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broad, roundith pinne, with a larger oneat theend ; 
and they are of a firm fubftance and deep green : 
the pinne, feparately, as well as the whole leaf, 
are much Jarger.than in the common kind. 
The ftalk rifes in the midft of thefe, and is 
round, upright, very little branched, and two 
feet or more in height. 
The leaves on it are numerous, and, like thofe 
from the root, each is compofed of four or five 
pairs of pinne, with an odd one much larger 
than the reft at the end. j 
The flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks, 
and of many young fhoots from the bofoms of 
the upper leaves: arid they are large and white: 
The feed-veflél is a long,flender pod; and the 
feeds are numerous and fmall. 
It is frequent on boggy grounds in many parts 
of the kingdom ; and flowers in May. 
Ray calls it Cardamine flore majore elatior. C: 
Bauhine, Nafurtium aquaticum majus et amarum. 
Others, Nafturtium aquaticum amarum. - \ts com- 
mon Englith name is Bitter watercre/s; the tafte 
being bitter and pungent. 
3. Impatient. Ladyfmock. 
Cardamine flore minimo impatiens. 
The root is compofed of many thick fibres, 
with other fmallér ones hanging from them in 
great numbers. k 
The firft leaves grow in a tuft, and fpread 
themfelves very tegularly on the ground: they 
are long, narrow, and very beautifully pinnated : 
* the pinnz are fmall, of an oval figure, ferrated 
“at the edges, and very beautifully pointed at the 
end; and there are about five pairs of them on 
each rib, with an odd one of the fame fhape and 
fize at the end. 
The ftalk is round, flender, upright, of a 
whitifh colour, and a foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, and are like thofe 
from the root; but longer and narrower: 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
of branches rifing from the bofoms of the upper 
Jeaves ; and they are very {mall and white. 
The feed-vefiel is long, and very fender. 
When it is ripe it burfts with violence, ‘not 
only on the leaft touch, but on the fmalleft mo- 
tion in the air; and the feeds fly out with vi- 
olence: from this it. obtained the name of 
impatient ladyfmock: the feeds are round and 
fmall. 
It is found in Ireland, and on the mountains in 
the north of England. Thofe who have miftaken 
the ferrated watercrefs for this plant, have men- 
tioned many other places, but in thefe it really is 
frequent. 
It flowers in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sy/imbrii cardamine fpecies 
quedam infipida. The generality of authors, 
Cardamine impatiens. ; 
4. Hairy impatient Ladyfmock. 
Cordamine impatiens altera hirfutior. 
The root is a clufter of fmall, white fibres, 
The firft leaves grow in a tuft, and are regu- 
larly pinnated: and they have about three pairs 
of pinnae, with an odd one at the end; and thefe 
are fmali and irregularly indented +» they are,of-a 
dufky green, and fomewhat hairy: | > 
The: ftalks are numerous, weak, and. {tarcée 
upright: they are of a pale green;! ftriated; did 
very much branched, tia 
The leaves on them, refemble thofe from thé 
Toot, and are, in the fame mannerj, compoled of 
pining irregularly notched at the edges; 
The’ flowers are fmall. and whitey 4nd they 
grow in little tufts at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches. 
The feed-veffels are long and flender ; and 
they burft with violence on the leaft touch when 
ripe : the, feeds are {mall; round,| and of a pale 
brown. , 
It is common in watery places; and Aowers in 
April. i 4007 
Ray calls it Cardamine impatiens altera bir futior, 
C. Bauhine; Nofurtium aquaticum minus, 
- 5» Daify-leaved Ladyfmock: 
Cardamine pumilabellidis folio: 
The rove is long; flender, and fitnithed with: 
thany fibres. ’ : ae 
The ‘firft leaves rife in a {mall tuft, and are’ 
of a form altogether different from thofe of ‘the. 
other /adyfmocks: they are fimple, undivided, 
and not fo thuch as notched at the edges: their 
fhape is an oblong, tending to oval: they are 
cluftered together,: and have no‘ footftalkss’ and 
they are of a dufky green, and fornewhat hairy, 
The ftallkt is-round, upright; iim; of a pale 
green, not at all branched, and ‘about three o¢ 
four inches high. ; 
The leaves ftand irregularly on this, ahd havé 
no footftalks : they are fhort, and broad at the 
bafe, from which they gradually decreafe to 4 
point. rn 
The flowers ftand in numbers atthe top of the 
ftalks, and ate large and white, perfectly refembl- 
ing thofe of the common lady/mock: 
The feed-veffels are long and large; and thé 
feeds are numérous, round, ‘fmall, and brown: 
It is common on the mountains in Wales, 
whence the winds féem to have blown fome of 
its feeds to Briftol; the plant fome 
very frequent on St: Vincent’s rock. 
C, Bauhine calls it Nafturtium alpinum bellidis 
folio minus: ‘ : 
years being 
6. Setrated dwarf Ladyfmock, 
Cardamine pumila foliis feratis: 
The root is long and flender ; and is furnithe 
with a few fibres. ; 
The leaves: grow very irregularly, but in a 
thick tuft, from the head of the root: fome of 
them are fingly fixed to pedicles froiri the root > 
others grow to a rib: they are oblong and fer: 
rated, narroweft at the bafé, and broader to the 
end, where they terminate in’a pointed tip: theit 
colour is a dufky green; and their tafte bitterith 
and watery, but fomewhat tharp. 
The ftalk is round, fender,’ ufually naked, 
and about three inches high. 
The flowers ftand at its top; and they are 
large and white. 
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