208 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Meadows, waste places and along streams, usually in moist 

 soil. Frequent or common except in the southeastern part 

 of the state where it is rare. May — June. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Sometimes used as a salad plant. 



Barbarea stricta Andrz. (straight and upright). 

 Barbarea vulgaris R.Br., var. stricta Gray. 

 Winter Cress. 



Occasional or frequent. Roadsides, waste places, fields 

 and along streams. May — June. 



Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch. (of spring). 

 Barbarea praecox Sm. 

 Early Winter or Belle Isle Cress. Scurvy Grass. 



Rare. Cultivated fields, waste places and roadsides : 

 Waterford (Graves), New Haven and Oxford (Harger), 

 Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport and Fairfield (Fames). May 

 — mid-June. Adventive from Europe. 



lODANTHUS Torr. & Gray. 



lodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud. (feather-cleft). 

 Thelypodiiim pinnatifidum Wats. 

 Purple Rocket. 



Rare. Middletown, border of pond (M. Hitchcock, 1879). 

 June. Fugitive from the West. 



LUNARIA L. Moonwort. 



Lunaria annua L. (annual). 



Honesty. Satin-flower. Moonwort. Money-plant. 



Rare. Westport, at Green's Farms, in a dooryard but ap- 

 parently self-sown (C. L. Pollard). Aug. Fugitive from 

 Europe. 



Sometimes cultivated for winter bouquets. 



DENTARIA L. Toothwort. Pepper-root. 



Dentaria diphylla Michx. (two-leaved). 



Pepper-root. Crinkle-root. Tooth-root. Toothwort. 



Rich, moist, wet or springy woods, banks and more open 



