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CRUCIFERjE. XIII. CARDAMINE. 



at Buenos Ayres. C. repanda, Smith, herb. Flowers small, 

 white. Pods slender, erect, compressed. 

 Buenos-Ayrean Lady's Smock. PI. j foot. 



14 C. ANTENIQUA'NA (Burch. cat. geogr. pi- afr. aust. no. 

 6043.) leaves trifoliate, pilose on the upper surface ; leaflets 

 stalked, ovate, toothed ; pods erect ; stems somewhat decumbent. 

 If? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope in the humid shady 

 regions of Anteniqualand. C. Burchellii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 886. Root perpendicular. Flowers white, size of those of C. par- 

 viflbra. Petals blunt, double the length of the calyx. 



Anteniqualand Lady's-Smock. PI. j foot. 



15 C. BORBO'NICA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 195.) leaves pilose on 

 both surfaces, trifoliate, rarely pinnate ; segments stalked, ovate, 

 accuminated, toothed ; pods erect. Native of the island of 

 Bourbon. C. rubifolia, Smith, herb. Petals white, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 



Far. /3, Allema (Comm. ined.) leaves sometimes pinnate ; 

 segments 5. C. Africana. Native of Bourbon. Vahl. symb. 

 2. p. 77. 



Var. y, Ardbica (D. C. syst. 2. p. 252.) stem rather villous. 

 C. Africana. Native of Arabia. Vahl. symb. 2. p. 77. 



Bourbon Lady's-Smockr PI. foot. 



16 C. AFRICA'NA (Lin. spec. 914.) leaves smooth, ternate, 

 rarely pinnate ; segments stalked, ovate, pointed, toothed ; pods 

 spreading. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Pluk. 

 aim. 252. t. 101. f. 5. Flowers small, white. Pods spreading, 

 linear. 



African Lady's-Smock. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1691. PI. 1 ft. 



17 C. NASTURTIOI'DES (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 201.) smooth ; 

 lower leaves ternate, terminal leaflet large, round, obsoletely 3- 

 lobed ; upper leaves simple, cuneate-ovate, 3-lobed ; stem pro- 

 cumbent, branched. Q. H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers small, 

 white. C. nasturtii, Spreng. syst. app. p. 241. 



Nasturtium-like Lady's-Smock. PI. J foot. 



18 B. TRIFO'LIA (Lin. spec. 913.) leaves smoothish, ternate; 

 segments sessile, rhomboidal-roundish, toothed ; scape naked ; 

 lower branches root-like, creeping. If. H. B. Native of Italy, 

 Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, France, &c. on shady parts of 

 mountains. Sturn. deutsch. fl. icon. Jacq. aust. t. 27. Curt, 

 bot. mag. t. 452. Petals white, with a broad cuneated claw, and 

 a broad spreading obovate limb. 



Three-leaved Lady's-Smock. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1629. 

 PI. | to 4 foot. 



19 C. BOCCO V NI (Viv. fl. cors. app. in Schleclit. Linnaea 1. 

 p. 502.) cauline leaves alternately pinnate or ternate ; pedicels 

 filiform, spreading ; leaflets roundish-ovate, 3 or unequally 5- 

 lobed ; siliques linear, deflexed. If.H.B. Native of Corsica. 

 Bocc. mus. p. 171. t. 118. Flowers white? 



Bocconi's Lady's-Smock. PI. i foot. 



20 C. CHILE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 254.) upper surface of 

 leaves pilose, ternate ; segments almost petiolulate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, crenated ; stem somewhat ascendant. If. 1 G. Native 

 of Chili. Petals oblong, white, longer than the calyx. Pods 

 linear, smooth, slender, ending in the style, which is hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from the pod. 



Chile Lady's-Smock. March, April. Clt. 1825. PI. J foot. 



21 C. TUBEROSA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 254.) leaves smooth, ra- 

 dical ones on long stalks, kidney-shaped, stem ones pinnately- 

 ternate ; root tuberous. 1.G. Native of Chili. Sisymbrium 

 tuberosum, Lag. in litt. Petals white? 3-times longer than the 

 sepals ; younger pods linear, pointed by the style. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 2. t. 29. 



Tuberous-rooted Lady's-Smock. PI. to 1 foot. 



