DENTARIA LACINIATA. 



JAGGED-LEAVED TOOTH-WORT. 



Tetradynamia Siliqulosa, Linn. Cruciferx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Silique springing open elastically, and the valves " nerveless" and re volute. Dissepi- 

 ment partly fungose. Stigma emarginate. Calix longitudinally connivent. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves thrice ternate ; folioles tripartitile, linear-oblong, cut-dentate ; roots tuber- 

 ous, moniliform. JVilld. 



SYNONYM. 



Dentaria concatenata, Mich. 



Plant from nine inches to a foot and a half high. Root perennial, 

 consisting of oblong, whitish tubers, tapering to an obtuse apex at 



