2IO CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Cardamine hulbosa BSP., var. purpurea BSP. 

 Spring or Purple Cress. 



Springy places and swamps in woods or shaded situations. 

 Rare at Newtown (I. P. Blackman, J. Pettibone) ; locally 

 plentiful in New Milford, Sherman and Kent (E. H. Austin 

 & Eames) ; many plants at one locality in North Canaan (Bis- 

 sell) . Late March — early May. 



Cardamine pratensis L. (of meadows). 

 Cuckoo Flower. Ladies' Smock. 



Rare. Bristol, about a garden but formerly plentiful in a 

 meadow (W. A. Terry), Litchfield, in a lawn (Miss E. H. 

 Thompson), Norfolk (Miss M. C. Seymour), Salisbury, mar- 

 gin of a lake and small stream (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May. 

 At least in part adventive from farther north. 



Cardamine parvifliora L. (small-flowered). 



Cardamine hirsuta L., var. sylvatica of some American 



authors. 

 Cardamine arenicola Britton. 

 Small Bitter Cress. 



Occasional or local. Ledges, woods or open situations in 

 barren or sterile ground. Mid-April — June. 



Cardamine pennsylvanica Muhl. 



Cardamine hirsuta of Gray's Manual ed. 6 in great part. 

 Bitter Cress. Brook, Land or Lamb's Cress. 



Frequent. About springs, along brooks and in wet shaded 

 places. May — June. 



Sometimes used as a salad plant and to some extent 

 gathered for market. 



ARABIS L. Rock Cress. 

 Arabis lyrata L. (lyre-shaped). 

 Low Rock Cress. Wall Cress. 



Rocks, ledges, banks and sandy places, in dry ground. 

 Occasional in most districts but not reported from the south- 

 eastern part of the state. May — June. 



Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. (smooth). 

 Arabis p erf o Hat a Lam. 

 Tower Mustard or Cress. 



