188 TETRAD YNAMI A SILIQUOSA. Nasturtium. 



toothed ; those of the stem-leaves spear-shaped, entire. 

 Petals with a tooth upon the claw. E. B. 776. C. 

 3. 40. Cardamine. G. E. 259. 



Meadows, moist pastures. 



Per. April. 



Root sometimes toothed. Stem about one f., simple, leafy. Fl. 

 white, or pale purplish, in a handsome corymb, terminal, length- 

 ening out. 

 The dried fl. in dose from half to two drachms, have been 



used in epilepsy, probably with little effect, from the obstinate 



nature of the disease. See Med. Tr. Ls. acrid. 



Far. with double fl. in gardens; handsome, propagating itself 



by the leaflets. Ls. in salad with other herbs. 



C. amdra. Bitter L. of C Leaves wing-ed, without 

 stipulas ; leaflets of the lowermost roundish ; of the 

 rest toothed or angular. Stem creeping at the hase. 

 Style obliquely lengthened out. E. B. 1000. C. 3. 



39. 



PP^atery places, the sides of rhiers and brooks.* Near Gosford 

 Bridge. On the banks of the Thames, about three miles from 

 Reading. Sb. Side of the Canal between Oxford and Wol- 

 vercot. The Rev. Dr. PVhately, Protestant Archbishop of 

 Dublin. Side of the Towing-path between High Bridge and 

 Heyfield's Hut. Bx. Between St. Clement's and Marston. 

 Banks of the Cherwell. Mr. T. TV. Weaver. 



Per. May. 



Immediately distinguished by its violet-hued anth. and broad- 

 toothed angulate leaflets of the upper Is. Fl. large, in a termi- 

 nal corymb, white or cream-coloured. Ls. much resembling 

 those of the water- cress : pungent, nauseous, bitter, may be 

 mixed in salads. The caterpillar of the pretty Pap. Cardamines 

 feeds on the different species. 

 Suckers springing, but not always, from the bosom or axil of the 



leaves. 



NASTURTIUM.' Cress. 



N. officinale. Common Water- Cr. Leaves winged ; 

 leaflets roundish-heart-shaped, wavy. N. aquaticum, 

 sive Cratseve Sium. G. E. 257- Sisymbrium Nas- 

 turtium. E. B. 855. C. 6. 44. Sb. 206. 



Clear springs, rivulets, ponds. ,, ■, 

 Per. Sm. June. Bien. Sb. 



• Name applied originally to some plant stimulating the nostrils. Plin. 

 This genus separated from Sisymbrium by BR. : the accumbent cotyledons, 

 and short, thick swollen pods affording a clear character. 



