Cardamine 



CRUCIFER^ 



239 



elastica]ly. Seeds in one row, compressed ; cotyledons accumbent. 

 Lady's Smock. 



Species 120, natives of temperate, alpine and frigid regions of 

 the Avorld. 



C. hirsuta L. Sjk PL 655 (1753) ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 13 : 

 0. E. Scladz in TJrh. Sijmh. Ant. in. 520 A: in Engl. Bot. Jalirh. 



Fig. 99. Cardamine hirsuta L. 



A, Plaut X n- E, Siliqua slightly enlarged. 



B, Flower x 4. F, Seed x 10. 



C, Petal x 6. G, Ditto cut across x 10 ; c, cotyledon ; 



D, Pistil and stamens X 5. r, radicle. 



xxxii. 464. C. sylvatica Mac/. Jam. i. 25 (1837) (non Z///A'). 

 (Fig. 99.) Type in Herb. Linn. 



In fi. Dec-March; Port Royal and St. David's Mts., Macfadycn ; 

 Quashie Hill, 5560 ft., Eggers ; Cinchona, 4900 ft. ; Hardware Gap, 

 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9204, 10,110, 11,696. Widely distributed in 

 the northern hemisphere. 



Annual. Stc77i erect, ^-1 ft. high. Leaves imparipinnate, radical 

 numerous, 5-8 cm. 1., few on the stem, 2-4 cm. 1. ; leatiets 1-4 paired, 

 stalked, terminal largest, roundish, with a few hairs on the upper surface 

 and at the base of the petiole. Pedicels of flowers 1-5-2 mm. 1., of siliquas 

 5-1-5 cm. 1. ScjmIs greenish-hyaline, 1-5 mm. 1. Petals white, 4, some- 

 times only 2 or more, about 3 mm. 1. Stavicns usually 4, 2 mm. 1. 

 Style none. Siliqua about 2 cm. 1., 1 mm. br. Seeds about 1 mm. 1. 



The sepals of this species are described by 0. E. Schulz as " dorso 

 parce pilosa," but in the dried specimens examined the sepals are glabrous. 



