2IO CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Cardaminc bitlbosa BSP., var. purpurea BSP. 

 Spring' or Purple Cress. 



Springy places and swamps in woods or shaded situations. 

 Rare at Newtown (I. P. Blackman, J. Pettibone) ; locally 

 plentiful in New Milford. Sherman and Kent (E. H. Austin 

 & Eames) ; many plants at one locality in North Canaan (Bis- 

 sell) . Late March — early May. 



Cardamine pratensis L. (of meadows). 

 Cuckoo Flower. Ladies' Smock. 



Rare. Bristol, about a garden but formerly plentiful in a 

 meadow (W. A. Terry), Litchfield, in a lawn (Miss E. H. 

 Thompson), Norfolk (Miss M. C. Seymour), Salisbury, mar- 

 gin of a lake and small stream (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May. 

 At least in part adventive from farther north. 



Cardamine parviflora L. (small-flowered). 



Cardamine hirsufa L.. var. svhi'ofica of some American 



authors. 

 Cardarninc arenicola Britton. 

 Small Bitter Cress. 



Occasional or local. Ledges, woods or open situations in 

 barren or sterile ground. Mid-April — June. 



Cardamine pennsylvanica Muhl. 



Cardamine hirsufa of Gra)'-'s Manual ed. 6 in great part. 

 Bitter Cress. Brook, Land or Lamb's Cress. 



Frequent. About springs, along brooks and in wet shaded 

 places. May — June. 



Sometimes used as a salad plant and to some extent 

 gathered for market. 



ARABIS L. Rock Cress. 



Arabis lyrata L. (lyre-shaped). 

 Low Rock Cress. Wall Cress. 



Rocks, ledges, banks and sandy places, in dry ground. 

 Occasional in most districts but not reported from the south- 

 eastern part of the state. ATay — June. 



Arabis glabra (L.) Bcrnb. (smooth). 

 Arabis perfoliata Lam. 

 Tower Mustard or Cress. 



