BRASSICA MONENSIS. ISLE-OF-MAN CABBAGE.
BRASSICA monensis; foliis pinnatifidis, caule nudiusculo glabro, siliquis ltevibus: rostro mono-fpo-
'■. ly-)sperrao. Br.
BRASSICA monensis. Huds. Angl. p. 29 E Br. in Hort. Kew. cd. 2. ml. 3. p. 124. Hook. Fl.
Scot. P . l . p . 203. - Decand. Syst. Feget, ml. 2 .p . 599. Prodr. ml. 1. p. 216.
SISYMBRIUM monense. Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. p. 658. Lightf. Scot. p. 3 5 3 .1. 15. f . 1. Willd. Sp. PI.
ml. S.p. 496. Smith, Fl. B rit. p. 704. Engl. Bot. t. 962. Pers. Syn. P l. ml. 2. p . 1 97.
ERUCA monensis laciniata lutea. Raii Syn. p . 297.
Class a n d Ord e r . TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA.
[Natural Order. CRUCIFERS, Juss., Decand., Br., Hook.]
Gen. Char. Siliqua. bivalvis (rostro sterili v. monospermo). Cotylcdones conduplicat®. Calyx clausus. Br.
Ge n . Char. Siliqua two-valved (with the beak sterile or one-seeded). Cotyledons conduplicate. Calyx closed. Br.
Rad xlonge descendens, subfusiformis,lignosa, ramosa,
atque versus apicem prascipue fibrosa.
Caules plurimi, ex eadem radice decumbentes, spitha-
mffii ad pedalem, teretes, glauci, pauce foliosi,
subramosi.
Folia pr®cipue radicalia, patentia, humifusa, digitalia
vel palmaria, glabra, glauco-viridia, profunde
pinnatifida, segmentis remotis, horizohtalibus vel
etiam recurvis, ovatis lanceolatisve, acutis, profunde
inciso-serratis: caulina segmentis lineari-
lanceolatis, subintegerrimis.
Flores ad apicem caulis, primum corymbosi, demum
racemosi.
Pedice l l i breves, erecto-pätentes.
Calyx clausus, foliolis lineari-oblongis, apicibus solum-
modo hispidis, duobus basi gibbosis.
Petala subrotundata, pallide flava, venosa, longe un-
guiculata.
Stamina tetradynama. Anther® oblong®, flav®.
Pistillum lineare, rostro germine sub®que longo.
Stigma bilobum.
Siliqua gracilis, quadriuncialis, teres, glabra, bivalvis,
polysperma; rostrum mono-poly-spermum.
Semina ovato-rotundata, subcompressa, fusca, glabra,
podospermo brevi affixa. Cotyledones piano- |
convex® ; radicula sursum flexa ad rimam coty-1
ledonum accumbens.
Root descending deep into the earth, subfusiform,
woody, branched, and towards the apex especially
fibrous.
Stems many from the same root, decumbent, from a
span to a foot high, rounded, glaucous, sparingly
leafy, somewhat branched.
Leaves principally from the top o f the root, patent,
spreading-on the ground, three to six inches long,
; t glabrous, glaucous-green, deeply pinnatifid, ith
the segments remote, horizontal, or even recurved,
ovate or lanceolate, acute, deeply inciso-
serrate : those o f the stetn having the segments
linear-lanceolate, nearly entire.
Flowers at the apex of the stem, a t first corymbose,
at length racemose.
P edicels short, erecto-patent.
Calyx closed, the leaflets linear-oblong, hispid only at
the extremities, two o f them gibbose at the base.
Petals roundish, pale yellow, veined, with long claws.
Stamens tetradynamousS. Anthers oblong, yellow.
Pis t il linear, with a beak as long as the germen. Stigma
two-lobed.
Pod slender, four inches long, rounded, glabrous, two-
valved, many-seeded; the beak one- or many-
seeded.
Seeds ovato-rotundate, subcompressed, brown, glabrous,
fixed to a short seed-stalk. Cotyledons planoconvex
; radicle curved upwards and applied to
the suture o f the cotyledons.
poa, witn its beak laid open.
j j J i B F M °f Pla”‘s. “ d at the same time peculiar to the Bristish Islands. Having been fit
islands in th ' K Is, 6 ,Mai ’ ’f was called Brasswa monmsis; but it has since been found abundantly on ti
and flmverb! I T * °! the H and °" tllB opposite shores of the Clyde*, always growing in loose sandy so
• nnH r,^' t le summer months. In places where cattle graze, the plant is always eaten down to tl
,_anu probably in poor sandy soil, especially near the sea, it might be cultivated to advantage,
readily in It arc a garden, and in all situations bears seed abundantly.