TETKADYNAMiA siLiftuosA. Deiitaria. 439 



nre of a pungent mustard-like taste, and are used by 

 the natives instead of mustard ; in the mountains it is 

 generally known by the name of Pepper-root. The 

 figure in the Botanical Magazine is taken from an in- 

 dividual plant, in which the radical leaf is bilubated, 

 which is not always the case. 

 3. D. caule distanter diphyllo, foliis sessllibus ternatis^ fo- tenella, 



liolis lineari-ellipticis integris, petalis cuneatis. 

 On the banks of the Columbia. %. April, v. s. in 

 Herb. Lewis. Very slender ; leaves small j flowers 

 purple. 



534. CARDAMINE. Gen.pl. 1088. 



I.e. foliis simplicibus suborbiculatis integriusculis, cauli- rolimdifolia, 

 bus simpliciusculis debiliter procumbentibus. Mlch.ji. 

 amer. 2. p. 30. 

 On rocks, in the rivulets of the high mountains of Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina. 1/ . May, June. v. v. The 

 flowers of all the following species are white and small. 



2. (^. caule nudo, foliis radicalibus lanceolatis inciso-den- articulata. 



tatis glabris, siliquis turgidis subarticulalis. 

 On the north-west coast. Nehon. 1}. . v. s. in Herb. 

 Banks. A doubtful species. 



3. C. parvnla ; caulibus decumbentibus, foliis radicalibus spathulala. 



spathulatis pubescentibus, caulinis lineari-cuneatis in- 

 tegris dentatisque, siliquis divaricato-laxis. — Mich.Jl. 

 amer. 2. p.2g. 

 On high mountains of Carolina. M'lchaux. -f-. 



4. C. pusilla, acaulis J foliis obtuse lyrato-pinnatifidis, pe- unijiora, 



dunculis radicalibus unifloris. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p.2Q. 

 On rocks near Knoxville, Kentucky. Michaux. +. 



5. C. pusilla, erecta, ramosa ; foliis omnibus sublyrato- isres. 



pinnatitidis, siliquis brevibus linearibus acuminatis te- 

 retibus, brevissime pedicellatis. Mich. Jl. amer. 2. 

 p. 29. 

 In overflowed places : New England to New Jersey. 

 11 . June, July. v. v. 



6. C, glabra, erecta ; foliis pinnatis, foliolis lanceolatis sub- virginica, 



auriculatis, siliquis longis stride ereciis. — IVilld. sp. 



pi. 3. p. 488. 

 Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 101./. 4. Peiiv.gax. t. 105./. 18. 

 In low meadows : Canada to Carolina. "2/ . May, Jun^, 



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