Genus 12. 



MUSTARD FAMILY 



4. Radicula sphaerocarpa (A. Gray) 

 Greene. Round-fruited Cress. 

 Fig. 2029. 



Naslurliiiiii st'Iiaerocar/'inn A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. 



4 : 6. 1849. 

 Roripa sfkacrocarf'a Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 



170. 1894. 

 R. obtiisa sphaerocarpa Robinson, Rhodora 10 : 32. 



1908. 

 Radicula sphaerocarpa Greene, Leaflets, 1 : 113. 1905. 



Glabrous, stem erect or decumbent, usually 

 branched, slender, 4'-i2' high. Leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, the lower lyrate-pinnatifid or incised, the 

 upper sometimes nearly entire, all petioled or the 

 upper subsessile ; petioles narrowly margined, 

 somewhat clasping at the base; flowers i" broad 

 or less; petals yellow, about equalling the sepals; 

 silicle globose, or subglobose, l"-2" in diameter, 

 about as long as its pedicel ; style very short. 



Illinois to Kansas, Te.xas and California. Perhaps 

 a short-podded race of the preceding species. June- 

 July. 



Radicula palustris (L.) Moench 



Marsh or Yellow Water-cress. Fig. 2030. 



Sisymbrium ampliibinyn var, palustre L. Sp, 



PI. 657. 1753. 

 Radicula palustris Moench, Meth. 263. 1794. 

 Nasturtium terrestre R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 



Ed. 2, 4 : no. 1812. 

 Nasturtium palustre DC. Syst. 2: igi. 1821. 

 Roripa palustris Bess. Enum. 27, 1S21. 



Annual, or biennial, erect, branching, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, i-34 high. 

 Lower leaves petioled, i'-f long, oblong 

 or oblanceolate, deeply pinnatiild (rarely 

 only dentate), the lobes acutish or blunt, 

 repand or toothed; upper leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, dentate or somewhat lobed ; base of 

 the petiole often dilated and clasping; pedi- 

 cels slender, 3" long in fruit; flowers yel- 

 low, 2"-3" broad ; pods linear, or linear- 

 oblong, 2-6 times as long as thick, about 

 equalling the pedicels, spreading or curved; 

 style 2" long or less. 



In wet places, nearly throughout North 

 America except the extreme north. Appar- 

 ently in part naturalized from Europe on the 

 eastern side of the continent, but widely 

 indigenous. Yellow wood-cress. May Aug. 



6. Radicula hispida (Desv.) Britton. Hispid 

 Yellow-cress. Fig. 2031. 



Brachylobus hispidus Desv. Journ. Bot. 3: 183. 1814. 

 Nasturtium hispidum DC. Syst. 2: 201. 1821. 

 Nasturtium palustre var. hispidum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 



30. 1856. 

 Roripa hispida Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 169. 1894. 

 Radicula hispida Britton, Torreya 6: 30. 1906. 

 R. palustris hispida Robinson, Rhodora 10: 32. 1908. 



Resembling the preceding species, but often stouter, 

 sometimes 4 high and with lower leaves 10' long, 

 the stem, branches, petioles and veins of the lower 

 surfaces of the leaves hirsute with spreading hairs. 

 Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid ; pedicels slender, spreading, 

 about 3" long, longer than the globose or ovoid pod, 

 which is 1-2 times as long as thick. 



In wet places, New Brunswick 

 lumbia. Florida and New Mexico. 



to Alaska, British Co- 

 Europe. Summer. 



