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hearing iiiiiny sessilt; flowers in a liead ; petals ro«e-purpie, barely .]' 

 long. 



P. tomentdsum, Jacq. rKPPEKMixT P. Densely suft-iiairy ; branches 

 long and thickisli ; leaves rather large, round-heart-shaped and with 5-7 

 open lobes, velvety-hairy both sides ; flowers on long pedicels in panicled 

 umbels, insigniflcant ; petals white, the 3 lower a little longer than the calyx. 



P. odoratissimum, Ait. Nutmeg-scknted V. Branches slender and 

 straggling, from a very short, scaly stem or base ; leaves rounded and 

 crenate, soft-velvety, small ; flowers on short pedicels, very small ; petals 

 white, scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



* * Hairy, rouc/hish, or occasionnlUj cloton;/ ; leaves more or less pinnat- 

 ifid or innnately compound or the main lubes or divisions pinnatifid. 



P. quercifolium, Ait. Oak-i.eaved ]'. Shrubby, hairy, and glandular ; 

 leaves deeply sinuate-pinnatifid, with wavy-toothed blunt lobes (the low- 

 est ones largest, making a triangular-heart-shaped outline), often dark- 

 colored along the middle, unpleasantly scented; petals purple or pink, 

 tiie two upper (1' long) much longest. 



P. graveolens. Ait. Heavy-scented 1'. Shrubby and hairy like the 

 last ; leaves palinately 5-7-lobed or parted, and the oblong lobes sinuate- 

 pinnatifid ; petals shorter. 



P. rddula, Ait. Rough P. Shrubby, rough and hairy above with 

 short bristles ; the balsamic or mhit-scented leaves palmately parted and 

 the divisions piunately parted or again cut into narrow linear lobes, with 

 revolute margins ; peduncles short, bearing few small flowers ; petals 

 rose-color, stripid or veined with pink or purple. 



P. fulgidum, Ait. Brilliant P. Shrubby and succulent-stemmed, 

 downy ; leaves mostly 8-parted, with the, lateral divisions wedge-shaped 

 and o-lobed, the middle one oblong and cut-pinnatifid ; calyx broad in 

 the throat; petals obovate, scarlet, often with dark lines, .]' long. 



P. triste, Ait. Sad or Night-scented P. Stem succulent and very 

 short, from a tuberous rootstock, or none ; leaves piunately decompound, 

 hairy ; petals dull brownish-yellow with darker spots, sweet-scented at 

 night. 



P. exstipu/dtum. Ait. Pennykoval P. Low, rather shrubby; leaves 

 (with no stipules) with the sweet scent of Pennyroyal or Bergamot, l' 

 wide, the 3 jjalmate lobes wedge-shaped and cut-toothed ; flowers small 

 and insignificant, white. 



7. TROP^OLUM, NASTURTIUM or INDIAN CRESS. (Greek: 

 a tropliij. the foliage of the common sort likened to a group of .shields.) 

 Cult, from South America, chiefly Peru, for ornament, and the pickled 

 fruits used as a substitute for capers, having a similar flavor and pun- 

 gency ; flowers all summer, showy. ® 



* Leaves ohsciirehj, if at all, lobod. 



T. majus, Linn. Com.mon N. Climbing high, also low and scarcely 

 climbing variety; leaves roundish and about O-angled, peltate towards the 

 middle ; spur straight, attenuate, i^etals much longer tlian calyx, all shades 

 of yellow and red, from cream-white to nearly black, pointless, entire or a 

 little jagged at the end, and the 3 lower and longer-clawed ones fringed at 

 the base ; also a full double variety. 



7". minus, Einn. Smaller N. Smaller; petals with a bristle-like 

 point. Much less common than the preceding, but mixed with it. 



T. Lobbianum, Veitch. Pilose all over except the petals and upper side 

 of the leaves ; leaves obscurely lobed, the lobes mucroiudate ; spur 

 straight, thickish, three lower petals bng-clawed, deeply toothed, fringed 

 at base ; shades of red chiefly, to nearly black. -Colombia. 

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