TETRADYNAMIA SILK^OSA. 351 



foliolis fubcordatis. Sp. pi. 916. {Ger. m. 257. 

 /. 5. Moris, hift. f 3. t. 4./. 8. Blackwell t, 260) 



Water-creffes. Jns;lis. 



On the brinks of rivulets frequent. %. S . Vlf. 



The leaves have from four to,eight pair of fmooth, 

 fucculent and icffik Finn ^: the flowers are imall 

 and white, and grow in fhort fpikes or tufts. 



The youno- leave$ are well known to furnifh art 

 agreeable fallad, and have aUvays been eileem'd 

 as an excellent ancifcorbutic : they are iaid like- 

 wife to be beneficial in removing obflrudions of 

 the vlfcera, and in the jaundice. 



fylvejlre 2, SISYMBRIUM filiquis declinatis oblongo-ovatis, 



o>^i <- £qJjjs pinnatis, foliolis lanceolatis fcrratis. Lin. 



fyft. nat. p. 439. Sp. pi 916. {Ger. em. 248./. 6. 



Moris, hift. f. 3- ^- ^' /• ^ 7- ^'^^- ^'''^' ^' 46./. 5) 



Water-Rocket. Anglis. 



By water-iides and in v/afte places, but not coin- 



mon. Dr. Farfons ^ Sihhald. %. VII. VIII. 

 The ftalk reclines at the bale, but Is ercd after- 

 • wards, fmooth, ftriated and branched : ihi^ leaves 

 have from three to fix pair of Pinn.r., which are 

 lanceolate, Iharply indented, generally alternate, 

 and felTile upon a wide rib : the flowers are fmall 

 and yellow : the calyx yellowilh : the fili^ua 

 ftand on horizontal pedurxles, and are curv'd a 

 little upwards, fo as to ftand almoft parallel to 

 the branches, 



S, filiquis 



