CRUCIFER &. 
XIII. CARDA’MINE (from capcra, kardia, the heart; ĉa- 
paw, damao, to subdue ; stomachic quality of the plants, or per- 
haps diminished from xkapoapwy, kardamon, water-cress; taste 
similar.) Lin. D. C. syst. 2. p. 245. prod. 1. p. 149. 
Lyn. syst. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique linear; with 
flat nerveless valves, usually opening with elasticity. Seeds in 
one series, ovate, not margined. Umbilical cord slender. Co- 
tyledons accumbent. Herbs usually smooth. Roots fibrous or 
granuliferous. Leaves stalked, entire, lobed, or pinnately-cut, 
usually very different in the same plant. Racemes terminal, 
bractless. Flowers white or red. 
For the derivation of the English name of the Genus see C. 
praténsis. 
§. 1. Indivise‘folia. Leaves nearly all undivided. 
1 C. ruompoipea (D. C. syst. 2. p. 246.) plant at first hairy- 
pubescent, but at length smooth; leaves rather fleshy, ovate- 
rhomboid, obsoletely repand-toothed, smooth, lower ones round- 
ish-cordate, on long petioles, cauline ones ovate, uppermost ones 
sessile ; stem erect, flexuous ; root tuberous and fibrous. Y.H. B. 
Native of North America, on the borders of rivulets and springs, 
Rocky Mountains, thence to Hudson’s Bay. A’rabis rhomboi- 
dea and tuberdsa, Pers. ench. 2. p. 204. A’rabis bulbosa, 
Muhl. cat. no. 104. Cardamine rotundifolia, Hook. fl. bor. 
amer. p. 44. Pluk. amalth. t. 435. f. 6. Flowers rose-coloured, 
about the size of those of C. praténsis. The leaves taste like 
early spring cresses. 
Rhomb-like-leaved Lady’s-Smock. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1825. 
Pl. 3 ft. 
2 C. ROTUNDIFÒLIA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 30.) leaves 
rather fleshy, orbicular, somewhat toothed, smooth, stalked ; 
stems weak, procumbent; root fibrous. XY. H. B. Native of 
North America, on the borders of rivulets on the highest moun- 
tains of Carolina, Virginia, and New Hampshire ; also in Pennsyl- 
vania, on the border of the river Brandywine, near West Chester. 
Flowers white. 
Round-leaved Lady’s-Smock. Fl. May, Jul. 
4 foot decumbent. 
3 C. sparuza'ta (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 29.) radical- 
leaves stalked, spatulate, entire, pubescent with 3-forked hairs, 
stem ones linear; stem decumbent. 2. H. B. Native of Ca- 
rolina, on the highest mountains. Pods linear, straight, spreading, 
somewhat reflexed. Stigma sessile, hardly acute. Flowers white ? 
Spatulate-leaved Lady’s-Smock. Fl. May, Jun. PI. + foot, 
decumbent. 
4 C. ASARIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smooth; stalked, 
cordate-orbicular, somewhat sinuately-toothed ; stem erect ; pods 
erect, twice the length of the pedicel. Y.H. B. Native of 
Piedmont, Italy, and several other places in Europe, in moun- 
tain rivulets. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1735. Flowers white, a little 
larger than those of C. amdra. Pods an inch long. 
Var. B, diversifolia ; (D. C. syst. 2. p. 248.) cauline leaves 
pinnately-ternate ; radical ones and upper ones orbicular, undi- 
vided. 2. H. B. Native of Piedmont. 
Asaribacca-leaved WLady’s-Smock. Fl. Jun. Jul. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
5 C. Uxpica (Burm. fl. ind. 140.) leaves ovate, crenulated, 
stalked, smooth, upper ones oblong-cuneated ; stem erect; pods 
spreading ; stigma sessile. Ọ©.? S. Native of Java. Flowers 
small, white. Perhaps a species of Nasturtium, referable to sec- 
tion Clandestinaria. 
Indian Lady’s-Smock. PI. 4 foot. 
6 C. stytosa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 248.) cauline leaves sagit- 
tate half-stem-clasping; oblong, acute, denticulated, smooth ; 
stem erect ; pods spreading, pointed with the style. %.? G. B. 
Native of New Holland. Flowers small, whitish. 
Clt. 1823. Pl. 
Clt. 1710. 
XIII. CARDAMINE. 167 
Large-styled Lady’s-Smock. Pl. 2 feet. 
