Cardamine Pratensis. Common Ladies-smock. 
CARDAMINE L». Gj;;. P/. Tetradymamia Silicluosa Siliqua diffillens valvuMs revolutis. 
Silgma integrum. Cal. fubhians. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 21. Herbae tetrapetal^ siliquosje et siliculosa:. 
CARDAMINE pratenfa foliis pinnatis : foliolis radicalibus fubrotundis, caulinis Janceolatis. Lhi S\H 
Vegetab. p. 497. Sp.Pl.^ig. Fl.5>uec.n. 585. ’ 
CARDAMINE follis pinnatis, radicalibus fubrotundis, caulinis linearibus. Haller, h'lji. n. 473. 
CARDAMINE pratenlis, ScopoU FI, Cam. n. S19. 
Nasturtium pratenfe magno flore Bauh. p. 104. 
FLOS CUCUH Dod. pempi. 592. 
CARDAMINE Ger. emac. 259^ 
NASTURTIUM pratsnfe majns five Cardamine latifolia. Parkins aiq. Rail Ssn. p. aog Ladies 
Smock or Cuckow-flower. y r yy 
Hudfon FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 294. Lighlfoot FI, Scot. p. 349. 
RADIX perennis, crafliufcula, alba, multis fibris te- 
nuibus capillata. 
CAULIS dodrantalis, ereftus, apice parum ramofus, 
teres, obfolete angulofus, l*vis, firmus, pur- 
purafcens. 
^CLIA radicaha faepius manca, m orbem fparfa, pin- 
nata, pinnis fubrotundis, inequaliter triden- 
tatis, extimo majori, et f*pius quinque den- 
tato, brevilfime pedicellata, levia ; caulina 
pinnata, eredla, pinnis plurimis, confertis, 
fublinearibus, concavis. 
RACEMUS terminalis, pedunculatus, nudus, glaber. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ova- 
to-oblongis, obtufis, margine membranaceis, 
concavis, alternis bafi gibbofis, deciduis. Jig. i. 
root perenuMl, thickilh, white, furnilhed with a 
STALK about nine inches high, upright, at top a 
little branched, round, fcarce perceptibly 
angular, fmooth, Riffifh, with a purplilh 
tinge. ^ ^ 
LEAVES next the root frequently imperfefl, fpreadinff 
in a circular form, pinnated, the pinna: rouud- 
ilh, running out into three unequal angles or 
teeth, the outermofi: largeft, and having for 
me moft part five angles, Handing on very 
Jhort lootftalks and Imooth ; thofe on the 
a k pinnated, upright, the pinnas numerous, 
growing thickly together, fomewhat linear 
and hollow. 
RACEMUS, or Flower-bunch, terminal, furnifted 
with footftalks, naked and fmooth. 
+ /-IAT w T> iiaKcu ana imooth. 
I L.AEYX: a Perianthium of four leaves, which are 
I oval, obtufe, membranous at the edge, hol- 
I the alternate ones gibbous at the bafe, 
I and deciduous. Jig, 1. 
^ COROLLA crofs-fhaped, of a pale purple or whitilh 
? colour ; Petals mverfely oval, fiightiy notched, 
claws of a yellowilh colour, the length of the 
calyx. Jg. 2. 
STAMINA: fix Filaments, tapering, the two Ihort- 
eit of which bend inward ; Anthers heart- 
^ maped yet linear, incumbent and yellow. 
NECTARIUM; GWe^ qnatuor, quorum duo fila- | NECTAR Y f 'four G/u«A, two of which furtouud the 
mentorum breviorum bafm cmgunt, duo ex- | bafe of rh. lurround the 
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bale of the fhorteft filaments, and two are 
p aced on the outfide of the bafe of the long 
filaments. ® 
PISTILLUxM: Germen cylindrical, and flendcr; 
bxYLE very Ihort Stigma forming a little 
head, and not quite fo long as the flamina. 
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SEED-VESSEL ; a Pod cylindrical, and fomewhat 
battened, of two cavities and two valves, 
the valves m opening curling up. 6. 7. 
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COROLLA cruciformis, dilute purpurea feu albida ; 
Petala obovata, fubemarginata, unguibus fla- 
vefeentibus, longitudine calycis, fg. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta fex, fubulata, quorum duo 
breviora, incurvata ; Antherx cordato line- 
ares, Incumbentes, flava:, fg, 3 
YRIUM : Glandules quatuor, quorum uuu lud- 
mentorum breviorum bafin cingunt, duo ex- 
tra bafin filamentorum longiorum locantur. 
PISTILLUM: Germen cylindraceum, tenue; Sty- 
lus breviffimus; Stigma capitatum, fla- 
minibus paulo brevior, 4. 3, 
PERICARPIUM : Siliqua cyllndraceo-comprelia, bi- 
locularis, bivalvis, valvulis dehifcendo fpira- 
raliter revolutis, fg. 6. 7. 
SEMINA plurima, ccmprcila, flavefceutk. fg. 8. J SEEDS .mmcm^^'iaDaird l 
The flowers of the Cardamine pratenjis were a few years fince iutrodncprl bifn j 
viceable in various fpafmodic complaints by Sir W Baker in the firft viJnm ^ f as fer- 
as the convulfive Afthma, fpafmsW the aWomhial Id otLr St Vflust D fuch 
mZ”td'=ringr“ “ of Sd twit t btt: 
It gives a name to the Papdio Cardamme or Orange-tip Butterfy, whicli accordlnp- rn T rtt a 
men daifes p/d and violets blue, ' 
And cuchw-buds of yellow hue. 
And i.ady-smocks all fiver white 
^ Do paint the meadows with delight, &c. 
It probably acquired its plain Engiilh name of Ladv-fmock fmm . • i - , , 
to the meadows where it abounds, refembling H„en bleaching on the grafs ■ bloflom gives 
“ maidens bleach their fummer fmocksf 
a praaice very general formerly, when mofl families fpun and bleached their own linen. 
