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6-9 mm. long; petals 1-1.8 cm. long. — N. J. aud Pa. to Ky., and soutliw. 



Apr., May. 



5. D. lacinikta Muhl. Tubers deep-seated ; stems pubescent above; cauUne 



leaves 3, whorled or nearly so, the lateral leaflets deeply cleft, glabrous or 

 pubescent, the segments linear to narrowly oblong, 

 conspicuously gash-toothed ; basal leaves, wlien present, 

 similar ; flowers while or purplish ; calyx 6-9 mm, 

 long ; petals 1-2 cm. long. — Kioh damp woods, w. 

 Que. and Vt. to Minn., and southw. Apr., early May. 

 Fig. 768. Var. fNTEOKA (Schulz) Fernald. Leaves 

 strictly ternate, the lateral leaflets entire or slightly 

 toothed, not cleft. — N. Y. to 111. 



6. D. an6mala Eames. Bootstock with pronounced 



constrictions between the fusiform tuber-like annual 



segments, deep-seated ; stems somewhat pubescent; 



D. laciniata. leaves 3-foliolate, pubescent on both surfaces ; the 



Ciiuline leaves and tubers X 1/4. cauUne 2 (rarely 3), subopposUe, their leaflets 2-6.& 

 cm. long, short-petiolulate, ovate to rhombic, coarsely 



and irregularly dentate or even incised or cleft ; Ijasal leaves, when present, 



similar ; flowers white, tinged with purplish ; sepals 3-4 mm. long ; petals 1-1.2 



cm. long. — Rich moist woods, Plainville, Ct. (JBissell). May. — Perhaps a 



hybrid of nos. 1 aud 6, with which it grows. 



30. CARDAmINE [Tourn.] L. Bitter Ckess. 



Pod linear, flattened, usually opening elastically from the base ; the valvee 

 nerveless and veinless, or nearly so ; placentae and partition thick. Seeds in 

 a single row in each cell, wingless ; the funiculus slender. Cotyledons aooum- 

 bent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate. — Mostly glabrous perennials, 

 leafy-stemmed, growing along watercourses and in wet places. Flowers white 

 or purple. (A Greek name, used by Dioscorides for some cress, from its cordial 

 or cardiacal qualities.) 



* Simple-leaved perennials with tuberous base. 



i^ \. C. bulbbsa (Schreb.) BSP. (Spring Ckess.) Stems: upright from a 

 tuberous base and slender rootstock bearing small tubers, simple, or rarely 

 forking, glabrous, in anthesis 1..5-5 dm. high; root-leaves oblong to cordate- 

 ovate, stem-leaves 5-8, scattered, the lower ovate or oblong and somewhat 

 petioled, the upper sessile, almost lanceolate, all often toothed ; sepals greenish, 

 with white margin ; petals white, 7-12 7nm. long ; pods linear-lanceolate, pointed 

 with a slender style tipped by a conspicuous stigma; seeds oval. (C. rhom- 

 boidea DC.) — Wet meadows and springs, e. Mass. to Minn., and southw. 

 May, June. 



f^ 2. C. Dougldssii (Torr.) Britton. Similar; stem usually somewhat pubes- 

 cent, in anthesis 1-2.5 dm. high; root-leaves orbicular or suborbicular ; stem- 

 leaves 2-6, the upper border (ovate to oblong), more or less approximate ; sepals 

 purple-tinged ; petals rose-purple, 1-1.8 cm. long. (C. rhomboidea, ■var. purpurea 

 Torr.) — Rich low woods, Ct. to s. Ont. and Wise, s. to Md. and Ky. Apr., 

 early May. 



* * Fibrous-rooted perennials with IS-foliolate leaves; southern. 



3. C. rotundifblia Michx. (Mountain Water Cress.) Stems branching, 

 weak or decumbent, making long runners ; root fibrous ; leaves all much alike, 

 roundish, somewhat angled, often heart-shaped at the base, petioled ; pods 

 small, linear-awl-shaped, equaled or exceeded by the pedicels; style slender; 

 seeds oval-oblong. — Cool shaded springs, Carrollton, N. Y. (Peck) and Middle- 

 town, N. J. ( Willis') to Ky., and southw. along the mts. May, June. — Flowers 

 white, smaller than in no. 1. 



i. C. Clematitis Shuttlw. Glabrous and lax, with slender rootstock; smal' 

 radical leaves kidney- or heart-shaped, with or without a pair of smaller latera 



