CRINKLE-ROOT 



Rootstock. — Long, horizontal, fleshy, crinkled, branched 

 and toothed, five to ten inches long, crisp, edible. 



Stem. — Stout, smooth, ten to twelve inches high. 



Stem-leaves. — Two, opposite or nearly so, compounded 

 of three ovate, toothed leaflets; leaflets coarsely toothed; 

 leaves from the rootstock broader, on long petioles. 



Two-Leaved Dentaria. Dentdria diphylla 



Flowers. — White, of the type cafled crucifer, about 

 half an inch across, in a loose, terminal cluster. 



Calyx. — Sepals, four, the two outer narrow. 



Corolla. — Petals, four, much longer than the sepals, 

 w^hite, in opposite pairs forming a cross; each petal with 

 a short claw. 



Stamens. — Six, two shorter than the others, which are 

 of the same height. 



Pistil. — One; ovary two-celled; style slender. 



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