CL. XV.] TETRADYNAMIA SIIiIQTJOSA. 271 



branched: leaves scattered: flowers large, densely corymbose: 

 petals lilac. Annual : flowers from June to September : grows on 

 the sea-shore, in sand : common. Eng. Sot. vol. iv. pi. 231 : Bunias 

 Cakile. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 183. 956. 



SILIQUOSA. 



14. DENTA'RIA. CORALWORT. 



Calyx of four oblong, erect leaves. Petals inversely egg- 

 shaped, obtuse, horizontal, with erect claws, shorter than the 

 calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the calyx; anthers 

 arrow-shaped, erect. Germen oblong. Style short and thick ; 

 stigma obtuse. Pod sessile, lance-shaped, compressed, tapering 

 upwards ; valves flat, without ribs, narrower than the partitions. 

 Seeds egg-shaped, not bordered, inserted alternately in a single 

 row, by dilated and winged stalks. Named from dens, a tooth, 

 the root having projecting angles resembling teeth. 327. 



1. D. Bulbifera. Bulbiferous Corahvort. Lower leaves pinna- 



tifid, upper simple, with axillar bulbs. Stem erect, leafy, two 



feet high: leaves alternate, bright-green: flowers purple, corym- 

 bose. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in moist 

 shady places in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 309. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 186. 957. 



15. CAKDAMI'NE. CARDAMINE. 



Calyx of four oblong, blunt, slightly spreading leaves, two of 

 them protuberant at the base. Petals inversely egg-shaped, 

 undivided, tapering into short claws. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 the two shorter with a gland at the base ; anthers small heart- 

 shaped, acute, recurved. Germen linear, slender. Style very 

 short; stigma obtuse. Pod erect, linear, compressed; valves 

 flat, without ribs, scarcely narrower than the bordered parti- 

 tion- Seeds egg-shaped, not bordered, inserted alternately in a 

 single row, by short and slender stalks. Name, from cardia, 

 the heart, and damao, to strengthen. 328. 



1. C.impdtiens. Narrow-leaved Cardamine. Leaves pinnate, with 



lance-shaped leaflets; stipules fringed About a foot high, 



flowers minute, white. Annual : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in mountainous meadows, by the sides of streams : rare. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. ii. pi. 80. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 187. 958. 



2. C. hirsiita. Hairy Cardamine. Leaves pinnate, without sti- 

 pules ; leaflets stalked, roundish. From three inches to a foot 



high, more or less hairy : flowers small, white, corymbose. An- 

 nual : flowers from March to July : grows in loose soil, in shady 

 places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 492. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 188. 959. 



3. C. pratensis. Ladies' Smock. Cuckoo-flower. Leaves pin- 

 nate, without stipules; leaflets of the radical ones roundish, 

 toothed ; those of the stem-leaves lance-shaped, entire ; petals with 



a tooth on the claw. About a foot high: flowers large, in 



corymbs, pale-purple, lilac or white. Perennial : flowers in May : 