22 C. PURPI/REA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea 1. p. 20.) 

 plant smoothish ; radical leaves and cauline ones trifoliate or 

 quinate ; lateral leaflets oval-roundish, acute, terminal one cor- 



date-roundish, 3-toothed ; bractea cuneated, 3-toothed, sessile 

 at the base of the lower pedicel ; petals reticulately veined ; 

 root creeping, slender, fibrous. 1 . H. Native of the island of 

 St. Lawrence. Cape Lisburne at the northern entrance of Kotze- 

 bue's Sound. Flower deep purple, in loose racemes. 

 PMr^j/e-flowered Lady's-Smock. PI. J foot. 



23 C. ANGULA'TA (Hook. bot. misc. pt. 3. with a figure, fl. 

 bor. amer. p. 44.) leaves all stalked, ternate, rarely quinate : 

 radical ones roundish, cauline ones ovate or lanceolate, angular, 

 or deeply lobed, smooth ; root creeping, fibrous, y.. H. Native 

 of North America on the banks of Columbia River. Flowers 

 pale rose-coloured, disposed in terminal and axillary corymbs. 



singular-leaved Lady's-Smock. PI. 1 i foot. 



3. Pinnatce. Leaves for the most part pinnate-parted. 



24 C. GRANULO'SA (All. auct. p. 16. exclusive of the synonyms 

 of Dalechamp,) radical leaves stalked, ovate, somewhat cordate, 

 stem ones pinnately-parted ; lobes oblong, entire ; root tube- 

 rously-granular. If. . H. Native on hilly meadows about Turin. 

 Petals obovate, blunt, white, size of those of C. amara. 



Granular-rooted Lady's-Smock. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1 820. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



25 C. AMA'RA (Lin. spec. 915.) leaves pinnate; segments of 

 the radical ones roundish, of the stem ones angularly-toothed ; 

 style filiform, acutish ; stems rooting at the base. T. H. B. 

 Native throughout northern and middle Europe in watery places 

 by the sides of rivers and brooks ; about London in several 

 places between Kew and Mortlake ; near Ripon, and in King- 

 street meadows, Norwich, and several other places. Vill. dauph. 

 3. p. 362. t. 39. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1000. Curt. lond. 3. 

 t. 39. Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 187. C. parviflora, Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 183. C. nasturtiana, Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 330. 

 C. melana'nthera, Stok. bot. mat. med. 3. p. 445. 



Far. ft, plena (D. C. eyst. 2. p. 255.) flowers double. Besl. 

 hort. eyst. ord. 1 . t. 3. f. 4. This is probably the double variety 

 of C. pratensis. 



Far. y, trisecta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ternate. C. trifolia, Wahl. 

 fl. lapp. no. 327. Native of Lapland and Sweden. 



Var. f, umbrosa (Lej. fl. spa. 2. p. 63.) stem and leaves vil- 

 lous. C. hirsuta, Oed. fl. dan. t. 148.? Native of Denmark. 

 The flowers of all the varieties are white, cream-coloured, with 

 violet anthers, and the plant before it flowers greatly resembles 

 the water-cress, but the taste is bitter and nauseous. 



Bitter Lady's-Smock. Fl. Apr. May. Britain. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



26 C. CLIGINO'SA (Bieb. suppl. p. 438.) leaves pinnate ; seg- 

 ments angularly-toothed, bluntish, those of the radical ones 

 roundish, of the stem ones oblong ; style very short, hardly 

 narrower than the pod ; runners creeping. I/ . H. B. Native 

 of Tauria in wooded mountains about springs, and also in the 

 Ukraine. C. amara, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 1283. exclusive of the 

 synonyms. Flowers white, like those of C. amara. Pedicels 

 nearly equal in length with the pods. 



Bog Lady's-Smock. Fl. May. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 foot. 



27 C. PRORE'PENS (Fisch. in litt. 1819.) leaves pinnate ; seg- 

 ments ovate, almost entire, terminal one roundish, somewhat 

 3-lobed ; runners creeping ; stem ascending, pubescent ; pods 

 hairy, shorter than the pedicels. If. . H. B. Native of Siberia 

 beyond the Baical, on the banks of the river Ingoda about Do- 

 roninsk. C. hirsuta, Pall. C. pubescens, Stev. C. pilosa, 

 Willd. C. borealis, Andrz. all in litt. Pods erect, slender, hairy. 

 Style filiform, a line long. Flowers white. 



Most-creeping Lady's-Smock. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. 

 PI. J foot. 



28 C. PRATE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 9-15.) leaves pinnate ; segments 

 of the radical ones roundish, of the stem ones linear or lanceo- 

 late, entire ; style very short, hardly narrower than the pod ; 



