674* 4-18. Cardamine. 80. CRUCIFERJE. PI. ex. that. 
4. Car damme amara. Bitter cuckow-flower . 
Leaves pinnate; leaflets of root-leaves roundish, of stem- 
leaves angularly toothed ; style oblique; stigma rather 
acute ; stem rooting at the base. 
Cardamine flore raajore elatior, Raii Syn. 299, 1. 
Nasturtium aquaticum amarum. Park. 1239,3. 
Cardamine amara, Lin. S. P. 915. 
Cardamine melanthera, Stokes Bot. Mat . Med. 445. 
Bitter cress. 
Watery places; perennial; April. 
Root toothed ; petals white ; anthers violet-colour ; siliqua 
oblique. — Slightly acrid and bitter, eaten in sallads. 
5. Cardamine pratensis. Meadow cuckow-flower . 
Leaves pinnate ; root-leaf-leaflets nearly round ; stem-leaf- 
leaflets lanceolate; style striated; stigma headed. 
Cardamine, Raii Syn. 299, 2 ; Ger. em. 259. 
Nasturtium pratense majus seu Cardamine latifolia, Parle. 825. 
Cardamine pratense, Lin. S.P. 915. 
Ladies smock, Cheshire. Cuckow-flower. Canterbury bells, Norfolk. 
Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; April and May. 
Root toothed; stem simple; root -leaves longly petioled ; 
corymbus many-flowered ; flowers large, purple ; anthers 
yellow. — Flowers useful in epilepsy and hysteria, gr. 20 to 
90 twice a day ; probably anthelmintic : some use the 
flowering tops. 
j3. dupllcata. Flowers double. 
6. Cardamine impatiens. Touch-me-not cuckow-flower . 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, slightly cut ; stipules 
fringed ; petals linear, or 0. 
Cardamine impatiens, vulgo Sium minus impatiens, Raii Syn. 299, 3. 
Sium minus impatiens, Ger. em. 260,7. 
Sium minimum, Noli me taiigere dictum, sive impatiens, nasturtii syl- 
vestris folio, Park. 1241. 
Cardamine impatiens, Lin. S. P. 914. 
Damp hilly places ; annual; May and June. 
Stem upright, branchy, angular ; leaves many-paired : 
leaflets cut; stipules fringed; fruits racemose. 
7. Cardamine hirsuta. Shaggy cuckow-flower . 
Leaves pinnate, stipuleless; leaflets petioled; root-leaf- 
leaflets nearly roundish; stamens 4 or 5, nearly equal to 
the petals ; stigmata nearly sessile. 
