CRUCIFERvE. XIII. CARDAMINE. 



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XIII. CARDA'MINE (from rap&o, kard'ia, the heart; &.- 

 fiaia, damao, to subdue; stomachic quality of the plants, or per- 

 haps diminished from KapSafjuiiy, kardamon, water-cress ; taste 

 similar.) Lin. D. C. 'syst. 2. p. 245. prod. 1. p. 149. 



LYN. SYST. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. Silique linear ; with 

 flat nerveless valves, usually opening with elasticity. Seeds in 

 one series, ovate, not margined. Umbilical cord slender. Co- 

 tyledons accumbent. Herbs usually smooth. Roots fibrous or 

 granuliferous. Leaves stalked, entire, lobed, or pinnately-cut, 

 usually very different in the same plant. Racemes terminal, 

 bractless. Flowers white or red. 



For the derivation of the English name of the Genus see C. 

 prateitsis. 



. 1. Indivisa:' folia. Leaves nearly all undivided. 



1 C. RHOMBOIDEA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 246.) plant at first hairy- 

 pubescent, but at length smooth ; leaves rather fleshy, ovate- 

 rliomboid, obsoletely repand-toothed, smooth, lower ones round- 

 ish-cordate, on long petioles, cauline ones ovate, uppermost ones 

 sessile ; stem erect, flexuous ; root tuberous and fibrous. I/ . H. B. 

 Native of North America, on the borders of rivulets and springs, 

 Rocky Mountains, thence to Hudson's Bay. A'rabis rhomboi- 

 dea and tuberosa, Pers. ench. 2. p. 204. A'rabis bulbosa, 

 Mtihl. cat. no. 104. Cardamine rotundifolia, Hook. fl. bor. 

 amer. p. 44. Pluk. amalth. t. 435. f. 6. Flowers rose-coloured, 

 about the size of those of C. pratensis. The leaves taste like 

 early spring cresses. 



Rhomb-like-lewed. Lady's-Smock. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1825. 

 PI. I ft. 



2 C. ROTUNDIFOHA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 30.) leaves 

 rather fleshy, orbicular, somewhat toothed, smooth, stalked ; 

 stems weak, procumbent ; root fibrous. I/ . H. B. Native of 

 North America, on the borders of rivulets on the highest moun- 

 tains of Carolina, Virginia, and New Hampshire ; also in Pennsyl- 

 vania, on the border of the river Brandywine, near West Chester, 

 Flowers white. 



Round-leaved Lady's-Smock. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. PL 

 5 foot decumbent. 



3 C. SPATULA^TA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 29.) radical- 

 leaves stalked, spatulate, entire, pubescent with 3-forked hairs, 

 stem ones linear ; stem decumbent. 1 . H. B. Native of Ca- 

 rolina, on the highest mountains. Pods linear, straight, spreading, 

 somewhat reflexed. Stigma sessile, hardly acute. Flowers white '! 



Spatulate-lea.ved Lady's-Smock. Fl. May, Jun. PI. foot, 

 decumbent. 



4 C. ASARIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smooth; stalked, 

 cordate-orbicular, somewhat sinuately-toothed ; stem erect ; pods 

 erect, twice the length of the pedicel. If. . H. B. Native of 

 Piedmont, Italy, and several other places in Europe, in moun- 

 tain rivulets. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1735. Flowers white, a little 

 larger than those of C. amdra. Pods an inch long. 



Var. ft, diversifolia ; (D. C. syst. 2. p. 248.) cauline leaves 

 pinnately-ternate ; radical ones and upper ones orbicular, undi- 

 vided. 1]. . H. B. Native of Piedmont. 



Asaribacca-leaved Lady's-Smock. Fl. Jun. Jul. Clt. 1710. 

 PI. 1 to 1 J foot. 



5 C. I'NDICA (Burm. fl. ind. 140.) leaves ovate, crenulated, 

 stalked, smooth, upper ones oblong-cuneated ; stem erect ; pods 

 spreading; stigma sessile. O-? S. Native of Java. Flowers 

 small, white. Perhaps a species of Nasturtium, referable to sec- 

 tion Clandest/naria. 



Indian Lady's-Smock. PI. ^ foot. 



6 C. STYLOSA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 248.) cauline leaves sagit- 

 tate half-stem-clasping ; oblong, acute, denticulated, smooth ; 

 stem erect ; pods spreading, pointed with the style. I/. . ? G. B. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers small, whitish. 



Ijarge-styled Lady's-Smock. PI. 2 feet. 



