208 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Meadows, waste places and along streams, usually in moist 

 soil. Frequent or common except in the southeastern part 

 of the state where it is rare. May — June. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Sometimes used as a salad plant. 



Barbarea stricta Andrz. (straight and upright). 

 Barbarea vulgaris R.Br., var. stricta Gray. 

 Winter Cress. 



Occasional or frequent. Roadsides, waste places, fields 

 and along streams. May — June. 



Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch. (of spring). 

 Barbarea praecox Sm. 

 Early Winter or Belle Isle Cress. Scurvy Grass. 



Rare. Cultivated fields, waste places and roadsides : 

 Waterford (Graves), New Haven and Oxford (Harger), 

 Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport and Fairfield (Fames). May 

 — mid- June. Adventive from Europe. 



lODANTHUS Torr. & Gray. 



lodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud. (feather-cleft). 



Thelypodium pinnatiMum Wats. 

 Purple Rocket. 



Rare. Middletown, border of pond (M. Hitchcock, 1879). 

 June. Fugitive from the West. 



LUNARIA L. Moonwort. 



Lunaria annua L. (annual). 



Honesty. Satin-flower. Moonwort. Money-plant. 



Rare. Westport, at Green's Farms, in a dooryard but ap- 

 parently self-sown (C. L. Pollard). Aug. Fugitive from 

 Europe. 



Sometimes cultivated for winter bouquets. 



DENTARIA L. Toothwort. Pepper-root. 



Dentaria diphylla Michx. (two-leaved). 



Pepper-root. Crinkle-root. Tooth-root. Toothwort. 



Rich, moist, wet or springy woods, banks and more open 



