OR UCIFEILE. [CARD AMINE. 



Moist places, N. to Shetland ; ascending to 3,000 ft. in Scotland ; Ireland ; 



Channel Islds. ; fl. April-Sept. Yery variable, glabrous or hairy, 6 in.-2 ft., 



erect or diffuse. Lcaf-cts 3-(3 pairs, angled or sublobate. Flowers ^ in. 



diam., white. Pods about 1 in., slender, torulose. DISTRIB. N. temp, and 



cold zones ; in S. temp, the perennial varieties are very numerous and 



and puzzling. 

 C. HIRSU'TA proper ; annual, radical leaves rosulate, pedicels erect, stamens 



usually 4, style short stout. Open ground. 

 Sub-sp. C. FLEXUO'SA, Withering ; perennial or biennial, radical leaves few, 



leaflets lobed, pedicels spreading, stamens usually 6, style slender elongate. 



C. sylvat'ica, Link. Shaded places. 



2. C. praten'sis, L. ; leaves all pinnate, leaflets of radical petioled 

 suborbicular, of cauline narrow subsessile, petals large spreading obovate, 

 anthers yellow, pods erect oil slender pedicels, style short stout. Lady's 

 Smock, Cuckoo-flower. 



Moist meadow?, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 3,200 ft. in Scotland ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islds. ; fl. April-June. Rootstock short, stout, sometimes stoloni- 

 feroiiF. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaflets of radical leaves ;]H| in. ; of cauline usually 

 much longer, almost entire. Flower |-f in. diam., lilac or almost white. 

 Pods 1-1J in ; pedicel |-1 in. DI^TRIB. N. temp, and Arctic regions, 

 Abyssinia, Himalaya, Chili. A similar plant occurs in Tasmania. VAR. C.'. 

 denta'ta, Schult. ; taller, stronger, radical leaves erect or suberect, leaflets 

 fewer larger angled toothed. VAR. Haynea'na,Welw. ; habit of C. hirsu'ta, 

 leaflets many small round linear or lanceolate, flowers small white, petals 

 narrower. Thames near Mortlake. 



3. C. ama'ra, L. ; leaves pinnate, radical leaflets suborbicular, cauline 

 narrow or deeply toothed, petals large obovate spreading, anthers purple, 

 pods erect on slender pedicels, style slender. Bitter cress. 

 River-sides, &c., scarce ; from Aberdeen southd., ascending to 1,000 ft. in 



Yorkshire; N.E. Ireland; fl. April-June. Rootstock slender, stoloniferous. 

 Stem 1-2 ft,, ascending, glabrous or hairy. Leaves all alternate. Flowers 

 | in. diam., creamy white. Pods 1-1| in. ; pedicel |-| in. ; style slender, 

 stigma minute. DISTRIB. N. Europe and Asia to the Himalaya. 



4. C. impa tiens, L. ; leaves pinnate, petiole with stipuliform fringed 

 auricles, leaflets all narrow deeply cut, petals linear-obovitte or 0, anthers 

 yellow, pods erect on short slender pedicels, style slender. 



Shady copses, &c., local ; from Westmoreland and York (ascends to 1,000 ft.) 

 southd.; casual in Ireland; fl. May-Aug. Rootstock spindle-shaped. Stem 

 1-2 ft., stout, erect, very leafy, glabrous. Leaflets many, petioled. Flowers 

 \ in. diam., often panicled, white. Pods J-l in., very slender ; pedicel J in. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, temp. Asia to the Himalaya. The stipuliform auricles, 

 reflexed on the stem, are anomalous structures. 



6. DENTA'RIA, L. CORAL-ROOT. 



Herbs with creeping, scaly rootstocks. Radical leaves few or ; cauline 

 often opposite or 3-nately whorled. Flowers large, purple. S^als erect, 

 equal at the base. Petals clawed. Pods narrow-lanceolate ; valves flat, 



