674 418. Cardamine. 80. CRUCIFER^. PL ex. thai 



4. Cardamine amara. Bitter cuGkow-fiower^ 

 heaves pinnate ; leaflets of root-leaves roundish, of stem- 

 leaves angularly toothed ; style oblique ; stigma rather 

 acute ; stem rooting at the base. 



Cardamine flore majore elatior, Raii Syn. 299, i. 

 Naslurlium aquaticum amarum, Park. 1239,3. 

 Cardamine amara, Lin. S. P. 915. 

 Cardamine melantiiera, SioAes Hot. Mat. Med. 445. 

 Sitter cress. 



Watery places; perennial; April. 



Root toothed; petals white; anthers violet-colour; siliqua 

 oblique. — Slightly acrid and bitter, eaten in sallads. 



5. Cardamine pratensis. Meadow cuckoiv-Jiou'er, 

 Leaves pinnate ; root-leaf-leaflets nearly round ; stem-leaf- 

 leaflets lanceolate ; style striated; stigma headed. 



Cardamine, Raii Syn. 299, 2 ; Ger. em. 259. 



NasXiiriiuin pratense majiis seu Cardamine latifolia. Park. S25, 



Cardamine pratense, Lin. S. P. 915. 



Ladies smock, Cheshire. Cuckow-Jlower, Canterbury bells, Norfolk. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial; April and May. 



Root toothed; stern simple; root-leaves longly petioled j 

 corymbus many-flowered ; Jiowers large, purple ; anthers 

 yellow. — Flowers useful in epilepsy and hysteria, gr. 20 to 

 90 twice a day ; probably anthelmintic : some use the 

 flowering tops. 



j3. dupUcata. Flowers double. 



6. Cardamine impaiiens. Touch-me-not cuckow-Jiower. 

 heaves pinnate; leaflets lanceolate, slightly cut; stipules 



fringed ; petals linear, or 0. 



Cardamine impatiens, vulgo Sium minus impalieus, Raii Syn. 299, 3. 

 Sium minus impatiens, Ger. em. 260,7. 



Siiiin minimum, Noli me tangere dictum, sive impatiens, nasturtii syl- 

 vestris folio. Park. 1241. 



Cardamine impatiens, Lin. S. P. 914, 



Damp hill}' places ; annual; May and June. 

 Stem upright, branchy, angular; leaves many-paired; 

 leaflets cut; stipules fringed; fruits racemose. 



7. Cardamine hirsuta. Shaggy cuckow-Jlower . 



Leaves pinnate, stipuleless; leaflets petioled; root-leaf- 

 leaflets nearly roundish ; stameris 4 or 5, nearly equal to 

 the petals ; stigmata nearly sessile. 