7 C. cHENoPODIFÒLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 195.) leaves ovate, 
somewhat sinuately-lobed ; stem procumbent ; pods erect ; stigma 
sessile. %.? S. B. Native of South America, on the margins 
of rivulets about Monte Video. Poir, suppl. 2. p. 394. Flowers 
white. Pods smooth, linear, erect, compressed, one inch long. 
Goosefoot-leaved Lady’s-Smock. Fl. Nov. Pl. 1 foot, trailing. 
8 C. BELLIDIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smooth, thickish, 
radical ones stalked, ovate, entire; cauline ones few, entire or 
somewhat 3-lobed, not eared at the base; pods erect; stigma 
almost sessile. X4. H. B. Native of Europe, on the tops of moun- 
tains; also of North America, on the summits of the Rocky Moun- 
tains, throughout Arctic America but sparingly ; islands of Una- 
laschka and St. Lawrence. C. Lenénsis, Ledeb. Flowers white. 
Var. a, petiolaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 249,) petioles longer than 
the entire leaf. Oed. fl. dan. t. 20. Smith, eng. bot. 2355.—- 
Lin. fl. lapp. 260. t. 9. f. 2. Native of Lapland, Norway, and 
Scotland, in fissures of moist rocks. 
Var. B, alpina (DÐ. C. 1. c.) petiole rather shorter than the en- 
tire leaf. C. bellidifolia, Crantz. fl. aust. 43. Wulf. in Jacq. 
mise. 1. p. 148. t. 17. f. 2. C. alpina, Willd. spec. 3. p. 481. 
A'rabis bellidifolia, Scop. carn. 2. p. 31. A. bellidioides, Lam. 
dict. 1. p. 220. Native of the Alps, of Europe, also in Scotland. 
Var. y, subtriloba (D. C.1. c. 250.) the upper leaves are some- 
what 3-lobed, sometimes ternate. Native of the Alps and the 
Pyrenees. C. heterophylla, Baugm. 
Daisy-leaved Lady’s-Smock. Fl. Apr. Jun. Scotland. P). $ ft. 
§. 2. Trilobe. Leaves for the most part 3-lobed. 
9. C. Hamitronsr; smooth; stem erect, branched, flexuous, 
radical leaves simple, kidney-shaped, repand-crenate, stalked ; 
cauline leaves pinnate; leaflets 5, opposite, roundish, 3-lobed, 
terminal one large; siliques filiform, straight. ©. H. Native 
of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. C. débilis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 
201. Herb slender, green. Flowers small, white. 
Hamilton's Lady’s-Smock. Fl. Oct. Pl. 5 foot. 
10 C. RESEDIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smooth, membra- 
nous, stalked, radical ones undivided, stem ones drawn out on 
both sides at the base into an acute auricle ; lower ones of these 
ternate, and the upper ones pinnately-5-lobed ; pods erect, ter- 
minated by the style. ©.H. Native of Cevennes, Pyrenees, 
&c. in shady humid places. Sturn. fl. germ. icon. All. ped. no. 
950. t. 57. f. 2. Jacq. fl. aust. app. t. 31. A’rabis resedit6lia, 
Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 511. Flowers white. 
Var. 9, integrifolia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 150.). A. hastulata, 
Bertol. ined. Native of the Apennines. Leaves undivided. 
Mignonette-leaved Lady’s Smock. Fl. July. Clt. 1658. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
11 C. unrrro'ra (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p- 29.) radical leaves 
3-lobed, smooth ; scapes 1-flowered. 2? H. Native of North 
America on the rocks of Kentucky near Knoxville. Flowers 
white, smaller than those of C. amara. Petals longer than the 
calyx. Pods linear, compressed. 
One-flowered Lady’s Smock. Pl. 4 foot. 
12 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Adams, mem. soc. nat. mose. 5. p. 111. 
Fisch. in litt. icon.) leaves ternate, or pinnately quinate, smooth, 
floral one simple, 3-toothed ; scape few-flowered. Y? H. Na- 
tive of Siberia at Cape Bykofskoy-mys. C. minuta, Willd. herb. 
Pedicel filiform, only equalling the flower in length or rather 
longer than either flower or pod. Flowers white. Stem ascen- 
dant, branched, and rooting. 
Small-leaved Lady’s Smock. FI. July. Pl. 4 to 4 of a foot. 
13 C. Bonarte’nsis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 195.) leaves smooth, 
stalked, trifoliate ; leaflets stalked, somewhat repand, middle 
leaflet 3-lobed ; upper leaves simple or 3-lobed; pedicels fur- 
nished with bracteas. 2%? S. Native of South America in fields 
