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greater part of Europe, and occurs in Northern Asia, 

 and in the vicinity of Hudson's Bay.* 



The hairy bitter-cress (0. hirsuta) has very di- 

 minutive white flowers, and occurs in moist shady 

 places, shunning the open fields which are the habi- 

 tats of the already-named species. 



More minute still are the blossoms of the narrow- 

 leaved bitter-cress (G. impatiens), which is a very 

 rare plant, frequenting moist rocks in the more 

 northern of our counties, and in Scotland. 



* See " Botany of Eastern Borders," &c. 



