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i — 2 feet high, unbranched : radical leaves, toothed, hairy, and 

 soon withering ; cauline leaves glabrous, triangular, entire, auri- 

 cled ; flowers pale yellow. — It grows on banks and cliffs j but is 

 local. — Fl. May — July. Biennial. 



cardam{n6 prat£nsis (Cuckoo Flower, or Lady's Smock). 



6. Cardamine (Bitter Cress).— Bitter herbs, mostly widely dis- 

 tributed, glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; flowers conspicuous, either 

 individually or from corymbose arrangement ; pods linear, com- 



