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7. CARDAMINE. 
Cardamine, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 812 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 70. | 
Species about sixty, inhabiting the temperate and frigid regions of nearly all parts of 
the world, but most numerous in Europe and the mountains of Central Asia. 
1. Cardamine angulata, Hook. Bot. Misc. i. p. 343, t. 69. 
OREGON and CALIFoRNIA to,—SovuTtH Mexico, rivulets at 7000 feet, Peak of Orizaba 
(Galeotti, 3063). Hb. Kew. 
2. Cardamine hirsuta, var. ?, Linn, Sp. Pl. p. 915. 
SoutH Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri), near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg). Hb. Kew. 
Temperate and subarctic regions in nearly all parts of the world. 
3. Cardamine schaffneri, Hook. fil. in Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars i. p. 2. 
Foliis radicalibus eleganter pinnatipartitis lobis rotundato-ovatis irregulariter crenato-lobulatis, 
caulinis quasipinnatis, lobis distantibus lanceolatis acutis irregulariter pauciserratis, pedicellis 
elongatis patentibus, siliqua gracili adscendenti, seminibus numerosis uniseriatis. 
Herba erecta, ramosa, 2-3-pedalis vel ultra sparse pilosula, pilis patentibus. Caulis crassus, angu- 
latus. Folia, radicalia pinnatipartita, ad 4 pollicaribus (in specimino unico viso) lobis nume- 
rosis, ovatis, rotundatis oblongisve crenulato-lobulatis, basi attenuatis, 3-6 lin. longis, rhachide 
anguste alato, caulina quasipinnata, 2-5-pollicaria, rhachide vix alato ; lobis 9-15 distantibus, 
lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, basi cuneatis, irregulariter serrato-dentatis, 6-9 lin. longis. Racemi 
erecti, graciles, ebracteati fere pedales, pedicellis tenuissimis omnino patentibus vel depressis. 
Flores mediocres (albi vel rosei ?) ; sepala basi zqualia, oblonga, obtusa; petala venosa, longe 
unguiculata; filamenta filiformia, exserta. Siligua glabra, gracilis, inter semina leviter trans- 
verse constricta, 9-12 lin. longa, arcuatim adscendens, rostro gracili, 1 lin. longo; semina parva, 
cotyledonibus incumbentibus. 
SourtH Mexico, rare near Tacubaya, common in and around the garden of the foot 
of Chapultepec (Schaffner), ditches near Tacubaya (Bourgeau, 18). Hb. Kew. 
A very distinct species in its elegant radical leaves, long spreading or deflected pedicels, 
and ascending more or less curved seed-vessels. - 
Tribe ALYSSINEA. 
8. VESICARTA. 
Vesicaria, Lam. Ill. t. 559; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 73. 
About thirty species, whereof twenty are American, chiefly in Texas and North Mexico, 
a few occurring in the Andes of South America ; the others are natives of the south of 
Europe, Syria, and Persia. 
1. Vesicaria argyrea, A. Gray, Pl. Lindh. ii. p. 146. 
TEXAS. —-Norta Mexico, near Corallitas, Chihuahua (Thurber), Buena Vista, Coa- 
huila (Gregg), Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Hdwards), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 25). Hb. Kew. 
