INDIAN-CRESS FAMILY. 73 
0. stric’ta, L. Ca ulese eat ; stem moetly erect, branched and leafy; 
peduncles axillary, longer than the e pétioles 
Upricur Oxatis. Wood-sorrel. Yellow Wood-sorrel. 
— ial? Stem 3 inches to near 2 feet high, more or less pubescent, often bushy, and 
mes nearly prostrate. Leafleds one fourth of an inch to an inch long. Peduncles 
2. “3 “inches long, with 2- 10 ye ellow flowers. 
May —September. 
ees 
species contains salt. ( (iivoxalate of Poiash) hh. under t 
of Salts of Soreeh via oT much used for removing ink-stains sand 
spots of iron-rust from lin 
Orper XVI. TROPAOLA’CHA. (Inpiay-cress Famty.) 
Herbs with a pungent, watery juice, a straggling or twining stem, alternate petiolate pel- 
tate or palmate leaves with radi. iating nerves, ane without stipules. Flowers i 
ge on long axillary peduncles. Prutt i seta eng of 3 united carpels, which are 
, indehiscent, and separate from the common axis when mature. Seeds wi 
rge ; cotyledons k, 
hint 
‘A very small Order, tt] y £ 8 
1. TROP_A’OLUM, L. Nasrvrtium. 
(Latin, a little banner, or Trophy ; from a fancied similitude in the plant.] 
Cal — the upper segment spurred at the base. 
Pudi ba , unequal ; the upper two sessile, = others clawed. Stamens 8. 
igmas 
1. T. wa’sus, L. Leaves peltate, — obscurely repand-lobed, 
the nerves pat exserted ; petals obtuse % 
Greater Tropxotum. Nasturtium. ndian-er 
Fr. Grande — Germ. Die Kapuziner ee Suis a 
the preheas Pai Felts ad reddish jo IR with realy le stripes and 
ones fringed at Carpels sulcate, ge fiew oie a berose or cor 
ultivated. Native of South America. Fl. J r 
October, rept 
Obs. This ornamental stranger is is sometimes suinavagied Wa dios tak: 
chiefly for the young fruit—which is as a condiment, 
fords a tolerable substitute for capers. The plant is said to be perennial 
in its native country (Peru), whence it was brought to oe ni 
year 1684. 
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