THALAMIFLOR/t 57 
Though the lowlands abound with Lady’s Smock, 
it is also found in hilly districts on the sides of the 
slopes where springs issue forth and cause a morass 
to form. 
The plant has an erect habit, the single stem being 
rigid, straight and rounded or angular. 
The root-leaves are orbicular, the terminal one 
larger, and grow hidden amongst the grass, in a loose 
rosette fashion. The stem-leaves are pinnate, with 
linear-lanceolate leaflets, entire, with no stipules. 
The stem may have a purple tinge like many other 
semi-aquatic or marsh plants. 
The calyx is membranous at the edge. The petals, 
four, as in all Crucifers, are large and spreading, the 
anthers yellow. The pods on short stalks are erect, 
an inch or more long, with a capitate stigma. 
Lady’s Smock grows to a height of nine inches or a 
foot, and I have found it even more, or fifteen inches 
in height. The flower is in bloom from April to June, 
and at its best in May. 
Two large honey glands occur at the bottom of the 
corolla below the two short stamens, and there are two 
smaller ones in place of the abortive stamens. The 
sepals are persistent and so retain the honey. The 
anthers open towards the centre in bud, but before 
the stigma is ripe the four inner stamens grow longer 
and turn outwards. Pollen is deposited upon the 
bee’s body from the taller stamens. If insects do not 
visit the flower, and in wet weather, the pollen, how- 
ever, from these four falls on the stigma, and the 
