No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 199 



Formerly, and rarely even now, cultivated for its reputed 

 medicinal properties. 



CRUCIFERAE. MUSTARD FAMILY. 



DRABA L. 



Draba verna L. (of spring; vernal). 



\Vhitlow or Vernal Whitlow Grass. Shad-flower. 



Dry roadsides, fields and cultivated ground. Rare in 

 northern districts: East Hartford (J. O. Goodwin), Hart- 

 ford (A. W. Driggs). Occasional throughout the southern 

 part of the state. April — May. Naturalized from Europe. 



Formerly possessed some reputation for the cure of 

 whitlow. 



Draba caroliniana Walt. 

 Whitlow Grass. 



Rare. Dry sterile soil : Montville and Norwich (W. A. 

 Setchell), Waterford (Graves), East Haven (E. B. Wilson), 

 Oxford (Harger), Kent^ (H. Mosher). Mid-April — May. 



BERTEROA DC. 



Berteroa incana (L.) DC. (hoary). 

 Hoary Alyssum. 



•Rare or local. Waste places and fields: Norwich (Mrs. 

 E. E. Rogers), Putnam (Harger), Guilford (G. H. Bart- 

 lett), East Windsor (Bissell), Plainville (J. N. Bishop), 

 Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Naugatuck (A. E. Blewitt), 

 Bridgeport and Westport (Fames), Wilton (Miss A. E. Car- 

 penter) . June — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



LOBULARIA Desv. Sweet Alyssum. 



Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. (of the seaside). 

 Alyssum maritimum Lam. 

 Koniga maritima R. Br. 

 Sweet Alyssum. Sweet Allison. Madwort. Snowdrift. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and waste 

 places: East Hartford (Weatherby), Southington (An- 

 drews), Bridgeport (Fames). July — Nov. Fugitive from 

 Europe. 



