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CRUCfFKR/E 



a foot high ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets of radical leaves roundish, 

 angular, those of the cauline leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers \ — 

 f in. across ; petals lilac or white ;' anthers yellow. — Moist 

 meadows ; a familiar spring favourite. A variety is sometimes 

 found wild, which is remarkably proliferous, the leaflets and even 



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DFNTAKIA nIr^,TlfFF)^^ {^Bulhijcvo'is Coral-jvot). 



the leaves of the ilower, producing buds when they come in 

 contact with the ground. — P^l. April — Jiuie. rercnnial. 



3. C. hirsi'ita (Hairy Bitter ("rcss).i — - Sleui erect, with few 

 leaves; leaves similar to those of C. /;v;//7/.f/.s, sometimes hairy ; 

 flowers very small, white ; stamens only four : anthers yellow. — 

 A common weed everywhere, varying^ in si/,e according to soil 

 and situation, from 6 — iS in. in height. In dry localities it 

 ripens its seeds in April, or e\en in March, and withers away ; 



