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Seneeiera 

 coronopus 

 {Wall Cress) 



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13. Senebikra (Wart Cress) 



1. ,5. coronopiis (Wart Cress or Swine Cress). 

 —Pouch undivided, rough, with little sharp 

 points ; style prominent. A common roadside 

 weed, with trailing leafy stems, and clusters of 

 very small whitish flowers. — Fl. all the summer. 

 Annual. 



2. 5. didynia (Lesser Wart Cress). — Pouch 

 notched, of two wrinkled lobes ; style very 

 short. A common roadside weed in the south 

 and west of England. It differs from the last 

 in having a more slender stem, and more finely 

 cut leaves. It emits a very powerful smell, like 

 that of Pepper-cress, especially when trodden 

 on, or in hot weather, and is particularly nauseous 

 to the taste. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



14. Cardamink (Bitter Cress) 



1. C. aniara (Large-flowered Bitter Cress). — Leaves pinnate, 

 without stipules ; root-leaflets roundish, those of the stem toothed 

 and angular ; stem ascending, about a fo"ot high ; style oblique. 

 By the banks of rivers and canals, not common. The flowers are 

 large and handsome, white, with purple anthers. — Fl. April, May. 

 Perennial. 



2. C. pratensis (Cuckoo-flower or Lady's Smock). 

 — Leaves pinnate, without stipules ; root-leaves 

 roundish, slightly angular, those of the stem "entire ; 

 style straight. A common and very pretty meadow 

 plant, with large lilac flowers. A double variety 

 is sometimes found wild, which is remarkably pro- 

 liferous, the leaflets producing new plants when 

 they come in contact with the ground, and the 

 flowers as they wither sending up a stalked flower- 

 bud from their centres. — Fl. May. Perennial. 



3. C. impatiens (Narrow-leaved Bitter Cress). — 

 Stem erect, leafy, about 18 inches high ; leaves 

 pinnate ; auricles fringed. Moist rocks in some 

 parts of Scotland and the north of England, rare. 

 ■ — Fl. May, June. Annual. 



4. C. hirsuta (Hairy Bitter Cress). — Leaves pin- 

 nate, without stipules ; leaflets stalked, toothed ; 

 pods erect. A common weed everywhere, varying 

 in size according to soil and situation, from 6-18 

 inches in height. In dry localities it ripens its 



Cardamine 

 Hirsuta 



seed in March or April, and withers away ; but in (Hairy Bittey Cress) 



