few hairs. Flowers white, pink or mauve. Petals claw- 
shaped. 
Distinguished from Arabis by its divided leaves. 
Cardamine hirsuta. Linn. Plant very variable in size, 
often much branched at the base. Stem erect, slightly hairy. 
Leaves pinnate, 7-13 leaflets, leaflets of lower leaves roundish 
and toothed, of the upper leaves narrower, oblong and usually 
entire, dark green. Flowers small and white. Petals twice 
as long as very small sepals. Pod linear, terminated by a short 
style. 
Moist places. Common, especially near the sea. 
Flowers November and December. 
East and West Falklands. 
Skottsberg considers this plant a different species from the 
European one and calls it Cardamine glacialis. 
Description of plate 8 :— 2, whole plant ; 3, flower ; 4, petal ; 5 and 
6, stamens ; 7, stamens and pistil. All except 2 enlarged. 
