Cardamine. } CRUCIFERS. 33 
18in. high, but usually irom 6-12in., in alpine varieties sometimes 
reduced to Lin. or 2in. Lower leaves pinnate; leaflets few, 
rounded or ovate, entire or todthed, usually stalked, sometimes 
reduced to 1. Cauline leaves few, pinnatifid with narrow seg- 
ments. Flowers usually small, few or many, sometimes reduced 
tol. Petals narrow, erect or slightly spreading. Stamens some- 
times 4 only, especially in European specimens. Pods erect, slender, 
4-3 in. long, very narrow; style short.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 
18; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 12; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 26. 
Var. debilis, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 12.— Erect or decumbent, oftenmuch 
branched. Leaflets in several pairs, rounded or cordate. Pods slender, with 
long slender styles.—C. debilis, Banks and Sol. ex D.C. Syst. ii. 265; A. Cunn. 
Precur. n. 626; Raoul, Choix de Plantes, 47. Sisymbrium heterophyllum, forst. 
Prodr. n. 250; A. Rich. Fi. Now. Zel. 310. 
Var. corymbosa, Hook. f. 1.c.—Smaller. Leaflets in 2 pairs or reduced 
toa terminal one. Flowers in few-flowered corymbs.—C. corymbosa, Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct. i. 6; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 686. 
Var. subcarnosa, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 5.—Stout and fleshy. Leaflets 
3-6 pairs, obovate or oblong. Flowers numerous, large, corymbose. 
Var. uniflora, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 12.—Small, the leaves reduced 
to one pinnule. Flowers on a slender 1-flowered scape, rather large, sometimes 
tin. diam. 
NortH anpd SoutH Isntanps, CHaTHam IsLanpD, StHwaRtT IstaANpD: The 
variety debilis abundant throughout. The remaining varieties not uncommon 
in mountain districts in the South Island, and extending to the AUCKLAND AND 
CAMPBELL Isnanps. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 6500 ft. 
Widely distributed in the temperate regions of both hemispheres, and ex- 
ceedingly variable wherever it is found. 
2. C. depressa, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 6.—A small glabrous 
or pilose stemless perennial. Leaves numerous, crowded, rosulate, 
1-2in. long, elliptic or ovate-spathulate, quite entire or varying 
from crenate to deeply lobulate, rounded at the tip or retuse, 
narrowed into petioles of variable length. Flowers small, either 
solitary on slender scapes or in few- flowered corymbs. Pods 
4-14 in. long, stout, erect; styles short, stout.—Hook. f. Handb. 
N.4. Fl. 12; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 27. 
Var. depressa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 12.—Larger, usually glabrous. 
Leaves generally lobulate.—C. depressa, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 6, t. 3 and 4B. 
Var. stellata, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 12.—Smaller, glabrous or pilose. 
Leaves entire or nearly so.—C. stellata, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 7, t. 4a. 
SoutH Istanp: Var. depressa: Nelson— Wairau Mountains and Lake 
Tennyson, Travers, T. #. C. Marlborough—Mount Mouatt, Kirk! Canter- 
bury— Hopkins River and Lake Ohau, Haast. Otago—Lake District, Hector 
and Buchanan. AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS: Both varieties abundant, 
ascending to nearly 2000ft., Sir J. D. Hooker, Kirk ! 
Chiefly distinguished from reduced forms of C. hirsuta by the habit, 
spathulate leaves, and stout erect pods. 
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