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CARDAMINE* * * * § 



Linnean Class and Order. Tetradyna'mia f, Siliquo'sa*. 



Natural Order. Cruci'ferte§, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 237. — Sm. 

 Gram, of Bot. p. 138. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 153. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 

 p.498. — Cruci'ferac ; subord. Pleurorhi'ze/e||; tribe, Arabi- 

 DEA5, Lindl. Syn. pp. 20 & 22. Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 

 14 to 18. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 498 & 499 ; and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist. v. i. pp. 143 & 239. — Rosales ; subord. Rhceadosas ; sect. 

 Rhteadinte ; type, Brassicacete ; subtype, Arabid.e; Burn. 

 Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 847, 854, & 856. — Siliquosas, Linn. 



Gen. Ciiar. Calyx (fig. 1) inferior, of 4 egg-oblong, blunt, 

 slightly spreading, deciduous sepals, 2 of them protuberent, in some 

 degree, below their insertion. Corolla cruciform, of 4 inversely 

 egg-shaped, rather upright, undivided petals (fig. 2), tapering at 

 the base into short claws. Filaments (fig. 3.) 6, awl-shaped, sim- 

 ple, the 2 shortest with a gland at the base, next the calyx. Anthers 

 small, oblong-heart-shaped, acute, recurved. German (fig. 4.) 

 strap-shaped, slender. Style (see fig. 4.) scarcely any. Stigma 

 blunt, entire. Pod ( siliqua ) (fig. 5.) sessile, upright, strap-shaped, 

 compressed laterally ; valves (see fig. 6.) 2, flat, without ribs, 

 scarcely narrower than the bordered partition, bursting elastically 

 from the base, and mostly revolute, (see fig. 6). Seeds (fig. 7.) egg- 

 shaped, not bordered, inserted alternately in a single row ; um- 

 bilical cord slender. Cotyledons accumbent, o=. 



The linear (strap-shaped) pod; flat, nerveless valves, usually 

 separating with elasticity ; and the seeds with a slender umbilical 

 cord ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 

 and order. 



Five species British. 



CARDAMINE PRATENSIS. Meadow Ladies’-smock. Cuckoo- 

 flower. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets of the radical ones round- 

 ish ; of the stem ones strap-shaped or spear-shaped, entire. Style 

 straight ; stigma capitate. 



Engl. Bot. t. 776. -Curt. FI. Lond. t. 175.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 915.— Huds. FI. 

 Angl. (2nd ed.) p.294. — Sm. FI. Biit. v. ii. p. 699. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 189. — 

 With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 768.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 674. — Lindl. Syn. p.25. 

 —Hook. Brit. FI. p. 302. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 95. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. i. p. 89. 

 t. 30. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v.i. p.349. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. p. 205. — Abbot’s FI. Bedl. 

 p. 142. — Purt. Midi. FI. v.i. p. 301.— Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p.265.— 

 Hook. FI. Scot. p. 198.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 142. — FI. Devon, pp. 110 & 188. — 

 Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 143. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gaid. and Bot. v. i. p. 168. 

 — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 187. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 4. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of lrel. 

 p. 61. — Curdamine, Ray’s Syn. p.299. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 259. 



Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 4. Ger 

 men. Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 5. Pod, or Siliqua.— Fig. 6. The same, with the 

 2 valves separating from the base, and rolling upwards.— Fig. 7. A Seed. 



* From kardia, Or. the heart ; and damao, G r. to subdue; from its pungent 



acrimony; or perhaps diminished from kardamon, G r. water-cress ; its taste 

 being similar. Don. 



t See Draba verna, f. 38. t See Erysimum cheiranthoides, f. 62. 



§ See Draba verna, folio 38, a. 



|| Pleuron, a side ; and rhiza, a root ; radicle at the side of the cotyledons. 

 Loudon. 



