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39. Radlcula sylvestrls (L.) Druce. 

 Scientific name: 



Sisymbrium sylvestre L. Sp. Var. 657. 1753. 



Nasturtium sylvestre R. Br. In Alt. Hort. Keir. 

 Ed. 2, 4,: 110. 1812. 



Rorlpa sylvestrls Bess. Bnnm. 27. 1821. 



Radlcula sylrestrls Druce. (Date?) 

 Common name: 



Creeping yellow water-cress. 



Yellow cress. 

 Distribution and habitat! 



Naturalized from Europe. Southeastern Canada, 



and to Va.y Ill.» and Mich. "Wet meadows ; becoming 



more frequent". (G. M.). 



Pi. Hon. Co.: 6 stations mentioned. Do., Sup.: 

 this species mentioned as among those which "noted as 

 rare or scarce in the list of 1896, are now abundant in 

 many localities", and says "Nasturtium sylrestre is plen- 

 tiful along the flood plain of the Genesee river for many 

 miles south of Rochester". No* Reported by PI. Buf. ¥io. 

 or C* F* 



found by the writer only in the little old garden 

 area at the west side of the «iew Oomell baseball field. 



