BRASSICACEAE 567 
Blades of leaves and bracts similar. 
Leaf-segments linea 
Leaf-segments 1-2. -parted. 1. D. multifida. 
af-segments a toothed or merely incised. 2. D. furcata. 
^..Le 
Leaf-segments not lin 
iue a ‘moniliform, not scaly: leaf-segments 
aciniate. 
Rootstock elo ngate, continuous, scaly: leaf-segments 
toothed or incised. 
Leaf-segments incised, with narrow, very acute, often 
farine ie teeth 
Leaf-segments not incised, with broad, blunt or merely 
mucronate teeth. b. D. diphylla 
Blades of leaves and bracts very dissimilar. 6. D. heterophylla. 
1. D. multifida Muhl. Rootstock continuous: scape 2-3 dm. tall: bracts 2; 
pce with linear, entire or ee toothed blades: sepals broad, 5-6 
long: petals 12-14 mm. long: pod 
3 3-3. 5 em. long.—Rich woods, " Appalachian 
provinces, Ga. to Ala. and Ohi 
3. D. laciniata. 
4. D. incisa. 
2. D. furcata Small. Rootstock ees 
form: seape 2-3 dm. tall: braets 3: seg- 
ments with lin ud Lai toothed, or incised 
blades: alan ,9-6m m. long: petals 
12-17 m gd p od 2 .5-8 em. long.—Rich 
woods, Appalachian provinees, Ala to Ohio. 
3. D. laciniata Muhl. pd jointed: 
scape 1-3.5 dm. tall: bracts segments 
with linear-lanceolate or eer d. 
serrate or incised blades: sepals n arrow, 5—6 
mm E : petals oblong. spatulate, 12—15 
ong: pod 3-5 long, xr mE: —(PEPPER-ROOT. LONE banks 
and iin woods, various provinces, M Fla. to La., Minn., and Que 
4. D. incisa Small. Rootstock continuous: scape 2-3 dm. tall: pa 3; seg- 
ments with ovate or lanceolate sug ip E ineised blades, the teeth narrow, 
more or less flaring: sepals narr 5—7 mm. long: petals broadly spatulate, 
10-13 mm. long: pod not seen T Mois rich node, Lookout Mt., 
5. D. diphylla Michx. Rootstock Confinuones scape 1-3 dm. tall: n me 
segments with ovate or lanceolate cuneate pube blades: sepals narrow, 5-7 
mm. long: petals broad, 12-14 mm. lon ng: pod 2.5-4 mm. long.—(CRINKLE- 
RooT.)—Woods, various provinces, S. C. to Ky., Minn., and N. 5. E 
6. D. x pis Nutt. Rootstock continuous: scape 2-3 dm. tall: bracts 
usually 2; segments with ovate or obovate ei erenate or ripis blades: 
sepals 5-7 7 mm. jns : petals narrow, 14— . long: pod 2.5-3.5 . long.— 
Rich woods, dde provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Tenn., Pa., 2d N. J. 
26. CARDAMINE [Tourn.] L. Annual or perennial herbs with erect or 
ereeping stems. Leaves alternate: blades entire to pinnately dissected. Sepals 
4, much shorter than the den Petals 4, white, pink, or purple. Style very 
short. — elongate.—AÀbout 125 species, natives of temperate regions.— 
SSES. BoG-CRESSES. 
Plants E leaf-blades entire or pinnatifid, with 3 segments or with 3-7 seg- 
ents in C. curvisiliqua. 
Plant with an erect, simple stem from a tuberous- eee base: leaf-blades 
entire or merely undulate. 
. BULBOSAE. 
