WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
May, they will dig up a few pieces and let you nibble 
on them, or if you are really hungry these roots will form 
a delightful addition to your little lunch of home-made 
bread, cold meat and hard-boiled eggs at the spring 
where you stop to eat and rest. The crinkled, edible 
root is considered of greater importance than the 
flowers, although without the attraction of the latter, 
they would not be so easily found. It is crisp and 
fleshy and tastes much like watercress. It grows 
horizontally from five to ten inches long and is often 
branched, crinkled and toothed, from which formation 
it takes its name. The pretty white flowers have the 
cross-shaped ear-mark that brands every member of 
the Mustard tribe. They are often found mingled with 
the Anemone and the Spring Beauty and their kind in 
the spring. The stem, which is stout and smooth, 
rises directly from the rootstock from eight to fourteen 
inches in height. The flower has four rounded petals 
which are arranged in opposite pairs and are spreading 
at the apex. They are over half an inch in diameter 
and are borne in a small, terminal cluster. The four 
green sepals drop early, and two of the six yellow 
stamens are noticeably smaller than the others. Thé 
single slender pistil ripens into a flat, lance-shaped pod. 
The large, smooth leaves are divided into three short- 
stemmed broad, wedge-shaped leaflets with toothed 
edges. They are set on long stems springing from the 
rootstock. Two somewhat smaller leaves are set 
nearly opposite each other on the upper part of the 
flower stalk. The Crinkleroot grows in pretty clusters, 
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