No. 14. I FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 2O9 



places. Occasional or local except near the coast in the south- 

 eastern part of the state where it has not been reported. Late 

 April — late May. 



The fresh rootstocks are sometimes eaten as a relish. 



Dentaria maxima Nutt. (greatest). 

 Large Pepper-root or Toothwort. 



Rare. Windsor, plentiful in rich soil on banks and alluvial 

 bottoms beside a woodland stream (Eames). Late April — 

 mid-May. 



Dentaria incisifolia Eames (cut-leaved). 

 Dentaria incisa Eames, not Small. 



Rare. Rich, damp, hillside woods near the Housatonic 

 River in Sherman (E. H. Austin & Eames). Late April — 

 mid-May. 



Dentaria laciniata Mulil. (slashed). 

 Cut-leaved Pepper-root or Toothwort. 



Rare or local. Moist to rather dry soil of rich woods and 

 more or less shaded banks, throughout, but especially rare in 

 the southeastern part of the state: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers), Old Lyme (Bissell). Mid-April — early May. 



Dentaria anomala Eames (anomalous). 



Rare. Moist, rich woods and banks: Plainvillc (Bissell), 

 Orange (Harger). Late April — early May. 



This species occurs at stations where Dentaria diphylla and 

 Dentaria laciniata grow together, and is possibly a hybrid. 



CARDAMINE L. Bitter Cress. 



Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb.) BSP. (bulbous). 

 Cardamine rhomhoidea DC. 

 Spring or Bitter Cress. 



Wet woods and meadows. Rare near the coast in the 

 southeastern part of the state ; occasional elsewhere. Mid- 

 May — mid-June. 



Cardamine Douglassii (Torr.) Britton. 



Cardamine rhomhoidea DC, var. purpurea Torr. 

 Cardamine purpurea Britton. 



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