Nasturtium.] vi. crucifer.e : ar abided. 
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nerveless. Sced-stallis slender. — Name : sauna, the heart , and 
cafiaut, t.o overpower; from its supposed qualities. 
1. C. amara L. {large-flowered B.) ; leaves pinnate, radica* 
leaflets roundish, cauline ones dentato-angled, style obliqu e 
stigma rather acute, stem rooting at the base, petals obovat e 
E. B. t. 1000. 
Wet meadows, near rivulets; not unfrequent. If.. 4 — 6. — One 
foot high. Well distinguished fiom the following by the broad 
angled or toothed leaflets of its upper leaves, and the large white flowers, 
which have purple anthers, and stamens almost as long as the petals. 
2. C. pratensis L. {common B.)\ leaves pinnate, radical leaflets 
roundish dentate, cauline ones lanceolate nearly entire, style 
straight, stigma capitate, petals obovate. E. B. t. 776. 
Moist meadows, abundant. Tf. 4 — 6 Stem 1 — 2 feet high. 
Flowers large, blush-coloured ; sometimes found double, and then the 
leaflets occasionally produce new plants, on coming in contact with 
the ground, while still attached to the parent plant. Stamens half as 
long as the petals. 
3. C. impdtims L. {narrow-leaved /?.); leaves pinnate, leaflets 
lanceolate somewhat cut or entire, petioles of the stem-leaves 
with fringed auricles at their base, petals linear or none. E. B. 
t. 80. 
Moist rocks, rare; Derbyshire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. 
By the Wye above Tintern. Godaiming, Surrey. Near the falls of 
the Clyde and banks of the Doune, Scotland ©. 5 — 8. — Stem 
1 — li foot high. Well distinguished by the stipule-like auricles at 
the base of each petiole. Flowers minute, white. 
4. C. hirsuta L. {hairy B .) ; leaves all pinnate without auri- 
cles, radical leaflets roundish angled or toothed petiolate, stem- 
leaflets narrower nearly sessile, petals oblong, stigma blunt, 
pods erect, — a. smaller, pedicels erect, stamens often 4, style 
very short. E. B. t. 492. — /3. larger, pedicels patent, stamens, 
usually 6, style as long as the breadth of the pod. C. fiexuosa 
With. C. sylvatica Linn. 
Moist shady places, abundant. ©. 3 — 8 — Varying much in 
size and luxuriance, according to soil and situation, from 4 inches 
to a foot or more in height. Stamens 6 in both varieties, or 4 in 
depauperated specimens. 
(C. bellidifolia L., E. B. t. 2355, with simple entire leaves, is un- 
known, at least in the present day, as a native either of Scotland or 
Ireland. ) 
8. Nasturtium Br, Water-Cress. Yellow-Cress. 
Pod nearly cylindrical (sometimes short); valves concave, 
neither nerved nor keeled. Seeds in a double row. Calyx 
patent. — Named from nasus tortus, a convulsed nose, an effect 
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