39 | THE CRUCIFER FAMILY. 
terminal one the largest, those of the stem-leaves narrow-oblong or 
linear. Flowers large and showy; the petals obovate and spreading, 
pure white, frequently tinged with a pinkish purple. Pod more than 
an inch long. 
In moist meadows, and along brooks and streams, common through- 
out Europe, Russian Asia, and Arctic America. Abundant in Britain. 
Fl. spring and carly summer. [There are two remarkable varieties, C. 
dentata, Schult., a tall plant with fewer larger angled and toothed 
leaflets; and var. Heyncana, Neilr., with the habit of C. hirsuta, many 
small leaflets, small white flowers, and narrow petals; found in Surrey 
and Lancashire. | 
8. C. impatiens, Linn. (fig. 66). Narrow-leaved B.—An annual, with 
a stiff, erect, leafy stem, 10 to 18 inches high, simple, or witha few 
erect branches. Leaves pinnate, with numerous lanceolate or almost - 
ovate segments, + to 4 inch long, and often deeply toothed or cut; the 
common leafstalk has, on each side, at its base, a curved linear appen- 
dage embracing the stem, and resembling a stipule. Petals very 
minute, and sometimes wanting. Pods numerous, about an inch long, 
the valves rolling back at maturity, with much elasticity. 
On moist rocks, and in shady waste places, over a great part of 
Kurope and Russian Asia. In Britain scattered over central and 
northern England, very rare in Ireland. /l. swmmer. 
4, C. hirsuta, Linn. (fig. 67). Hairy B.—An annual, of a deep 
green colour, often much branched at the base, with ascending or 
erect stems, sometimes a foot high, but usually not half so much, with 
a few scattered hairs. Leaves pinnate, the segments small, those of 
the lower leaves ovate or rounded, and angularly toothed, the upper 
ones narrower and more entire. Flowers small and white, the petals 
seldom twice the length of the very small sepals. Pods in a rather 
loose raceme, about 6 lines to 1 inch long. | 
On moist or shady banks, waste and cultivated places, throughout the 
temperate regions of the globe. Abundant in Britain. Fl. spring and 
all summer, It varies much, like other Cardamines, in the length and 
thickness of the style. The common form is a small annual with the 
stamens usually reduced to 4. <A large perennial variety, with 6 
stamens and slender style, is distinguished as a species, under the 
name of C. flexuosa, With. (sylvatica, Link). 
5. C. bulbifera, Br. (fig. 68). Bulbiferous B., Coralroot. Mace 
1 to 14 feet high, bearing several leaves, often with a small ovoid bulb 
in their axils, the lower ones pinnate, with 5 or 7 segments, the upper 
ones with fewer segments, or quite undivided; all the segments lan- 
ceolate, entire, or toothed, tapering at the base, mostly 1k to 2 inches 
long. Flowers few, wather large. The pod is seldom formed, as the 
plant usually propagates by the axillary bulbs falling to the ground, 
and there growing. Dentaria bulbifera, Linn. 
In damp woods and shady places, chiefly in the mountain districts of 
Europe from Scandinavia and central France tothe Caucasus. In Britain 
occurring from Stafford southwards to Kent and Sussex. Fl. spring. 
This species, with a few exotic ones, formed the genus Dentaria, Linn., 
kept up in the first edition of this work, but the supposed characters 
are slight, resting on the rather broader ‘pod, and the little seedstalks 
being usually, but not always, flat and broad. 4 
