132 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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Stem leaves cut or divided 

 Stem leaves divided finger-fashion, the segments toothed . . 



Pepper-root no. 389 



Stem leaves divided feather-fashion 



Flowers about ^-^ in. wide 



Meadow Bitter-cress no. 390 



Flowers about ^ in. wide Bitter-cress no. 391 



Stem leaves neither cut nor divided 



Basal leaves essentially round and long-stalked 



Bulbous Cress no. 392 



Basal leaves not round, not long-stalked, merely narrowed 

 toward the base 

 Stem leaves clasping the stem 



Foliage bluish-green, smooth 



Smooth Rock-cress no. 393 



Foliage green, hairy Hairy Rock-cress no. 394 



Stem leaves not clasping the stem . . Rock-cress no. 395 



384. Horseradish. Armoracia Armoracia. (Radicula Arm- 

 oracia.) A stout perennial from thick deep roots which fur- 

 nish the condiment. Basal leaves 9-15 in. long, oblong, finely 

 toothed. Stem leaves y^ as large, narrowly oblong, or lance- 

 shaped. Flowers white, in clustered racemes, about i in. broad. 

 Fruit an almost globe-shaped, beaked pod. Cultivated and 

 often escaping. Native of Europe. August. 



385. Field Cress. Lcpidiitm campcstrc. An erect densely 

 hairy weed about 14 in. high. Basal leaves broadest towards 

 the tip, narrowed at the base. Stem leaves clasping the stem, 

 about 2^ in. long, often slightly toothed. Flowers about 54 



