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black ; this is divided into three races perfectly analogous to 

 those of the Brassica Rapa. 



First Race* Raphanus sativus radicula rotunda. 

 Radis. 1 he Round or Turnip Radish. 



The root in this plant is swelled into a round or oval 

 tuber prolonged at the extremity till it becomes a filiform 

 radicle ; this race peculiarly bears in France the name of 

 Radis ; in Italy, Radice ; and in England, Turnip Radish ; 

 it has three varieties of colour, viz. the white y the rose or 

 pink, and the red or purple. 



Second Race. Raphanus sativus radicula oblonga. 

 Rave. Long Radish. 



The root is long, nearly cylindrical, diminishing insensibly 

 to a point at the extremity ; in French it is generally called 

 Raviole, or Rave ; in Italian, Ramolaccio, and Ravanello ; in 

 English, the common garden Radish ; it offers the same varieties 

 of colour as the preceding race, and has besides a sub-variety 

 of form, which might be more properly termed a variation or 

 accident in the species, as it seldom continues the same when 

 the plant is taken from its native soil. I speak of the French 

 Rave tortillee du Mans, Raphanus Radicula tortili, (Crooked 

 Radish,) in which the root is so crooked as to resemble a 

 cork-screw. 



* A full account of all the varieties of Spring Radishes, both Turnip Radishes, 

 and Long Radishes, has been given by Mr. William Christie, in the Third 

 Volume of the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, Article 84, page A'M). 

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