Cardamine.] TETKAPYNAMIA SILIOUOSA. 251 



16. KoNiOA. Adans. Br. Koniga. 



1. K.* marUima, Br. (sea-side Koniga) Ali/ssum, Willd. — E. 



Bot. t. 1729. — A. halamifoliwn, Bot. Mag. — A. minimum, and 

 Clypeola maritima, L — Glf/ce maritima, Lindl, 



Cliffs by the sea, naturalized ; near Aberdeen. Budleigh Salterton, 

 Devon. Wall at Newly n. Mount's Bay, Cornwall. Fl. Aug-. Sept. 

 1^. — Stem somewhat woody at the base. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 hoary with bipartite appressed hairs. Flowers white and fragrant, 

 honey-scented. The plant is much cultivated. 



ORD. II. SILIQUOSA. Fruit a long pod. 



17. Dentaria. Linn. Coral-root. 



1. D. bidbifera, L. (bulbiferous Coral-root); stem quite simple, 

 lower leaves pinnated, upper ones simple with axillary bulbs. 

 E. Bot.t. 309. — Cardamine, Br. 



Woods and shady places, rare. Sussex, Middlesex. Near Dupplin 



and Banks of the Esk, below Dalkeith. Fl. April, May. If Root 



creeping, bearing thick, fleshy scales or tooth-like processes. Stem 

 1 — 1^ foot high. Leaflets lanceolate, as are the upper leaves them- 

 selves, serrated, somewhat fleshy, often having a small bulb in their 

 axils. Flowers rather large, purple. 



18. Cardamine. Linn. Bitter-cress. 



1. C. amdra, L. {large-flowered Bitter-cress) ; leaves pinnated, 

 radical leaflets roundish, cauline ones dentato-angulate, style obli- 

 que, stigmaratheracute, stem rooting at the base. E.Bot. 1. 1000. 



Wet meadows, near rivulets : not unfrequent. Fl. Apr. June. 1/. 

 — One foot high. Well distinguished from the following by the broad 

 angulato-dentate leaflets of its upper /ea«;e5, and the large white ^0M;e?'*, 

 which have purple anthers. 



2. C. pratensis, L. (comtnon Bitter-cress); leaves pinnate, i-adi- 

 cal leaflets roundish dentate, cauline ones lanceolate nearly en- 

 tire, style straight, stigma capitate. E. Bot. t. 776, 



Moist meadows, abundant. Fl. May. If. — 1 — 2 ft. high. Flowers 

 large, blush-coloured: sometimes found double, in which state the leaf- 

 lets are known to produce new plants, when they come in contact with 

 the ground, while still attached to the parent plant. 



3. C. impdtiens, L. (narrow-leaved Bitter-cress); leaves pin- 

 nate, leaflets lanceolate somewhat cut or entire, stipules cili- 

 ated, petals linear or none. E. Bot. t. 80. 



Moist rocks, rare ; Derbyshire, Westmoreland and Cumberland. 

 Near the falls of the Clyde and banks of the Doune. Fl. May, June. 

 . — 1 — li foot high ; well distinguished by the fringed stipules at the 

 base of each leaf. Flowers minute, white. 



4. C. hirsuta, L. (hairy Bitter -cress); leaves all pinnated and 

 without stipules, leaflets petiolate, radical ones roundish, sta- 

 mens 4 — 6 equal in length to the petals, stigma nearly sessile. 

 E. Bot. t. 492. — C. Jlexuosa, With — C. parvifora, L. 



Moist shady places, abundant. Fl. March— June. ©. — Varying 



