Gardamine Pratensis. Common Ladies-sxmock. 



CARDAMINE Lin. Gen. PL Tetradynamia Siliquosa Siliqua elaftice difllliens valvulis revolutis. 



Stigma integrum. Cat. fubhians. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 21. Herb^e tetrapetalje siliquosje et siliculosje. 



CARD AMINE pratenfis foliis pinnatis : foliolis radicalibus fubrotundis, caulinis lanceolatis. Lin. Syfi 

 Vegetab. p. 497. Sp, PI. 915. Fl. &uec. n. 585. 



CARDAMINE foliis pinnatis, radicalibus fubrotundis, caulinis linearibus. Haller. hiji. n. 473. 

 CARDAMINE pratenfis, Scopoli Fl. Cam. n. 819. 

 NASTURTIUM pratenfe magno flore Bauh.p. 104. 

 FLOS CUCULI Dod. pempt. 592. 

 CARDAMINE Ger. emac. 259: 



NASTURTIUM pratenfe majus five Cardamine latifolia. Parkins 285. Raii Syn. p. 299. Ladies 

 Smock or Cuckow-flower. 



Hudfon FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 294- Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 349. 



RADIX perennis, crafiiufcula, alba, multis fibris te- | ROOT perennial, thickifh, white, furniihed with a 



nuibus capillata. ^ large tuft of fine fibres. 



CAULIS dodrantalis, erectus, apice parum ramofus, % STALK about nine inches high, Upright, at top a 



teres, obfolete angulofus, laevis, firmus, pur- | little branched, round, fcarce perceptibly 



purafcens. %. angular, fmooth, ftiffifh, with a purphfh 



I tln S e - 



FOLIA radical/a faspius manca, in orbem fparfa, pin- ^ LEAVES next the root frequently imperfect fpreadine; 



nata, pinilis fubrotundis, inequaliter triden- % in a circular form, pinnated, the pinnae round- 



tatis, extimo majori, et faspius quinque den- | ilh, running out into three unequal angles or 



tato, breviffime pedicellata, levia ; caulina % teeth, the outermoft largeft, and having for 



pinnata, erecla, pinnis plurimis, confertis, | the moft part five angles, ftanding on very 



fublinearibus, concavis. ^ fhort footftalks and Imooth ; thole on the 



I ftalk pinnated, upright, the pinnae numerous, 



I growing thickly together, fomewhat linear 



\ and hollow. 



RACEMUS terminalis, pedunculatus, nudus, glaber. | RACEMUS, or Flower-bunch, terminal, furniihed 



X with footftalks, naked and fmooth 



CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ova- % CALYX: a Perianthium of four leaves which are 



to-oblongis, obtufis, margine membranaceis, | oval, obtufe, membranous at the ed^e hol- 



concavis, alternis bafi gibbofis, deciduis. /3-. 1. | low, the alternate ones gibbous at the' bafe, 



I and deciduous, fig. 1. 



COROLLA cruciformis, dilute purpurea feu albida ; | COROLLA crofs-fhaped, of a pale purple or whitiih 



Petala obovata, fubemarginata, unguibus fla- % colour ; Petals inverfely oval, iliohtly notched 



vefcentibus, longitudine calycis. fig. 2. | claws of a yellowifh colour, the^length of the 



y calyx, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filament a fex, fubulata, quorum duo | STAMINA: fix Filaments, tapering the two in or t- 



breviora, incurvata ; Anthers cordato line- £ eft f which bend inward ; Anthers J 



ares, 



% elisor wnicn bend inward; Antherje heart- 



mcumbentes, rlavas. fi?» 2. * fhaned vpf i; nM t- ;«-„ 1 *. j n 



' J P 3 J mapea yet linear, incumbent and yellow. 



NECTARIUM: Glandule quatuor, quorum duo fila- | NECTARY: four Glands, two of which furround the 

 mentorum breviorum bafin cingunt, duo ex- | bafe of the fhorteft filaments, and two are 



tra bafin filamentorum longiorum locantur. | placed on the outfide of fhe bafe of the 



% filaments. 



PISTILLUM: Germen cylmdmceum, tenue; Sty- I PIST1LLUM: Geemen cylindrical, and (lender; 



eus breviffimos; Stigma caprtatnm, fta- | Style very fliort ; Stigma forming a'little 



minibus paulo brevior. m. 4. c. I hecxA onA-^^ ™ •- r 1 1 & o . 



r J -& * -> J nead, and not quite lo long as the ftamina. 



J fig. 4. 5. 



PERICARP1UM: Siliqua cylindraceo-comprefla hi- \ SEED-VESSEL: a Pod cylindrical, and fomewhat 

 loculans, bivalvis, valvulis dehrfcendo fpma- | flattened, of two cavities and two valves, 



mmNi\\:^::^ P M: *>&**&. fig . 8 . i SE eds S^irs fl rX p k^: i 



J^Zd:^±Z^±T?it *T^ finCe «"twdw-dinto practice, and recommended as fe,- 



~ powder of the dried flowers, to be taken 

 morning and evening. 



ions 



Sometimes it is found with double flowers, in which ftate it is kept in the & gardens of the carious where 



it requires a moilt lhady fituation. fe UUb ' wnere 



In the colour of its bloffoms it : is fubjea to much variation, they are ufually white, with a tinge of purple aivi 

 ornament our meadows in the delightful month of May, as defcribed by Shakefpeare in Loves Label M 



IV hen daifies py d and violets blue, " J ' 



And cuckow-buds of yellow hue, 

 And lady-smocks all filver white 

 Do paint the meadows with delight, &c. 

 It probably acquired its plain Englifh name of Lady-fmock from the white appearance which its bloffom dves 

 to the meadows where it abounds, relembling linen bleaching on the grafs : gl eS 



M When maidens bleach their fummer /mocks,'' 

 a pradice very general formerly, when moft families fpun and bleached their own linen. 



