Cardamine 



CEUCIFERiE 



239 



elastically. Seeds in one row, compressed ; cotyledons accumbent. 

 Lady's Smock. 



Species 120, natives of temperate, alpine and frigid regions of 

 the world. 



C. hipsuta L. Sp. PI. 655 (1753) ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 13 ; 

 O. E. Schulz in Urb. Symh. Ant. in. 520 & in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 



Fig. 99. — Cardamine hirsuta L. 



A, Plant X |. 



B, Flower X i. 



C, Petal X 6. 



D, Pistil and stamens X 5. 



E, Siliqua slightly enlarged. 



F, Seed x 10. 



G, Ditto cut across X 10 ; c, cotyledon ; 



r, radicle. 



{. 25 (1837) (non Link). 



xxxii. 464. C. sylvatica Macf. Jam. 

 (Fig. 99.) Type in Herb. Linn. 



In fl. Dec. -March ; Port Royal and St. David's Mts., Macfadyen ; 

 Quashie Hill, 5560 ft., Eggers ; Cinchona, 4900 ft. ; Hardware Gap, 

 4000 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 9204, 10,110, 11,696.— Widely distributed in 

 the northern hemisphere. 



Annual. Stem erect, i^l ft. high. Leaves imparipinnate, radical 

 numerous, 5-8 cm. 1., few on the stem, 2-4 cm. 1. ; leaflets 1-4 paired, 

 stalked, terminal largest, roundish, with a few hairs on the upper surface 

 and at the base of the petiole. Pedicels of flowers l'5-2 mm. 1., of siliquas 

 •5-1-5 cm. 1. Sepais greenish-hyaline, 1*5 mm. 1. PetoZs white, 4, some- 

 times only 2 or more, about 3 mm. 1. Stamens usually 4, 2 mm. 1. 

 Style none. Siliqua about 2 cm. 1., 1 mm. br. Seeds about 1 mm. 1. 



The sepals of this species are described by O. E. Schulz as " dorso 

 parce pilosa," but in the dried specimens examined the sepals are glabrous. 



