3, 236. 
Chou branchu du Poitou. Viim, 1883, 135. 
Chou mille tetes. Vilm. 1] 
II. a. viridis. 
Kol. Roszlin, 1550, 87. 
Brassica., Tragus, 1352, 7 
Brassica alba vulgaris. J. Ta 1651, ii., 829. 
Chou vert commun. Decand. mem., 1821, 9. 
Cow Cabbage. Burr, 1863, 232. 
Chou cavalier. Vilm., 1883, 134. 
Brassica vulgaris alba. Ohabr., 1677, 290. 
II. b. rubra. 
Brassica primum genus. Fuch., 1542, 413. 
Br. rubra prima species. Lugd., 1587, 523. 
Br. rubra, Ger., 1597, 244. 
Br. rubra vulgaris. “a Baughin, 1651, ii., 831; Charb., 1877. 270. 
Red cavalier. Decand. mem., 1821, 
Flanders kale. Burr, 1863, 233. 
Caulet de Flander. Vilm., 1883, 134. 
III. 
Brassica vulgaris sativa. Lob. obs., 1576, 122; ic., 1591, i., 243; Dod 
1616, 621. 
Br. alba vulgaris. Lugd., 1587, 520. 
Brassica. Cast. Dur., 1817, 76. 
Chou a fevilles de Chene. Decand. mem., 1821, 10. 
Buda kale. Vilm., 1885, 141 
IV. 4. 
Brassica secundum genus. Fuch., 1542, 414 
Br. fimbriata. Lob. obs., 1576, 124; ic., 1591, 247. 
