WHITE 



The name nasturtium, signifying twisted nose, is said to be 

 given to this genus on account of the effect supposedly produced 

 on the nose by eating the acrid leaves. 



SHEPHERD'S PURSE. 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Mustard Family. 



Stem. Low; branching. Root-leaves. Clustered; incised or toothed 

 Stem-leaves. Arrow-shaped; set close to the stem. Flowers. White-, 

 clustered. Calyx. Of four early-falling sepals. Corolla. Of four petals. 

 Stamens. Six; two shorter than the others. Pistil. One. Pod. Tri- 

 angular, heart-shaped. 



This is one of the commonest of our wayside weeds, working 

 its way everywhere with such persistency and appropriating 

 other people's property so shamelessly, that it has won for itself 

 the nickname of pickpocket. Its popular title arose from the 

 shape of its little seed-pods. 



ROCK CRESS. 



Arabis hirsuta. Mustard Family. 



Erect; one to two feet high. Stem-leaves. Oblong or lance-shaped; 

 sometimes toothed ; partly clasping by a somewhat heart-shaped base. 

 Flowers. Small ; greenish white ; clustered. Calyx. Of four early-falling 

 sepals. Corolla. Of four petals. Stamens. Six; two shorter than the 

 others. Pistil. One. Fruit. A long, narrow, flattened pod. 



During May and June in rocky places, especially northward, 

 we find this flower in abundance. 



SMALL BITTER CRESS. 



Cardamine hirsuta. Mustard Family. 



Stem. Three inches to two feet high ; springing from a spreading clus- 

 ter of root-leaves. Leaves. Pinnate. Flowers. Small; white ; clustered. 

 Calyx. Of four early-falling sepals. Corolla. Of four petals. Stamens. 

 Six, two shorter than the others. Pistil. One. Pod. Linear. Very 

 narrow ; erect or ascending. 



The small bitter cress is a plant found in flower from May to 

 July. Its spreading cluster of pinnately divided root-leaves is 

 specially noticeable near the rocky banks of streams. 



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