CL. XV.]] TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 271 



scattered : flowers large, densely corymbose : petals lilac. Annual : 

 flowers from June to September : grows on the sea-shore, in sand : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol.iv. pi. 231 : Bunias Cakite. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. 

 p. 183. 956. 



SILIQUOSA. 



14. DENTA'RIA. CORALWORT. 



Calyx of four oblong, erect leaves. Petals inversely egg- 

 shaped, obtuse, horizontal, with erect claws, shorter than the 

 calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the calyx ; anthers 

 arrow-shaped, erect. Germen oblong. Style short and thick ; 

 stigma obtuse. Pod sessile, lance-shaped, compressed, tapering 

 upwards ; valves flat, without ribs, narrower than the partitions. 

 Seeds egg-shaped, not bordered, inserted alternately in a single 

 row, by dilated and winged stalks. Named from dens, a tooth, 

 the root having projecting angles resembling teeth. 327. 



1. D.bulbifera. Bulbiferous Coralwart. Lower leaves pinnatifid, 



upper simple, with axillar bulbs. Stem erect, leafy, two feet high : 



leaves alternate, bright-green: flowers purple, corymbose. Perennial: 

 flowers in April and May: grows in moist shady places in England: 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 309. Eng. Fi. vol. iii. p. 186. 957. 



15. CARDAMI'NE. CARDAMINE. 



Calyx of four oblong, blunt, slightly spreading leaves, two of 

 them protuberant at the base. Petals inversely egg-shaped, 

 undivided, tapering into short claws. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 the two shorter with a gland at the base ; anthers small heart- 

 shaped, acute, recurved. Germen linear, slender. Style very 

 short ; stigma obtuse. Pod erect, linear, compressed ; valves 

 flat, without ribs, scarcely narrower than the bordered par- 

 tition. Seeds egg-shaped, not bordered, inserted alternately in a 

 single row, by short and slender stalks. Name, from cardia, the 

 heart, and damao, to strengthen. 328. 



1. C. impdtiens. Narrow-leaved Cardamine. Leaves pinnate, with 



lance-shaped leaflets ; stipules fringed. About a foot high : flowers 



minute, white. Annual: flowers in May and June: grows in moun- 

 tainous meadows, by the sides of streams : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 80. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 187. 958. 



2. C.hirsuta. Hairy Cardamine. Leaves pinnate, without stipules; 



leaflets stalked, roundish. From three inches to a foot high, more or 



less hairy : flowers small, white, corymbose. Annual : flowers from 

 March to July: grows in loose soil, in shady places: common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vii. pi. 492. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 188. 959. 



3. C. prattnsis. Ladies' Smock. Cuckoo-flower. Leaves pinnate, 

 without stipules; leaflets of the radical ones roundish, toothed; those of 

 the stem-leaves lance-shaped, entire; petals with a tooth on the claw. 



About a foot high : flowers large, in corymbs, pale-purple, lila 



white. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in moist meadows , 



