Brassica
a genus of cruciferous plants containing several well known culinary herbs. Among the most famil- BRATTLEBORO iar may be mentioned brassica oleracea (sea cabbage), the original of the cabbage of our gardens, B. monensis, the wall flower cabbage; and the B. campestris, or common wild navew. The B. napus, the rape or cole seed, and the B. rapa, or common turnip, have here and there rooted themselves spontaneously, producing a belief that they are indigenous in localities in which they did not originally exist. The colza of the Dutch is B. campestris; B. præcox, is the summer rape of the Germans; and B. elongata is cultivated in Hungary for its oil.