Ranunculus, before it expands, has the ap- 
pearance of a bud. Are they not called 
Cuckow-buds in Staffordfhire? 
But to return to our Cardamine pratenfo. 
It is the only fpccies of this genus found 
near Cambridge. It is diftinguifhed by its 
leaves being pinnated, and thzfotioli of the 
radical leaves being roundifh, whilft thofe 
on the ftem are lance- fhaped. The generic 
character is Pod burfting, the valves then 
rolling back: Stigma entire ; calyx a little 
open. 
There are in all 15 fpecies of Cardamine, 
fix of which are indigenous in Britain. 
Vicla. That plant with papilionaceous pur- 
ple flowers, climbing up the hedge, is 
obvioufly of the Clafs Diadelphia, and 
the number of \\sftamina will tell you, 
that it is of the Order Decandria. Now 
take off the corolla, and you will dif- 
cover that the fummit of the piftillum, 
called thejtigma, is tranfveriely beard- 
ed. This minute peculiarity determines 
its generic name to be Vicia; and, that 
it is the fpecies fativa, I conclude from 
its flowers growing in pairs, its leaves 
confiding of about fix pair of wings 
and 
