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nerveless. Seed-stalks slender. — Name : KapSta^ the Jieart, and 

 SafjLUijjj to overpower ; from its supposed qualities- 



1. C. amdrd L. {hxrge-flowered B.); leaves pinnate, radical 

 leaflets roundish, cauline ones dentato-angled, style oblique, 

 stigma rather acute, stem rooting at the base, petals obovate. 



E. B. t. 1000. 



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Wet meadows, near rivulets^ not unfrequent. If., 4 — 6. — One 

 foot high. Well distinguished from the following by the broad 

 angulato-dentate leajiets of its upper leaves, and the large white flowers, 

 which have purple anthers^ and stamens almost as long as the petals. 



. C. pratensis 1j! (common B,) ; leaves pinnate, radical leaflets 

 roundish dentate, cauline ones lanceolate nearly entire, style 

 straight, stigma capitate, petals obovate. ^ B, B. t. 776. 



Moist meadows, abundant. IjL. 4 — 6. — Stem 1 — 2 feet high. 

 Flowers large, blush-coloured, sometimes found double, when the 

 leaflets occasionally produce new plants, on coming in contact with 

 the ground, while still attached to the parent plant. Stamens half as 

 long as the petals, 



3. C. impdtiens L. (narrow-leaved B.) ; leaves pinnate, leaflets 

 lanceolate somewhat cut or entire, petioles of the stem-leaves 

 with fringed auricles at their base, petals linear or none. E. B. 

 t. 80. 



Westmoreland, and Cumberland. 



Near the falls of 



Moist rock«, rare; Derbyslure, 



By the Wye above Tintern. Godalming, Surrey. 



the Clyde and banks of the Doune, Scotland. 0. 



3 — 1^ foot high. Well distinguished by the stipule-like auricles at 



the base of each petiole. Flowers minute, white. 



5 — 8. 



Stem 



Kamf very short. E, B, t. 492. 



. C. hirsuta L. (hairy B.) ; leaves all pinnate without auri- 

 cles, radical leaflets roundish angled or toothed petiolate, stem- 

 leaflets narrower nearly sessile, petals oblong, stigma blunt, 

 pods erect. — a. smaller, pedicels erect, stamens often 4, style 



'" ^ ' ' larger, pedicels patent, stamens 



usually 6, style as long as the breadth of the pod. C. flexuosa 

 With. C. sylvatica Link, 



Moist shady places, abundant. '0, 3 — 8. — Varying much in 

 size and luxuriance, according to soil and situation, from 4 inches 

 to a foot or more in height. Stamens 6 in both varieties, or 4 in 

 depauperated specimens. 



(C. helUdifotia L., E, B, t. 2355, with simple entire leaves, is un- 



knowDj at least in the present day, as a native either of Scotland or 

 Ireland.) 



8. Nasturtium Br^ Water-Cress. Yellow-Cress. 



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Pod nearly cylindrical (sometimes short) ; valves concave, 

 neither nerved nor keeled. Seeds in a double row. Calyx 



patent. 



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