TETR ADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA, 349 



a larger odd one at the end : thefe P/«w^ ftand 

 on fliort footftalks, are generally a Kttle hairy, 

 and have one or two flight dents on the ed^rcs, 

 the extreme one often obfcurely divided a little 

 way down into three lobes : the ftalk-leaves are 

 fimilar, but more oval, and narrower, and fome- 

 times lanceolate ; the ftalks are generally hairy, 

 angular, from four to eight inches high, branched 

 and feveral from the fame root : the petals are 

 fmall and white, about as long again as the ca- 

 lyx : the flov/ers have ofien the two Ihorter (la- 

 mina deficient, but we frequently find them re- 

 gular with all fiv vifible : the Jlliqua^ burft with 

 an elaftic force. The young leaves are a good 

 fallad. 



CARDAMINE foliis pinnatis, foliolis radicalibus 

 fubrotundis, caulinis lanceolatis. Sp, pi. 9 jr. 

 {Ger, em. 259./. i, 2. Blackwell t. 227. Moris. 

 hift,f. 3. /. 4./. 7. Pet. kerb. t. 47./ 5) 



Common Ladies-fmock, or Cuckov/.fiower. Anglis. 



In wet paftures and by the fides of rivulets frequent 



The radical leaves have generally about fix pair of 

 Finn<£^ nearly heart fhap'd, with a few angular 

 dents on the edges : the flialk is a foot high, 

 crcft, round and fiftular : the petals are white, 

 or tinged with purple, with deeper veins, and 

 yellow ungues, and almoft half an inch long : the 

 leaves are very acrid, and the flowers have 



lately 



