Tlie B R I T I S 
H HERBAL. 
broad, roLindini pinnre, with a larger one at the end ; 
dnd they arc of a firm fubftance and deep green : 
the pinnre, fepnrately, as well as the whole leaf, 
are much larger than in the common kind. 
The ftalk rifcs in the midft of chefe, and is 
round, upright, very little branched, and two 
feet or more in height. 
The leaves on it arc numerous, and, like thole 
from the root, each is compofed of four or five 
pairs of pinnx, with an odd one much larger 
than the reft at the end. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks, 
and of many young fhoots from the bofoms of 
the uppet leaves : and they are large and white. 
The feed-veffelis a long,flendef pod ; and the 
feeds are numerous and fmall. 
It is frequent on boggy grounds in many parts 
of the kingdom and flowers in May. 
Ray calls it Cardamhie jiore majore datior. C. 
Bauhine, Najlurtiiim aquaticiim majus et amarum. 
Others, Najlurtiiim aquaticum amarum. Its com- 
mon EngliHi name is Bilter walercrefs; the talte 
being bitter and pungent. 
3. Impatient Ladyfmock, 
Cardamine jiore minimo impatiens. 
The root is compofed of many thick fibres, 
with other fmaller ones hanging from tliem in 
great numbers. 
The firft leaves grow in a tuft, and fpread 
ihemfelves very regularly on the ground : they 
are long, narrow, and very beautifully pinnated : 
the pinnte are fmal!, of an oval figure, ferrated 
at the edges, and very beautifully pointed at the 
end ; and there are about five pairs of them on 
each rib, with an odd one of the fame fhape and 
fize at the end. 
The ftalk is roundj flender, upright, of a 
whitifh colour, and a foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, and are likethofe 
from the root, but longer and narrower. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
of branches rifing from the bofoms of the upper 
leaves ; and they are very fmall and white. 
The feed-vefiel is long, and very flender. 
When it is ripe it burfts with violence, not 
only on the leaft touch, but On the fmalleft mo- 
tion in the air ; and the feeds fly out with vi- 
olence ; from this it obtained the name of 
impatient ladyfmock : the feeds are round and 
fmall. 
It is found in Ireland, and on the mountains in 
the north of England. Thofe who have miftaken 
the ferrated watercrefs for this plant, have men- 
tioned many other places, but in thefe it really is 
frequent. 
ft flowers in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Syfimhr;} cardamine /pedes 
qu^dani infiptda. The generahty of auLjjors, 
Cardamine impatieiis. 
4. Hairy impatient Ladyfmock. 
Cordam27ie impatiens altera hirfutior. 
The root is a cUifter of fmall, white fibres. 
The firft leaves grow in a tuft, and arc regu- 
larly pinnated: and they have about three pairs 
of pinnsE, with an odd one at the end ; and thefe 
are fmall and irregularly indented : they are of a 
duflcy green, and fomcwhat hairy. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and ftarce 
upright: they are of a pale green, ftriaced, and 
very much branched. 
The leaves on them refemble thofe from the 
root, and are, in the fame manner, compofed of 
pinnae irregularly notched at the edges. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and they 
grow in little tufts at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches. 
The feed-veflels are long and flender ; and 
they burft with violence on the leaft touch when 
ripe : the feeds are fmall, round, and of a pale 
brown. 
It is common in watery places, and flowers in 
April. 
Ray calls it Cardamine impaliens altera iirfuticr^ 
C. Bauhine, Najiurlium aquaiicum minus. 
5. Daify-leaved Ladyfmock„ 
Cardamine pumila^bellidis folio. 
The root is long, flender, and furniftied with 
many fibres. 
Tlie firft leaves rife in a fmall tufr, and are 
of a form altogether diflerent from thofe of the 
other lady/mocks : they are Ample, undivided, 
and not fo much as notched at the edges ; their 
ftiape is an oblong, tending to oval : they are 
cluftered together, and have no footftalks, and 
they are of a dufl<y green, and fomewhat hairy. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, of a pale 
green, not at ail branched, and about three or 
four inches high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on this, and have 
no footftalks : they are ftiort, and broad at the 
bafe, from which they gradually decreafe to a 
point. 
The flowers ftand in numbers at the top of the 
ftalks, and are large and white, perfedtlv referr-bl- 
ing thofe of the common ladyfmock. 
The feed-vefleis are long and large ; and the 
feeds are numerous, round, fmall, and brown. 
It is common on the rriountains in Wales 
whence the winds feem to have blown fome of 
its feeds to Briftol ; the plant fome years beino- 
very frequent on St. Vincent's rock. 
C. Bauhine calls it Najiurtium alpimim beUidii 
folio minus. 
6. Serrated dwarf Ladyfmock, 
Cardamine pumila foliis feratisi 
The root is long and flender i and is furnifticd 
with a few fibres. 
The leaves grow very irregularly, but in a 
thick tuft, from the head of the foot : fome of 
them are fingly fixed to pedicles from the root^ 
others grow to a rib : they are oblong and fer- 
rated, narroweft at the bafe, and broader to the 
end, where they terminate in a pointed tip : their 
colour is a dufky green, and their tafte bitterifh 
and watery, but fomcwhat ftiarp. 
The ftalk is round, flender, ufually naked, 
and about three inches high. 
The flowers ftand at its top 1 and they arc 
large and white. 
