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THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
C. lellidifolia, which scarcely rises higher than a tuft of moss, and yet has daisy-like leaves, and produces 
abundance of lively-looking -white flowers. The common Lady's Smock (C pratemis) takes its English name 
from its flowers being produced in such abundance in the meadows as to give them the appearance of a bleaching- 
ground, or of being covered with clothes from a wash, laid on the grass to dry. This plant Is also sometimes 
called cuckoo-flower, from its blossoming when the cuckoos sing. Of the species which are natives of the South 
of Europe, the handsomest are C asari/olia, Bot. Mag. t. 1735 ; and C. tri/olia, Bot. Mag. t. 452 ; both marsh 
plants, which should be grown in bog earth, in moist, shady situations. All the Cardamines are anti-scorbutic ; 
and they are said to be very efficacious in diseases of the heart. The derivation of the name Cardamine is 
from kardia, the heart, and damao, to subdue. Tlie plants are warmly stomachic, and they have the flavour 
of water-cress. The flowers of all the species are either white or reddish ; and they are disposed in erect, 
terminal racemes, without bracts. 
GENUS IV. 
DENTARIA, Dec. TOOTHWORT, OR CORAL-ROOT. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Chabacter Siliquo narrow-lanceolate, tapering ; valves flat, ribless, generally Beparating elastically. Seed-Stalks broad. 
Seeds ovate, not bordered, in one row. Cotyledons accumbent. {Smith.) 
Description, &c. — The plants contained in this genus are generally natives either of Europe or North 
America. They have all fleshy under-ground stems or main roots, which have a pungent taste, and which are 
sometimes used instead of pepper and other condiments in the United States. These fleshy roots are irregularly 
toothed, and hence the name of the genus, from dem, a tooth. The flowers are generally crimson or purplish ; 
but they are sometimes white. 
1.— DENTARIA BULBIFERA, Smith. THE BULB-BEARING DENTARIA. 
Enoratino. — Eng. Bot. t. 309; 2d ed. t. 921. 
Specific Character. — Stem simple. Lower leaves pinnated ; upper ones simple, with axillary bulbs. {Smith.) 
Description, &c. — This very curious British plant, though it has a creeping under-ground stem, indented 
v/ith marked and very conspicuous teeth, frequently propagates itself by bulbs, which it produces in the axils of 
its leaflets. These bulbs are oval, scaly, and dark purple ; and, when ripe, they drop off, serving thus to 
propagate the plant, which rarely matures seeds. The flowers bear considerable resemblance to those of the 
common stock. They are of a reddish purple, and appear in April and May. This species, though ornamental, 
is rarely cultivated, as it will only thrive in a moist shady situation. 
2.— DENTARIA PENTAPHYLLA, Sim». FIVE-LEAVED TOOTHWORT. 
Specific Character. — Leaves 3, in a whorl, or alternate, stalked, 
pinnate ; segments 7 or 9 ; approximate, lanceolate, acuminated, ser- 
rated. (G. Don.) 
Synonymes, — D. pentaphyllos, Ait. ; D. digilata, Lam. ; Carda- 
mine pentaphylla, R. Br. ; Saiifiaga denticulata, Gesn. ; Viola den- 
taria, Dod, ; Alabastrites nemoralis. Lob. 
Ekoravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2202 j and om fig. 5 in Plate 17. 
Description, &c. — A showy dwarf plant, the flowers of which are very curiously veined. It is a native of 
France, and other parts of central Europe, whence it was introduced before 1659. It requires a light sandy 
soil, and a moist shady situation ; and it is always increased by dividing the roots, as it very seldom ripens seeds. 
