LVII. 



CARDAMINE PRATENSIS. 



Common Cuckoo-Jlower, or Ladles-smock. 



Class XV. Tetradynamia. — Order II. Siliquosa. 



Nat. Ord. Crucifer^. 



Gen. Char. Pod linear, with flat nerveless valves, gene- 

 rally separating elastically. Seed-stalks slender. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate j radical leaflets roundish, 

 dentate ; cauline ones, lanceolate, nearly entire. Style 

 very short, straight. Stigma capitate. 



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SYNONYMES. 



Ka.Q^a//.iy>i ; (ri<rv/i^^iov (re^i»i, Dioscorides. 

 f Nasturtium pratense. Bauh. Pin. 104. Trag. 83. 

 Iberis Fuchsii, sive nasturtium pratense sylvestrc. J. Bauh. 

 ii. 889. 

 ' * • -{ Cardamine. Ger. Em. 259. Raii Syn. 299. 

 Cardamine altera minor. Park Theair. 82fi. 

 Flos cuculi. Dod Pempt. 582. 



.Cardamine pratensis. Lin. Sp. PI. 915. Fl. Brit. 699. 

 S Cardamine ; Cresson des Pres ; Cresson elegant ; Cres- 

 ' " * sonette. 



^ Cardamina ; Cardamintura ; Nasturzio selvaggio ; Crescione 

 " i pratense. 



Cardamino de Prados. 

 Wiesenkresse ; Weisen-Schaumkraut. 

 . . . Koekkoeks-bloem ; Klein Water-kers ; Water Violen, 

 > . . Engekasse ; Vildkasse ; Giogeblomster. 

 . . . ^ngkrasse. 



Rzezucha polna. 

 Lugobui kres. 



Description. — The root is perennial, whitish, firm, branched, 

 and sends off many long, cylindrical fibres. The stem is 

 upright, cylindrical, generally simple, smooth, and rising about 



