2C CKLCiriiKyi:. (.mustaku ia.mii. v.) 



* * Annuals. 



3. C. spathulata, Mitlix " Kadical leaves pctiolate, spatliulatc, entire 

 pulicsci'iit w iili liiaiicliin;^ liairs ; stein-lcavcs linear {Stem (k'ciiinl)ent, silique 

 linear, strai^xlit, S])rea(lin;^ aiul .slijilitly rellexed, jKjintcd with the sessile .stijji»u " 

 (DC.) — lli;:h iiioiiiitains of CinoViua. {Mlvhaur). (•) 



4. C. Ludovieiana, Hook. Low; Btcms brancliinf; and hairy nt tlic 

 hase ; leaves laneeolate, pinnatitid with numerous oblon;; or linear sparinj^ly 

 toothed lobes, those of the root tufted; siliquc broadly linear, ercet-spreading, 

 pointed with the sessile stij^ma; seeds orbieular, margined. — ^ Waste i)laees near 

 dwellings, Florida to North Carolina and westward. March and April. — Stems 

 4'-C' high. Flowers small, white. 



5. C. hirsuta, L. Smooth or hairy ; stem ereet (l°-2° high), branehing; 

 leaves jjinnatitid, with numerous oval or oblong sparingly toothed lobes, those 

 of the up])cr leaves linear and entire ; silitpie narrow-linear, erect, pointed with 

 the nearly sessile stigma; seeds oval, minute, marginless — Var. Vikoink a. 

 (C. Virginica, Mlchx.) Smaller (6' -10' high); lobes of the leaves linear or 

 filiform. — Wet (the variety in dry) soil, Florida and northward. .March and 

 April. — Flowers small, white. 



4. DENTARIA, L. Toothwout. 

 SiliciuG lanceolate, flattened. Seeds ovate, disjjosed in a single row in each 

 cell, on flattened stalks, not margined. — Perennial herbs, with creeping fleshy 

 roots, and simple stems, bearing at the summit 2-3 ijalmately-divided leaves, 

 and a single raceme of large white or purple flowers. Iladical leaves on long 

 petioles 



1. D. diphylla, iliehx. Eoot not jointed; stem-leaves 2, opposite omcar- 

 ly so, tcrnately divided ; leaflets ovate or ovatc-lanecolate, coarsely toothed ; 

 those of the root similar; racemes many-flowered, longer than the leaves; flow- 

 ers white. — Rich shady woods, along the mountains and northward. April. — 

 Stem 8' -12' high. Koot pungent. 



2. D. laciniata, IMulil. Koot jointed ; stem-leaves mostly 3, whorlcd, 

 teiTiately divided ; leaflets lanceolate or linear, lobed and toothed ; the lateral 

 ones 2-partcd, those of the root similar or sometimes wanting; racemes few- 

 many-flowered, often shorter than the leaves ; flowers white or pale i)urple. — 

 Banks of rivers in shady places, Florida and northward. Feb. - April. — Stem 

 4'- 12' high. 



3. D. heterophylla, Xutt. Root jointed; stem-leaves 2, small, opposite, 

 3-parted ; leaflets linear, toothed or entire ; root-leaves ternate, with large ovate 

 crenately-lobcd and toothed leaflets; racemes few-flowered; flowers rather small, 

 purple. — Shady woods, North Carolina and northward. April. — Stem 6'- 12' 

 high. 



4. D. multifida, Mnlil Root tuberous; stem-leaves mostly 3, whorlcd, 

 2-3-tcrnately divided into very narrow segments ; flowers white — Shady woods 

 in the upper districts, Alabama and northAvard. Stems 6' -8' high. Leaves 

 often as finely divided as those of the Carrot, sometimes approaching some of 

 the forms of No, 2, but with smaller flowers, and longer petioles and pedicels. 



