88 i;i>i;mi;n'|'s oi-' i'.otanv. 



iM'jiilv ;is Ioiil;- ;i,s IIh' ix-liolrs; llovvcis while, I in. or iiion- wide-; 

 instills oMoiit; or ohoviilf, (luicUly <l('<ri(liiouH ; (^apHiiN^ l-tu'llcd, 2- 

 viilvcd, (lie vmIvcs s('|):ii:iiiiit;- from llic pcrsisU'iil, phiccntji) at iiiatur- 

 il,y. M;iicli April. I n rich, sliiidy woods. 



III. CAPNOIDES. 



JOrcci hcibs ; juice icihlish brown ; Icmvcs imudi disscclcd 

 or (U'compoimd ; Howcrs in rju'ciucs vvhicdi Jirc. t,('rmiii;i.l <»r 

 opposite I. lie leaves; sepals L*, siua.ll ; corcdla. irregida,r, p(d,a,ls 

 I, one ol llie Older spurred or saeeale at- the. base, the li 

 inner narrower ami keided on the baeU ; stamens (J, three 

 ()|>|)osite ea(di ot the outer |)etals ; sti^ina. L'dobed, persistent, j 

 phi.eeid;e L*. 



('. MKKANrnrM ( l'aiL;elni.) Urill. I)irr< iim an's r>KKi';< n i;s. 

 Stem sh'hdcr, dilliise, glabrous; leaves lincly dissected, the divisions 

 nearly line.ir; Mowers p;de y<'llo\v ; iiniei- petals nnicronatc, the keel 

 usually enlire ; iKiil, ;i line;ir, (ondose, short-pcdiceled pod. I-'ebrn 

 ary March. In rich woods. 



K;. CRUCIFERyli:. Ml ST AIM) i'AMILV. 



lleil»s, with waiery, pnnu^ent juice; lea.ves alternate, ex- 

 stipulate; llowers perfect, rei^uhir, liy |)oij^yn()US, in racemes 

 or pani(des with braetless pedicids; sei)a.ls -1, usually erect 

 and appressed to the coi'olla, deciduous; petals I, with 

 s|U'(\uling limbs rorniiiiL;- a, cross, raridy wantin*;; sta.mens 

 usually T), two of them shorlcM* tlia.n the others and opposite 

 t.he inner sepals; pistil 1, compound, style usually pei'sist- 

 ent, ovary L*-c(dled by a. membranous partition; i'ruit a, sil- 

 i(pi(> orsili(d(\ The family lurnishes a number of food plants, 

 anu)n,i; whi(di are the cabbage, caulillower, brussids sprouts, 

 kohl rabi, and kale, all of whiidi are forms of the European 

 Iir(fsslr<f oh'niccK : the Turnip ( /►. i'ttN/>csfris) and the Horse 

 Kadish {/I'ori/xi Aniiordcitr) wlii(di does iH)t produce seed in 

 this country. Most of the native plants Ixdoui^inLj to the 

 family are insigniiieant or tronblesonje weeds. 



