CABBAGE FAMILY 



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pressed, elastic. (Name from the Greek kardia, the heart, damao, 

 I overpower, from the supposed properties of the genus,) 



1. C. amdra (Large-flowered Bitter Cress). — Stem \ — 2 feet 



cardam<n6 hirsuta 

 {Hairy Bitter Cress). 



SISYMBRIUM THALlXNUM, p. 43 



( Thale Cress). 



high, with runners ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets angular, those of the 

 radical leaves roundish, those of the cauline leaves oblong; 

 flowers \ in. across; petals white; atithers purple. — River-sides; 

 not common. — Fl. April — June. Perennial. 



2. C. pratensis (Lady's Smock, Cuckoo Flower). — Stem about 



