WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



May, they will dig up a few pieces and let you nibble 

 on them, or if you are really hungry these roots will form 

 a delightful addition to your little lunch of home-made 

 bread, cold meat and hard-boiled eggs at the spring 

 where you stop to eat and rest. The crinkled, edible 

 root is considered of greater importance than the 

 flowers, although without the attraction of the latter, 

 they would not be so easily found. It is crisp and 

 fleshy and tastes much like watercress. It grows 

 horizontally from five to ten inches long and is often 

 branched, crinkled and toothed, from which formation 

 it takes its name. The pretty white flowers have the 

 cross-shaped ear-mark that brands every member of 

 the Mustard tribe. They are often found mingled with 

 the Anemone and the Spring Beauty and their kind in 

 the spring. The stem, which is stout and smooth, 

 rises directly from the rootstock from eight to fourteen 

 inches in height. The flower has four rounded petals 

 which are arranged in opposite pairs and are spreading 

 at the apex. They are over half an inch in diameter 

 and are borne in a small, terminal cluster. The four 

 green sepals drop early, and two of the six yellow 

 stamens are noticeably smaller than the others. The 

 single slender pistil ripens into a flat, lance-shaped pod. 

 The large, smooth leaves are divided into three short- 

 stemmed broad, wedge-shaped leaflets with toothed 

 edges. They are set on long stems springing from the 

 rootstock. Two somewhat smaller leaves are set 

 nearly opposite each other on the upper part of the 

 flower stalk. The Crinkleroot grows in pretty clusters, 



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