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CRUCfFER^ 



I — 2 feet high, unbranched ; radical leaves, toothed, hairy, and 

 soon withering ; cauline leaves glabrous, triangular, entire, auri- 

 cled ; flowers pale yellow. — It grows on banks and cliffs ; but is 

 local. — Fl. May — July. Biennial. 



CARDAMfN^ PRAT^NSis {Cuckoo Flowcr, ov Lady s Smock). 



6. CARDAMfNE (Bitter Cress). — Bitter herbs, mostly widely dis- 

 tributed, glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; flowers conspicuous, either 

 individually or from corymbose arrajigement ; pods linear, corn- 



