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ders scarcely undulate, leaves often somewhat folded upon the mid- 
rib which is faintly tinged with brown, especially below, surface of 
inner leaves blistered; veins slightly sunken, not very conspicuous. 
Mature plant ten to twelve inches in diameter; leaves faintly tinged 
with brown where most exposed to light; forms a rather compact, 
not very clearly defined head about three inches in diameter, four 
inches tall, of which the outer leaves grow nearly perpendicular; 
outer leaves coarsely blistered and puffed, blanched toward the base. 
The head, of which the leaves are greenish yellow, becomes bitter 
before the flower stalk appears; stem smooth, strongly washed with 
reddish purple, paniculate; stem leaves half erect. 
Mentioned by Buist in 1851, and by Brown in 1854. 
No. 9. BRowN WINTER, Vil., *84. 
Synonyms: Brown Winter Cabbage, (d.), Burr.; Large Brown Win- 
ter Burr.; Fr. Laitue brune d’ hiver, Vil., ’84; L. grosse brune d’hi- 
ver, Vil.; GER. Brauner Winter Kopf-Lattich., Vil. 
Young plant rather spreading, sometimes inclining to wheelform; 
leaves more or less washed with dark purplish red, the inner ones 
more deeply colored; leaves roundish or oval, apex retuse, borders 
of inner leaves undulate, surface blistered, outer leaves strongly 
waved, with coarsely undulate borders. 
Mature plant compact, seven to ten inches in diameter; leaves 
more or less spoonform, outer ones nearly smooth; head roundish, 
rather solid, composed of, and surrounded by leaves, having rather 
large blisters. The whole plant inclines to wheelform, and the leaves 
are much washed with brown; stem short, smooth, compact, corym- 
bose; seeds white. 
Grown as a spring lettuce this variety formed no head, and early 
ran to seed. 
Figured correctly in Les. pl. pot., p. 289. 
No. 10. Butrer, Vil., ’84. 
Synonyms: Asaitic, Vil.; Black Seeded Butter, Hend., ’84; Blooms- 
dale Butter b.s., Land., ’84; Large Butter Head, Vil.; Large Yellow 
Butter, Thord., °85; New Orleans Cabbage, Thord., ’°35; Russian or 
Butter, Vil.; Turkey Cabbage, Vil.; Turkish, Vil., ’84; Fr. Laitue 
d’ Alger a gr.n., Vil.; L. grosse, Vil.; L. grosse Allemande, Vil.; L. 
incomparable, 4 gr. n., Vil.; L.de Russie, Vil.; 2. Zurque, Vil., 785, 
(d.), L., hort. Fran; Ger. Gelber Asiatischer Lattich, s.k., Vil.; Gros- 
ser Westindischer L. Vil. 
Young plant dull pale green, low and spreading; leaves roundish 
or oval, finely and sharply, often doubly erose dentate towards the 
base, obscurely dentate in the upper half, apex entire; outer leaves 
slightly waved, inner ones somewhat blistered; veins sunken con- 
spicuous. 
Mature plant about twelve inches in diameter, spreading; the outer 
leaves lying upon the ground, very large, roundish, coarsely blistered 
and puffed, pale green, and of an appearance suggesting great thick- 
ness; forms a well defined compact head about four inches in diam- 
eter, and three inches tall, flattened on the top, where the leaxes do 
not meet; leaves aboutthe head nearly perpendicular, the apex 
pointing outward; stem smooth, paniculate, sometimes inclining to 
corymbose; stem leaves pointing outward; seeds black, 
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