7 C. CHENOPODIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 195.) leaves ovate, 

 somewhat sinuately-lobed ; stem procumbent ; pods erect ; stigma 

 sessile. !.? S. B. Native of South America, on the margins 

 of rivulets about Monte Video. Poir, suppl. 2. p. 394. Flowers 

 white. Pods smooth, linear, erect, compressed, one inch long. 



Goosefoot-leaved Lady's-Smock. Fl. Nov. PI. 1 foot, trailing. 



8 C. BELLIDIFOLIA (Lin, spec. 913.) leaves smooth, thickish, 

 radical ones stalked, ovate, entire ; cauline ones few, entire or 

 somewhat 3-lobed, not eared at the base ; pods erect ; stigma 

 almost sessile. l/.H.B. Native of Europe, on the tops of moun- 

 tains ; also of North America, on the summits of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, throughout Arctic America but sparingly ; islands of Una- 

 laschka and St. Lawrence. C. Lenensis, Ledeb. Flowers white. 



Var. a, petiolaris (D. C. syst. 2. p. 249,) petioles longer than 

 the entire leaf. Oed. fl. dan. t. 20. Smith, eng. bot. 2355. 

 Lin. fl. lapp. 260. t. 9. f. 2. Native of Lapland, Norway, and 

 Scotland, in fissures of moist rocks. 



Far. ft, alpina (D. C. 1. c.) petiole rather shorter than the en- 

 tire leaf. C. bellidifolia, Crantz. fl. aust. 43. Wulf. in Jacq. 

 misc. 1. p. 148. t. 17. f. 2. C. alpina, Willd. spec. 3. p. 481. 

 A'rabis bellidifolia, Scop. earn. 2. p. 81. A. bellidioides, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 220. Native of the Alps, of Europe, also in Scotland. 



Var. y, subtriloba (D. C. 1. c. 250.) the upper leaves are some- 

 what 3-lobed, sometimes ternate. Native of the Alps and the 

 Pyrenees. C. heterophylla, Baugrn. 



Daisy-leaved Lady's-Smock. Fl. Apr. Jun. Scotland. PI. -Jft. 



. 2. Trilobae. Leaves for the most part 3-lobed. 



9. C. HAMILTONII ; smooth ; stem erect, branched, flexuous, 

 radical leaves simple, kidney- shaped, repand-crenate, stalked; 

 cauline leaves pinnate ; leaflets 5, opposite, roundish, 3-lobed, 

 terminal one large ; siliques filiform, straight. O- H. Native 

 of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. C. debilis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 

 201. Herb slender, green. Flowers small, white. 



Hamilton's Lady's-Smock. Fl. Oct. PI. ^ foot. 



10 C. RESEDIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smooth, membra- 

 nous, stalked, radical ones undivided, stem ones drawn out on 

 both sides at the base into an acute auricle ; lower ones of these 

 ternate, and the upper ones pinnately-5-lobed ; pods erect, ter- 

 minated by the style. Q. H. Native of Cevennes, Pyrenees, 

 &c. in shady humid places. Sturn. fl. germ. icon. All. ped. no. 

 950. t. 57. f. 2. Jacq. fl. aust. app. t. 31. A'rabis resedifolia, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 511. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, integrifolia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 150.). A. hastulata, 

 Bertol. ined. Native of the Apennines. Leaves undivided. 



Mignonette-leaved Lady's Smock. Fl. July. Clt. 1658< 

 PL i to i foot. 



11 C. UNIFLO'RA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 29.) radical leaves 

 3-lobed, smooth; scapes 1 -flowered. ^ ? H. Native of North 

 America on the rocks of Kentucky near Knoxville. Flowers 

 white, smaller than those of C. amara. Petals longer than the 

 calyx. Pods linear, compressed. 



One-flowered Lady's Smock. PL -j foot. 



12 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Adams, mem. soc. nat. mosc. 5. p. 111. 

 Fisch in litt. icon.) leaves ternate, or pinnately quinate, smooth, 

 floral one simple, 3-toothed ; scape few-flowered. If ? H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia at Cape Bykofskoy-mys. C. miniita, Willd. herb. 

 Pedicel filiform, only equalling the flower in length or rather 

 longer than either flower or pod. Flowers white. Stem ascen- 

 dant, branched, and rooting. 



Small-leaved Lady's Smock. Fl. July. PL ^ to J of a foot. 



13 C. BONARIE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 195.) leaves smooth, 

 stalked, trifoliate ; leaflets stalked, somewhat repand, middle 

 leaflet 3-lobed ; upper leaves simple or 3-lobed ; pedicels fur- 

 nished with bracteas. T? S. Native of South America in fields 



