AKABIS.] CRUCIFEKE. 



3 in., obtuse or acute. Flowers small. Pods 1^-2 in., very many, much 

 narrower than in A . ciliata; style short ; seeds distant, very narrowly winged 

 all round. DISTRIB. Europe, temp. Asia to the Himalaya, N. America. 

 VAR. 1. /lirsu'ta proper ; stem and leaves covered with simple or forked hairs. 

 VAR. 2, qlabra'tu, Syme ; stem and leaves glabrous or ciliated. Great 

 Arran Is., W. of Ireland ; (this I have not seen.) 



5. A. perfolia'ta, Lamk. ; nearly glabrous, glaucous, radical leaves 

 obovate sinuate or lobed, cauline amplexicaul entire auricled, petals erect 

 pale yellow, pods many crowded slender erect, seeds sub-2-seriate. 

 Turrifis gla'bra, L. 



Dry rocky places, local, from" Perthshire southwards ; Ireland, Antrim only ; 

 fl. May-July. Annual or biennial. Stem 2-3 ft., erect, with few spreading 

 hairs about the early withering root-leaves, &c. Pods 1-2 in., pedicels 

 slender; style very short; seeds minute, oblong, angled, not winged. 

 DiSTRiB. Europe (Arctic), temp. Asia to the Himalaya, N. America. 



A. TURRI'TA, L. ; stellately pubescent, leaves remotely toothed, radical 

 petioled entire, cauline narrow oblong amplexicaul, flowers bracteate, 

 petals obovate-lanceolate spreading, pods large long secund decurved. 

 Naturalized on old castle walls, as at Cleish, Kinross-shire, Oxford, &c. ; 

 fl. May- July. Perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., rather robust, leafy. Radical 

 leaves on barren branches of the rootstock. Flowers pale yellow. Pods 3-6 

 in.; valves thick, veined; seeds oblong, winged. DiSTKiB. Central and 

 S. Europe. 



5. CARDAMI'NE, L. BlTTER-CRESS. 



Annual or perennial herbs, usually glabrous. Leaves usually pinnate. 

 Flowers white cream-coloured or purple. Sepals equal at the base. 

 Petals clawed, rarely 0. Pod elongate, linear, compressed ; valves flat, 

 indistinctly nerved, elastic ; septum hyaline ; stigma small. Seeds 

 compressed, not margined, funicle filiform ; cotyledons accumbent. 

 DISTRIB. Temp, and cold regions, rarely tropical ; species 50. ETYM. 

 A Greek word. 



1. C. hirsu'ta, L. ; radical leaves pinnate, leaflets broad petioled 

 auricles 0, cauline narrower, petals small erect oblong-lanceolate, anthers 

 yellow, pods erect. 

 Moist places, ascending to 3,000ft. in Scotland; fl. April-Sept. Very 



variable, glabrous or hairy, 6 in. -2 ft., erect or diffuse. Leaflets 3-6 pairs, 



angled or sublobate. Flowers | in. diam., white. Pods about 1 in., 



slender, tortilose.DiST RIB. All temp, and cold climates; in S. temp. 



regions the perennial varieties are excessively numerous and very puzzling. 

 Sub-sp. HIRSU'TA proper ; annual, radical leaves rosulate, stamens usually 



4, style short stout. Open ground. 

 Sub-sp. FLEXUO'SA, Withering (sp. ) ; perennial or biennial, radical leaves 



few, leaflets lobed, stamens usually 6, style slender elongate. C. sylvat'ica. 



Link. Shaded places. 



2. C. praten'sis, L. ; leaves all pinnate, leaflets of radical petioled 

 Buborbicnlar, of cauline narrow subsessile, petals large spreading obovate, 

 anthers yellow, pods erect on slender pedicels, style short stout. Lady's 

 Smock, Cuckoo Flower. 



