No. 757. 
DENTARIA DIGITATA. 
Class. Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SIL1QUOSA. 
This pretty plant is a native of Switzer- 
land, France, Germany, and Italy: we were 
favoured with it some years ago by Mr. 
Barclay, and havealsoreceivedit direct from 
Switzerland. It has a scaly root, from 
which rises a stalk about five or six inches 
in height, having two fingered leaves, above 
which are the flowers, which appear in 
April. It is consìdered a Cardamine by Mr. 
Brown, but as M. Decandalle, who has la- 
boured so hard at this class af plants, con- 
tinues it a Dentaría, we would prefer re- 
taining it in that genus. 
It seems to have early attracted the notice 
of botanists, being well delíneated in wood 
by Dodonæus, in 1582: the same block was 
afterwards used by Clusius. 
It is hardy, and may be kept either in à 
border or potted in light loam : it will ad- 
mit of propagation occasionally, by separat- 
ing the roots. 
