(JU ML'STAHL) FAMI1A-. 



• » * Pod short, mtich flattened contrary to the narrow partition; the valves, there- 

 fore, deeply boat-shaped. Flowers ichite, small. 

 + Pod several or many-seeded. 

 21. CAPSELLA. Pod tiiaiif,'Ml!ir, or pyriform, with a notch at the top. Weed!*, 

 ■t- -K Pod with 2, or rarely more, seeds. 

 ++ Corolla regular ami small. 



2-2. LKPrniT'M. Pod tliin. sniooth. ;in(i oval. Kivct herbs. 



23. SEXKBlEi:.\. Pod thii-lii>h un<l wniiklcd, oi- warty-roiiijhoned. Dittuso or prostrate 



herbs. ^^ ^ Corolla irregvlar, the petals rej-y unequal. 



24.' IBERIS. Pod scale-.shaped, roundish, or ovate. Flowers white or pnri)le in llat-topped, 



or sometimes elonfjatcd, ehisters. 

 § '2. Fruit indehiscent, loing-like, \-seeded. [Senebiera may be soufrht liere.] 



25. ISA'IIS. Flo vers yellow. Fruit 1-eelled. 1-seeded. n-emblins a small .s.iniara or ash- 



t'ruit. 

 § 3. Fruit fleshy, or when ripe and dry corky, not opening by valves, 2-many-seeded. 



26. CAKILE. Fruit .jointed in the middle , the 2 short Joints 1-eelled, 1-seeded. Seed 



oblon<r. 



27. RAPH.VNITS. Fruit several-seeded, with pithy matter, or with constrictions between 



the spherical seeds. 



1. LUNARIA, HONESTY or SATIN FLOWER. (Latin: the moon, 

 from tlie silvery persistent partition of the pods.) ® (2) ^ 



L. dnnua, Linn, (or L. bienms). Commox Honesty. Cultivated in 

 old-fashioned places, for the singular large oval pods, of which the broad 

 white partitions of satiny lu.ster, remaining after the valves have fallen, 

 are used for ornament ; leaves somewhat heart-shaped ; flowers large, 

 pink-purple, in early summer. Eu. 



L. rediv)va, Linn. I'ekioxxial Honesty is a much rarer European 

 sort, with oblong pods ; .seldom met with here. 



2. LEAVENWORTHIA. (For the late M. C. Learomrorth.) Low 

 winter annuals, with lyrate leaves. 



L. Michailxii, Torr. Leaves with 7-15 lobes ; petals obtuse, purple, 

 or nearly white, with yellowish claw; pods even. S. Ind. to Tenn. 

 and Mo. 



L. torul6sa, Gray, similar to the preceding, but with notched petals 

 and knotty pods, grows in the barrens of Ivy. and Tenn. 



L. atirea, Torr., has leaves with 4-7 lobes, petals as in the last, but 

 pods even and flowers yellow. N. Ala. and \Y. 



3. DENTARIA, TOOTIIWORT. (Latin: (Jens, a tooth.) % Low 

 plants with iiandsome flowers in early spring. 



D. diphylla, Linn. Two-leaved T., Pepi'ek Root, or Ckinkle Root. 



Rootstocks fleshy, long (O'-IO'), and toothed, edible ; stem-leaves 2, close 

 together, each of 3 rhombic-ovate and toothed leaflets ; root-leaf similar ; 

 flowers quite large, white, in spring. Rich woods, N. 



D. heterophylla, Nutt. Rootstocks near the surface, short, promi- 

 nent, lubcrchd ; stem-leaves of ;3-petiolcd leaflets which are oblong-lance- 

 olate to linear, entire or deeply crenate, rarely cut ; flowers in late spring. 

 Penn. to Ky. and S. 



D. laciniita, Muhl. Rootstock deep in ground, short, necklace-form, 

 or constricted in 2 or 3 places, scarcely toothed ; stem-leaves 3, often in a 



